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  • Does digital ID have risks even if it’s ZK-wrapped?
    by Evin McMullen on September 1, 2025 at 5:00 am

    The following is a guest post and opinion from Evin McMullen, Co-founder & CEO at Billions.Network. ZK Won’t Save Us: Why Digital Identity Must Stay Plural Zero-knowledge (ZK)-wrapped identity was lauded as a silver bullet to solve everything about presenting yourself online—providing verifiable, privacy-preserving proof of personhood without the need to trust governments, platforms, or The post Does digital ID have risks even if it’s […]

  • What’s behind XRP’s move to DeFi?
    by Vincent Maliepaard on August 31, 2025 at 8:31 pm

    The following is a guest post and analysis from Vincent Maliepaard, Marketing Director at Sentora. 2025 has marked a turning point for XRP, combining explosive price gains with transformative shifts in its core narrative. In July, the token hit an all-time high of $3.58, propelled in part by decisive legal victories. Beyond price action, Ripple’s The post What’s behind XRP’s move to DeFi? appeared first on CryptoSlate.

  • The battle between Bitcoin Core vs Knots is getting ugly
    by Christina Comben on August 31, 2025 at 8:00 pm

    If you’re new to Bitcoin or the only sats you hold are in an ETF or a centralized exchange, you’d be forgiven for not knowing about Core vs Knots and the entire OP_RETURN saga. But if you’ve weathered a few cycles, HODLed like a champ, and are still scratching your head, it’s time you opened The post The battle between Bitcoin Core vs Knots is getting ugly appeared first on CryptoSlate.

  • ‘I was always a rebel’: BitMEX CEO Stephan Lutz on leading crypto’s perpetual playground
    by Christina Comben on August 31, 2025 at 5:00 pm

    Welcome to Slate Sundays, CryptoSlate’s new weekly feature showcasing in-depth interviews, expert analysis, and thought-provoking op-eds that go beyond the headlines to explore the ideas and voices shaping the future of crypto. Stephan Lutz is the CEO of BitMEX, the industry’s longest-standing crypto futures exchange, dating all the way back to when BTC was still in The post ‘I was always a rebel’: BitMEX CEO Stephan Lutz on leading […]

  • Ethereum cofounder Joseph Lubin, ‘ETH will likely 100x from here’
    by Christina Comben on August 31, 2025 at 3:00 pm

    Ethereum co-founder and Consensys CEO Joseph Lubin just gave ETH bulls something to chew on. In a post on X, he applauded Fundstrat’s Tom Lee on his vision for the future of finance and the expanding role of Ethereum in traditional institutions. “Yes, ETH will likely 100x from here. Probably much more.” Joseph Lubin agrees; The post Ethereum cofounder Joseph Lubin, ‘ETH will likely 100x from here’ appeared first on CryptoSlate.

  • Bitcoin’s red month; why September still shapes the crypto cycle
    by Christina Comben on August 31, 2025 at 1:03 pm

    Bitcoin’s red month is almost here, and as we approach yet another September, is it inevitable that prices will dwindle? Let’s take a look at some of the reasons the ninth month of the year is historically bad for Bitcoin. Why September is historically Bitcoin’s red month Since 2013, September has proven to be a The post Bitcoin’s red month; why September still shapes the crypto cycle appeared first on CryptoSlate.

  • Is TON’s DeFi ready to lead a true financial revolution?
    by Slavik Baranov on August 30, 2025 at 11:06 pm

    The following is a guest post and opinion from Slavik Baranov, CEO at STON.fi Dev. From Gaming Phenomenon to Financial Ambition In 2024, the TON blockchain became one of the most talked-about ecosystems in crypto — not because of a groundbreaking DeFi protocol, but thanks to the meteoric rise of viral tap-to-earn games on Telegram. The post Is TON’s DeFi ready to lead a true financial revolution? appeared first on CryptoSlate.

  • US tech stocks under pressure as AI growth shows signs of cooling
    by Christina Comben on August 30, 2025 at 5:00 pm

    U.S. tech stocks came under pressure on Friday, driven by concerns about the rapid pace of investment in AI and a series of disappointing earnings reports in the semiconductor sector. The Nasdaq Composite fell 1.2%, closing out a week in which the tech-heavy index struggled to maintain recent highs. Semiconductor sector hit hard Among the The post US tech stocks under pressure as AI growth shows signs of cooling appeared first on CryptoSlate.

  • Bitcoin outflows aren’t benefiting gold; both assets feel the pressure
    by Christina Comben on August 30, 2025 at 3:21 pm

    Recent data from Bitcoin and gold ETFs revealed a departure from historical trends this month: instead of flows moving in opposite directions as they normally do, both Bitcoin and gold experienced outflows at the same time. This rare correlation speaks volumes about the current macroeconomic environment and shifting investor psychology. Bitcoin outflows didn’t benefit gold, The post Bitcoin outflows aren’t benefiting gold; both assets feel […]

  • Bitcoin is for payments; store of value is ‘just a neat byproduct’: BitVM creator
    by Christina Comben on August 30, 2025 at 12:54 pm

    The debate about Bitcoin as a method of payment versus a store of value is ongoing. With prices consistently above $100k, the relentless push from ETF issuers and Bitcoin treasury companies, and the inevitable institutionalization of the space, using Bitcoin for small payments seems more alien than ever. But is Jack Dorsey right in saying The post Bitcoin is for payments; store of value is ‘just a neat byproduct’: BitVM creator appeared […]

  • The Harsh Truth About Life In Canada Today
    by Tyler Durden on September 1, 2025 at 3:20 am

    The Harsh Truth About Life In Canada Today Authored by Mikkel Thorup via InternationalMan.com, Canada is often portrayed as a land of freedom, opportunity, and prosperity. Reality, however, tells a different story… Statist policies, crushing taxes, bloated bureaucracy, and a society overtaken by woke ideology have shattered Canada. This is a cautionary tale for those looking at Canada as an ideal living space. If you are […]

  • Mueller Announces Parkinson’s Diagnosis, Will Not Testify In Epstein Investigation
    by Tyler Durden on September 1, 2025 at 2:45 am

    Mueller Announces Parkinson’s Diagnosis, Will Not Testify In Epstein Investigation Former FBI Director and Trump special counsel Robert Mueller claims he has Parkinson’s disease, and “cannot comply with a request to testify this week before a congressional committee investigating the government’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein investigations,” the NY Times originally reported Sunday evening before stealth-editing their article […]

  • She Couldn’t Read Her Own Diploma: Why Public Schools Pass Students but Fail Society
    by Tyler Durden on September 1, 2025 at 2:10 am

    She Couldn’t Read Her Own Diploma: Why Public Schools Pass Students but Fail Society Authored by Hannah Frankman Hood via the American Institute for Economic Research (AIER), A nineteen-year-old college student is suing her former high school for negligence because she graduated despite being unable to read or write. The student, Aleysha Ortiz, graduated from Hartford Public Schools in the spring of 2024 with honors. She […]

  • DHS’s New Election Integrity Czar Has Receipts On Pennsylvania’s 2020 Fraud
    by Tyler Durden on September 1, 2025 at 1:35 am

    DHS’s New Election Integrity Czar Has Receipts On Pennsylvania’s 2020 Fraud Authored by Ben Sellers via Headline USA, Left-wing media outlets pounced this week to attack President Donald Trump’s new appointee for the Department of Homeland Security’s election-integrity czar. Outlets including the Associated Press and ProPublica accused Heather Honey of being an “election denier” for the doubts she has cast over […]

  • The Pentagon Cracks Down On Big Tech’s Coziness With China
    by Tyler Durden on September 1, 2025 at 1:00 am

    The Pentagon Cracks Down On Big Tech’s Coziness With China Authored by Paul Bradford via American Greatness, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced last week that the military would cease using a Microsoft program that relied on Chinese engineers. This obviously presented a major security issue, which Hegseth noted. “If you’re thinking ‘America first’ and common sense, this doesn’t pass either of those tests,” […]

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  • Katrina Is the Costliest, But Not Deadliest, Hurricane To Hit The US
    by Tyler Durden on September 1, 2025 at 12:25 am

    Katrina Is the Costliest, But Not Deadliest, Hurricane To Hit The US Hurricane Katrina made landfall in New Orleans 20 years ago this week on August 29, 2005. The storm brought destruction to the city, and the scale of damages as well as the U.S. government’s delayed response shocked the world. But, as Statista’s Katharina Buchholz reports, while Katrina remains the costliest hurricane to have hit the U.S. since the National […]

  • Nutcase Leftists Are Adamant That Trump Is Terminally Ill
    by Tyler Durden on August 31, 2025 at 11:50 pm

    Nutcase Leftists Are Adamant That Trump Is Terminally Ill Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, TDS riddled Left wing extremists have come up with a new source of hope, with many of them posting videos and posts claiming President Trumps is either terminally sick or already dead. Their proof? Trump hasn’t been seen in public for a day or two, except for when he was spotted in public as recently as yesterday morning, of […]

  • These Are The 20 Most Densely Populated Countries And Territories In The World
    by Tyler Durden on August 31, 2025 at 11:15 pm

    These Are The 20 Most Densely Populated Countries And Territories In The World From compact city-states to island nations, many of the world’s most densely populated jurisdictions share one thing in common: limited land area. While population growth plays a role, land mass area is often the stronger driver of population density. In fact, 13 of the 20 most densely populated nations and territories are islands. This infographic, […]

  • Trump Says He Will Issue Executive Order To Require Voter ID
    by Tyler Durden on August 31, 2025 at 10:40 pm

    Trump Says He Will Issue Executive Order To Require Voter ID Authored by Melanie Sun via The Epoch Times, President Donald Trump said on Saturday that he has decided to issue an executive order to request that federal elections require the presentation of voter ID in order to cast a ballot. “Voter I.D. Must Be Part of Every Single Vote. No exceptions!” Trump wrote on a post on Truth Social. “I Will Be Doing An Executive […]

  • ‘We Have Many Options’: US Warships Pass Through Panama Canal Toward Southern Caribbean
    by Tyler Durden on August 31, 2025 at 10:05 pm

    ‘We Have Many Options’: US Warships Pass Through Panama Canal Toward Southern Caribbean U.S. warships were seen entering the Panama Canal while navigating east toward the Atlantic, according to photos taken on Aug. 30. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Aug. 19 that President Donald Trump was “prepared to use every element of American power to stop drugs from flooding into [the United States] and to bring those […]

  • Replacement Of American Truckers With Unvetted, Unqualified Migrant Drivers Must Stop
    by Tyler Durden on August 31, 2025 at 9:30 pm

    Replacement Of American Truckers With Unvetted, Unqualified Migrant Drivers Must Stop Submitted by Gord Magill for American Truckers United: In the wake of the horrific crash in early August near Fort Pierce, Florida, that claimed the lives of three innocent motorists, we have seen a flurry of announcements and activity from the administration regarding who may be extended the privilege of being a trucker in America. The Indian […]

  • Trump Admin Moves To Cut 500+ Positions At Taxpayer-Funded Propaganda Network, Voice Of America
    by Tyler Durden on August 31, 2025 at 8:55 pm

    Trump Admin Moves To Cut 500+ Positions At Taxpayer-Funded Propaganda Network, Voice Of America Kari Lake, acting CEO of the U.S. Agency for Global Media, an independent federal agency that oversees America’s international broadcasting operations, including Voice of America, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, and other government-funded outlets, announced late Friday a “reduction in force” that will eliminate hundreds of jobs […]

  • How The US Will Force Yields Lower Across The Curve
    by Tyler Durden on August 31, 2025 at 8:20 pm

    How The US Will Force Yields Lower Across The Curve By Peter Tchir of Academy Securities Forcing Yields Lower Across the Curve We were already set to get a lot of economic data, especially on the labor front, compressed into a short week, and now we have to digest a court ruling on tariffs. A federal appeals court ruled against (many/some/all?) tariffs imposed using an emergency law. The tariffs will remain in place while the […]

  • Fecal Fiasco: Labor Day Letdown As East Coast Beaches Close Due To Contamination
    by Tyler Durden on August 31, 2025 at 7:45 pm

    Fecal Fiasco: Labor Day Letdown As East Coast Beaches Close Due To Contamination Some of the East Coast’s most popular beaches, stretching from Long Island all the way down to Florida, will be off-limits to swimmers this Labor Day weekend thanks to sky-high levels of fecal contamination, officials warned. Photo: Elizabeth Halliday, © Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution On Long Island, Benjamin’s Beach in Bay Shore, a favorite […]

  • Meme Markets: Investing Vs Entertainment
    by Tyler Durden on August 31, 2025 at 7:10 pm

    Meme Markets: Investing Vs Entertainment Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, Financial markets have transformed; today, trading and speculation have merged into performance art. The “Meme Market” culture now permeates mainstream finance. There was once a time when CEOs reigned as icons leading powerful companies, but today, some executives who once managed companies now lead cults. For example, Palantir, […]

  • Trump Admin Prepares Crackdown On Illegals Draining HUD-Backed Housing Funds
    by Tyler Durden on August 31, 2025 at 6:35 pm

    Trump Admin Prepares Crackdown On Illegals Draining HUD-Backed Housing Funds Tax-paying Americans have endured years of negative economic and social impacts from the illegal alien invasion facilitated under the Biden-Harris regime, which ultimately served their progressive billionaire friends, dark-money-funded far-left NGOs, and mega-globalist corporations. No sane American voted for this invasion, yet Democrats allowed it to […]

  • Peter Schiff: Gold To $6,000 Next Year, Dollar Index To 70
    by Tyler Durden on August 31, 2025 at 6:00 pm

    Peter Schiff: Gold To $6,000 Next Year, Dollar Index To 70 Submitted by QTR’s Fringe Finance I sat down with my friend Peter Schiff this weekend to get his targets on gold miners, gold, the dollar and markets heading into the end of 2025 and beginning of 2026. Schiff, never shy about his views, has spent decades warning of bubbles, currency debasement, and the inevitability of gold’s resurgence. This year the market is proving […]

  • Democrats Demand “Assault Weapons” Ban After Trans Mass Shooting In Minneapolis
    by Tyler Durden on August 31, 2025 at 5:25 pm

    Democrats Demand “Assault Weapons” Ban After Trans Mass Shooting In Minneapolis In the US, gun deaths are often the focus of progressive and international criticism, with claims that the nation is a wellspring of violence and murder that could be solved simply by banning firearms.  The disdain of the political left for the 2nd Amendment is no secret and their efforts to erase gun rights from the Constitution is a constant point of […]

  • Trump Admin Moves To Cut Another $4.9 Billion In Foreign Aid Funding
    by Tyler Durden on August 31, 2025 at 4:50 pm

    Trump Admin Moves To Cut Another $4.9 Billion In Foreign Aid Funding Authored by Arjun Singh via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), President Donald Trump on Aug. 28 proposed the cancellation of $4.9 billion in appropriated funds for foreign aid spending, using a maneuver that could effectively bypass the congressional approval process normally required to rescind the funds. President Donald Trump in the Oval Office on June 10, 2025. […]

  • Chicago Mayor Going To War With Trump Over Possible Immigration Crackdown
    by Tyler Durden on August 31, 2025 at 4:15 pm

    Chicago Mayor Going To War With Trump Over Possible Immigration Crackdown Leftists in sanctuary cities and states are scrambling to stop Donald Trump’s deportation efforts, but is there anything they can realistically do to interfere with operations to remove illegal aliens from the US?  Short of going to war with the federal government and a majority of the American public, the answer is no.     Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson […]

  • Chinese Fentanyl Financier Evades U.S. Extradition After Daring Mexico City Tunnel Escape 
    by Tyler Durden on August 31, 2025 at 3:40 pm

    Chinese Fentanyl Financier Evades U.S. Extradition After Daring Mexico City Tunnel Escape  Submitted by The Bureau’s Sam Cooper,  In a case reminiscent of the underground prison break of Sinaloa cartel boss “El Chapo” Guzmán, a high-profile Chinese national code-named Chino — who prosecutors say trained Hispanic drug traffickers to operate on U.S. soil, and who has been described as one of the main suppliers of fentanyl and […]

  • Southwest First To Fly With Secondary Cockpit Barriers – Almost 24 Years After 9/11
    by Tyler Durden on August 31, 2025 at 3:05 pm

    Southwest First To Fly With Secondary Cockpit Barriers – Almost 24 Years After 9/11 Over the past year, long-unique Southwest Airlines has been announcing big changes to its boarding and checked-baggage policies that will make it much like every other airline. However, the carrier distinguished itself from the field on Friday by pioneering the use of secondary cockpit barriers — something pilots, flight attendants and 9/11 family […]

  • Every Industry Is An Airport Lounge Now
    by Tyler Durden on August 31, 2025 at 2:30 pm

    Every Industry Is An Airport Lounge Now Submitted by QTR’s Fringe Finance I’m sure some of you saw that recent op-ed about airport lounges. It was written by David Mack for The New York Times. He laments the decline of airport lounges, recalling a grim experience at Orlando’s Club MCO: long waits, sad buffets, and weak drinks that hardly justify the hype. Lounges used to feel special, a perk reserved for business […]

  • Missouri Governor Calls Special Session For Redrawing Congressional Map
    by Tyler Durden on August 31, 2025 at 1:55 pm

    Missouri Governor Calls Special Session For Redrawing Congressional Map Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe announced on Aug. 29 that he was calling state lawmakers back to the capital for a special session tasked with redrawing the congressional district lines ahead of the 2026 election. His announcement came just hours after fellow Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed into law Texas’s new congressional voting map, setting the stage […]

  • Europe In The Balance?
    by Tyler Durden on August 31, 2025 at 1:20 pm

    Europe In The Balance? Authored by Victor Davis Hanson, Almost weekly in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, France, and Germany, a sensational assault committed by an illegal migrant — often enjoying some sort of state support or with prior arrests for the same crime — surfaces. Until recently, European politicians and the media sought to either ignore such news or accuse those who clamored for tighter borders, more police […]

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