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  • Is President Trump selling Bitcoin? WLFI pays off Aave debt with WBTC to avoid liquidation but risk remains
    by Gino Matos on February 6, 2026 at 1:51 pm

    A wallet attributed to President Donald Trump’s World Liberty Financial, which is managed by his sons, withdrew approximately 173 wrapped Bitcoin from Aave V3 on Feb. 5 and sold them to repay $11.75 million in stablecoin debt. This sequence reveals the mechanics of voluntary deleveraging: as Bitcoin’s drawdown below $63,000 forces whales to sell collateral The post Is President Trump selling Bitcoin? WLFI pays off Aave debt with WBTC to avoid […]

  • XRP, TRX, and BNB Slide Amid Broader Crypto Volatility as SONAMI Accelerates Layer 2 Development on Solana
    by News Desk on February 6, 2026 at 12:36 pm

    The cryptocurrency market has entered a renewed phase of volatility, with major digital assets including XRP, TRX, and BNB experiencing notable price corrections alongside broader market weakness. The downturn reflects a combination of macroeconomic pressure, reduced speculative activity, and ongoing reassessment of long-term network fundamentals across leading blockchain ecosystems. As prices across multiple Layer 1 The post XRP, TRX, and BNB […]

  • Did minting $3 billion USDT, USDC just help stop Bitcoin losing $60k?
    by Oluwapelumi Adejumo on February 6, 2026 at 11:58 am

    The crypto market has entered a fragile phase as Bitcoin dropped under the critical $70,000 level and bounced off $60,000, a zone that has increasingly acted as a gravitational pull rather than a launchpad. This subdued price action came as the stablecoin market has surged, with Tether and Circle minting billions of dollars’ worth of The post Did minting $3 billion USDT, USDC just help stop Bitcoin losing $60k? appeared first on CryptoSlate.

  • Bitcoin slide to $60k puts treasuries $10B underwater as one major firm braces for a $27B disaster
    by Gino Matos on February 6, 2026 at 9:50 am

    Bitcoin’s (BTC) slide to as low as $60,233 overnight, before recovering somewhat to $65,443, has left most of the largest pure-play Bitcoin treasury companies deeply underwater on their holdings, with combined unrealized losses approaching $10 billion across eight entities that collectively control more than 850,000 BTC. The reckoning hits hardest at the top. Strategy, formerly The post Bitcoin slide to $60k puts treasuries $10B underwater as […]

  • Traders dump $4.3 billion BTC on Binance as exchange sells more Bitcoin than other exchanges combined
    by Gino Matos on February 5, 2026 at 9:30 pm

    Binance moved 42.8% of total spot volume over the past week but absorbed 79.7% of net selling pressure across five major exchanges, according to data from Traderview. The imbalance raises the question of whether a venue needs to handle “most of the market” to set prices for the whole market. The answer is no. A The post Traders dump $4.3 billion BTC on Binance as exchange sells more Bitcoin than other exchanges combined appeared first on […]

  • XRP defiant amid Bitcoin collapse as a massive institutional migration quietly shifts billions into Ripple
    by Oluwapelumi Adejumo on February 5, 2026 at 7:15 pm

    Bitcoin, Ethereum, and XRP have all retreated to deep cycle lows, dragging the broader crypto market back to valuation levels not seen since late 2024, according to CryptoSlate’s data. While price action across the board appears uniformly grim, with BTC heading below $70,000 and XRP recently trading around $1.35, sentiment toward the Ripple-linked token is The post XRP defiant amid Bitcoin collapse as a massive institutional migration quietly […]

  • Markets plunge as Bitcoin and silver just triggered a global margin call after inflation warnings made a recovery look impossible
    by Liam ‘Akiba’ Wright on February 5, 2026 at 4:30 pm

    Bitcoin is plummeting toward a dangerous $56,100 price floor as massive ETF outflows signal a demand crisis At some point every cycle has the same moment, the one where the story stops being about charts and starts being about cash. You can see it in the way traders talk, the jokes dry up, the group The post Markets plunge as Bitcoin and silver just triggered a global margin call after inflation warnings made a recovery look impossible appeared […]

  • Bitcoin faces a brutal irony as the Treasury refuses to save BTC from its own political success
    by Gino Matos on February 5, 2026 at 3:10 pm

    Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told Congress he has no authority to bail out Bitcoin. The exchange came during a Senate Banking Committee hearing, when Senator Brad Sherman asked whether the Treasury could intervene to support cryptocurrency prices. Bessent’s answer was direct: he cannot use taxpayer dollars to buy Bitcoin, and the question falls outside his The post Bitcoin faces a brutal irony as the Treasury refuses to save BTC from its […]

  • Bitcoin hits critical warning zone threatening a 42% drop before the new bull run can start
    by Liam ‘Akiba’ Wright on February 5, 2026 at 2:10 pm

    Bitcoin is back in that familiar place where the chart looks ugly, the timeline feels loud, and everyone is trying to guess whether the next move is the one that finally breaks the mood. Today, Bitcoin fell below $70,000 for the first time in well over a year. Historically, that price still looks strong, especially The post Bitcoin hits critical warning zone threatening a 42% drop before the new bull run can start appeared first on CryptoSlate.

  • Bitcoin sinks below the $70,000 essential support but XRP is hit hardest
    by Oluwapelumi Adejumo on February 5, 2026 at 12:59 pm

    Bitcoin retreated below the closely watched $70,000 threshold, leading a broad selloff in digital assets that has erased over $1 billion in trading positions. According to CryptoSlate’s data, the world’s largest cryptocurrency fell to lows not seen since the November 2024 election, dragging the wider market into the red. Ethereum slid 7% to around $2065, The post Bitcoin sinks below the $70,000 essential support but XRP is hit hardest […]

  • Pam Bondi’s DOJ Is Sabotaging The Trump Coalition
    by Tyler Durden on February 6, 2026 at 2:20 pm

    Pam Bondi’s DOJ Is Sabotaging The Trump Coalition Authored by John Valleco, Executive Vice President Gun Owners of America, In November 2024, the American people decisively elected President Trump to a second term in office. After four intolerable years of controlled national demolition under the Biden autopen, the newly elected 47th President was poised to keep his promises and fulfill his mandate. President Trump had the […]

  • Futures Rebound To Session High As Software, Gold And Bitcoin All Jump
    by Tyler Durden on February 6, 2026 at 1:50 pm

    Futures Rebound To Session High As Software, Gold And Bitcoin All Jump US equity futures are poised to open higher with Software companies finally bouncing (as previewed here), even though Amazon continues to be deep in the red after its eye-watering capex outlook. US stocks will cap a bruising week in which a rush to unwind crowded trades – from AI shares to precious metals and crypto – triggered margin calls and amplified the […]

  • Indirect US-Iran Talks To Avoid War End In Agreement For 2nd Round, Cautious Optimism
    by Tyler Durden on February 6, 2026 at 1:45 pm

    Indirect US-Iran Talks To Avoid War End In Agreement For 2nd Round, Cautious Optimism The much anticipated talks between American and Iranian officials which kicked off Friday in Oman, in order to prevent war – or rather what many would describe as staving off US unprovoked attack – are being done in indirect fashion, at least in the opening phase. Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi is in Muscat for the discussions, while […]

  • HIMS Shares Sink After FDA Vows “Swift Action” Against Copycat GLP-1 Drugs
    by Tyler Durden on February 6, 2026 at 1:05 pm

    HIMS Shares Sink After FDA Vows “Swift Action” Against Copycat GLP-1 Drugs Hims & Hers Health’s $49-a-month copycat GLP-1 pill, priced far below Novo Nordisk’s $149-a-month Wegovy pill, can be seen as part of a “GLP-1 price war” between the telehealth company and Big Pharma giant. It appears that HIMS’ strategy has been an access-and-pricing arbitrage play: mass-market a copycat GLP-1 first, then address any regulatory fallout […]

  • Stellantis Shares Crash On 22 Billion Euro Charge Tied To Miscalculating EV Demand
    by Tyler Durden on February 6, 2026 at 12:20 pm

    Stellantis Shares Crash On 22 Billion Euro Charge Tied To Miscalculating EV Demand Stellantis NV shares crashed the most on record in European trading after the automaker disclosed a 22-billion-euro (about $25 billion) charge tied to its failed EV strategy.   Management framed the charge as the cost of misreading the slope of EV adoption, effectively building a product and investment plan around an “energy transition” timeline […]

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  • House Launches Investigation Into ‘Discriminatory’ South Korean Regulators After Trump Hits Seoul With 25% Tariff
    by Tyler Durden on February 6, 2026 at 11:55 am

    House Launches Investigation Into ‘Discriminatory’ South Korean Regulators After Trump Hits Seoul With 25% Tariff The House Judiciary Committee has opened a formal investigation into whether South Korean regulators are unfairly targeting American technology companies, as the two allies with a long history of economic and security cooperation find themselves embroiled in a heated dispute over trade, technology, and regulatory […]

  • Spain’s Far-Left Government Threatens To “Limit And Likely Ban” X
    by Tyler Durden on February 6, 2026 at 11:30 am

    Spain’s Far-Left Government Threatens To “Limit And Likely Ban” X Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, Spain’s Minister of Youth and Children, Sira Rego, has declared that the far-left government under Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez intends to “limit and likely ban” the use of X across the entire country, marking yet another assault on free speech by European regimes desperate to control narratives. This […]

  • US Beef Cow Cycle Low Set To Deepen, Keeping Steak Prices High
    by Tyler Durden on February 6, 2026 at 10:45 am

    US Beef Cow Cycle Low Set To Deepen, Keeping Steak Prices High US-based research firm CattleFax delivered bad news for consumers at the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association’s annual conference in Nashville this week, warning that high prices for steak and ground beef are here to stay. CattleFax analyst Kevin Good told the audience that beef supplies will stay very tight. He said the beef cow herd will shrink again this year, […]

  • Trump Extends African Free-Trade Agreement Easing Tariff Fears Amid Tensions
    by Tyler Durden on February 6, 2026 at 10:00 am

    Trump Extends African Free-Trade Agreement Easing Tariff Fears Amid Tensions Authored by Rachel Roberts via The Epoch Times, U.S. President Donald Trump signed a law this week extending a free-trade agreement for some African nations until the end of the year, Washington’s chief trade negotiator said. U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said his department would work alongside Congress this year to update the program to […]

  • “Electricity Market Is F**ked”: Finland Wind Turbine Blades Freeze, Curbing Green Power Output
    by Tyler Durden on February 6, 2026 at 9:15 am

    “Electricity Market Is F**ked”: Finland Wind Turbine Blades Freeze, Curbing Green Power Output Finland has prided itself as a global leader in decarbonization, boasting the second-highest share of renewables in final energy consumption across the EU. But the green utopia narrative has cracked under the strain of a brutal winter, as cold weather has brought wind power generation to a near standstill. Most of the country’s wind […]

  • Climate Alarmists Are Often Wrong But Never in Doubt
    by Tyler Durden on February 6, 2026 at 8:30 am

    Climate Alarmists Are Often Wrong But Never in Doubt Authored by Gary Abernathy via The Empowerment Alliance, One of the most annoying things about climate doomsayers is the certainty with which they make their dire predictions, while simultaneously making excuses for all their past prognostications that failed to materialize. Let’s revisit a few. In the early to mid-1970s, several magazine articles and a number of scientists […]

  • Abu Dhabi Talks Bearing Fruit: Over 300 Russian, Ukrainian POWs Swapped
    by Tyler Durden on February 6, 2026 at 7:45 am

    Abu Dhabi Talks Bearing Fruit: Over 300 Russian, Ukrainian POWs Swapped US-brokered Ukraine and Russia negotiations in the United Arab Emirates – specifically Abu Dhabi – have already borne some fruit as the warring sides Thursday reached an agreement to exchange 314 prisoners of war. US special envoy Steve Witkoff confirmed the prisoner deal in a post on X, explaining that while “significant work remains, steps like this […]

  • Socialist Spanish Mayor Vowed To Block Migrant Minor Arrivals… Then Quickly Reversed Amid Political Pressure
    by Tyler Durden on February 6, 2026 at 7:00 am

    Socialist Spanish Mayor Vowed To Block Migrant Minor Arrivals… Then Quickly Reversed Amid Political Pressure Authored by Thomas Brooke via Remix news, The Socialist mayor of Cartes in northern Spain has reversed her opposition to hosting unaccompanied migrant minors after attempting to block their arrival, issuing a public apology following pressure from her party leadership. Lorena Cueto, mayor of the Cantabrian town of […]

  • Why Greenland Is At The Center Of A Shifting Global Order
    by Tyler Durden on February 6, 2026 at 4:25 am

    Why Greenland Is At The Center Of A Shifting Global Order Authored by Terri Wu via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), U.S. President Donald Trump’s pursuit of Greenland for national security purposes rankled allies ahead of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, in January. A drone view shows a general view of Nuuk, Greenland, on Jan. 15, 2026. REUTERS/Marko Djurica Trump’s threat of tariffs, coupled with his talk of […]

  • “Dystopic As F**k”: This Website Lets AI Bots Rent Humans
    by Tyler Durden on February 6, 2026 at 4:00 am

    “Dystopic As F**k”: This Website Lets AI Bots Rent Humans The AI era already feels like a dystopian fever dream straight out of a bad sci-fi novel, but leave it to a software engineer to push the accelerator straight into the abyss. Enter Alexander Liteplo, the software developer behind RentAHuman.ai, a freshly launched platform that lets autonomous AI agents “search, book, and pay” actual human beings to perform physical-world […]

  • Study Of Military Meals Finds Low Nutrients, Concerning Contaminants
    by Tyler Durden on February 6, 2026 at 3:35 am

    Study Of Military Meals Finds Low Nutrients, Concerning Contaminants Authored by Ryan Morgan via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), America’s troops may be getting few of the nutrients they expect, and many harmful compounds they don’t, according to a new laboratory study of military rations and meals provided to troops on armed forces bases. A U.S. Marine eats a military field ration during a field exercise at Combined Arms […]

  • Ilhan Omar’s Winery Exposed As Fake Shell For Alleged Money Laundering
    by Tyler Durden on February 6, 2026 at 2:45 am

    Ilhan Omar’s Winery Exposed As Fake Shell For Alleged Money Laundering Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, A damning on-site investigation has revealed that the winery co-owned by Ilhan Omar’s husband is nothing more than a phantom operation, fueling suspicions of fraud amid scrutiny of her skyrocketing wealth. Angela Rose, the journalist behind the probe, visited the listed address in Santa Rosa, California, only […]

  • Senate Bill Would Ensure Data Centers Do Not Pass Energy Costs Onto Consumers
    by Tyler Durden on February 6, 2026 at 2:20 am

    Senate Bill Would Ensure Data Centers Do Not Pass Energy Costs Onto Consumers Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) is circulating a bill to require data centers to bring their own power when constructing these new power-hungry facilities, Axios reports this morning. We’ve detailed the growing resistance to the construction of new data centers for months now as several studies have demonstrated electricity prices spiking around new […]

  • How To Feel Joy In A Dopamine-Saturated World
    by Tyler Durden on February 6, 2026 at 1:55 am

    How To Feel Joy In A Dopamine-Saturated World Authored by Sheridan Genrich via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Your brain treats what it sees in Instagram reels the same way it treats cocaine. Both experiences flood a thumbnail-sized region of the brain with dopamine—a chemical that makes you want more, right now. The problem is that after a certain amount of dopamine hits, your brain adapts by turning down the pleasure volume. […]

  • Billions In Chinese Investment To Flee Panama – Beijing Livid Over Canal Ports Decision
    by Tyler Durden on February 6, 2026 at 1:30 am

    Billions In Chinese Investment To Flee Panama – Beijing Livid Over Canal Ports Decision China is lashing out at Panama after the country’s top court torpedoed a key Chinese-linked operations contract at the Panama Canal, warning that the Central American nation “will inevitably pay a heavy price” if it doesn’t reverse course. Under immense US pressure from the Trump White House, Panama’s Supreme Court last week ruled to void […]

  • Fulton County Georgia Sues For Return Of 2020 Election Documents Seized By FBI
    by Tyler Durden on February 6, 2026 at 1:05 am

    Fulton County Georgia Sues For Return Of 2020 Election Documents Seized By FBI Authored by Matthew Vadum via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Fulton County, Georgia, is suing the federal government for the return of 2020 election documents that the FBI seized in a raid last week. An FBI press office employee approaches the Fulton County Election Hub and Operation Center in Union City, Ga., on Jan. 28, 2026. Arvin Temka/Atlanta […]

  • Beijing’s Big Short: Meet The Chinese “Anti Hunt Brother” Billionaire Betting Against Silver Bulls
    by Tyler Durden on February 6, 2026 at 12:42 am

    Beijing’s Big Short: Meet The Chinese “Anti Hunt Brother” Billionaire Betting Against Silver Bulls Born in 1963 in Zhuji, Zhejiang Province, right in the middle of some pretty chaotic times in China’s history, reclusive billionaire Bian Ximing grew up to become a commodity titan after making some huge bets in the metals markets over the past few years. In 2003, he bought Zhongcai Futures Co., which would become the centerpiece […]

  • Epstein Death Gets Weirder: DOJ Finally Admits To ‘Orange-Colored Shape’ Moving Up Staircase
    by Tyler Durden on February 6, 2026 at 12:40 am

    Epstein Death Gets Weirder: DOJ Finally Admits To ‘Orange-Colored Shape’ Moving Up Staircase The death of Jeffrey Epstein has always been extremely suspect, if only for the sheer number of odd coincidences that occurred the night of August 9th, 2019. There are three theories: One, he actually killed himself. Two, the DOJ – headed up by Bill Barr whose pedocentric-author father hired Epstein to teach at Dalton in the 70s – had […]

  • Federal Agency Seeks To Investigate Nike For Alleged Bias Against White Employees
    by Tyler Durden on February 6, 2026 at 12:15 am

    Federal Agency Seeks To Investigate Nike For Alleged Bias Against White Employees Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is seeking a court order for investigating systemic race discrimination allegations against white workers by footwear and apparel corporation Nike Inc., according to a Feb. 4 statement from the agency. The Nike logo above the entrance […]

  • Republicans Demand Inclusion Of SAVE Act In DHS Funding Bill – What To Know
    by Tyler Durden on February 5, 2026 at 11:25 pm

    Republicans Demand Inclusion Of SAVE Act In DHS Funding Bill – What To Know Authored by Joseph Lord & Nathan Worcester via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), After President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed a government funding measure to end a partial government shutdown, funding clashes still lie ahead—this time, centered entirely around the contents of a bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The U.S. […]

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