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  • Wall Street is desperate to copy crypto’s prediction markets as Cboe files for “Yes/No” options
    by Andjela Radmilac on February 15, 2026 at 7:30 pm

    Cboe wants to bring back all-or-nothing options, a contract that pays a fixed amount if a condition is met and pays zero if it isn’t. While that might sound like a small product refresh, the timing makes it hard to ignore. Prediction markets have trained a new retail reflex: turn a belief into a number The post Wall Street is desperate to copy crypto’s prediction markets as Cboe files for “Yes/No” options appeared first on CryptoSlate.

  • Bitcoin hit $60,000 because two different groups finally surrendered — on-chain data shows who blinked
    by Andjela Radmilac on February 15, 2026 at 5:15 pm

    Bitcoin’s February drop to about $60,000 was the kind of single-day panic people will remember as a bottom. But the more accurate reading of this washout is harder and more useful: this cycle quit in stages, and the sellers rotated. A Feb. 10 report from Checkonchain framed the move as a capitulation event that arrived The post Bitcoin hit $60,000 because two different groups finally surrendered — on-chain data shows who blinked appeared […]

  • Robinhood’s $221 million crypto revenue drop shows crypto winter isn’t on chain and retail already moved
    by Andjela Radmilac on February 15, 2026 at 3:10 pm

    Crypto winter has a branding problem. The phrase makes it sound like the chain goes quiet, wallets stop moving, and the whole machine turns cold. However, the cleanest proof of retail pulling back rarely lives on-chain. The people who vanish first aren’t the power users bridging stables into DeFi or the long-term holders shuffling coins The post Robinhood’s $221 million crypto revenue drop shows crypto winter isn’t on chain and retail […]

  • Bitcoin shorts just hit their most extreme level in years as BTC defiantly holds above $70k
    by Oluwapelumi Adejumo on February 15, 2026 at 1:05 pm

    Bitcoin derivative traders are increasingly positioning for further downside rather than a clean bounce as the leading cryptocurrency continues to trade in a tight range below $70,000. According to CryptoSlate’s data, BTC price bottomed at $65,092 during the last 24 hours but has since recovered to $66,947 as of press time. This continues a weeklong The post Bitcoin shorts just hit their most extreme level in years as BTC defiantly holds above […]

  • Token Escrow on XRPL could force new XRP demand, but only if this adoption hurdle breaks
    by Oluwapelumi Adejumo on February 15, 2026 at 11:12 am

    On Feb. 12, RippleX, Ripple’s development arm, announced that Token Escrow is now live on the XRP Ledger’s (XRPL) mainnet. The change, labeled Token Escrow (XLS-85), extends conditional locking and release to trustline-based tokens (IOUs) and Multi-Purpose Tokens (MPTs). This expands the network’s escrow function beyond XRP to cover issued assets used for stablecoins and The post Token Escrow on XRPL could force new XRP demand, but only if […]

  • Tether quietly stacked 27 tons of gold, now it’s wiring $150M to sell it to crypto users
    by Andjela Radmilac on February 14, 2026 at 10:15 pm

    Gold back over $5,000 is a market tell: fear is back. Tether just paid $150 million for the last mile. By taking ~12% of Gold.com and integrating XAU₮, Tether is buying distribution, so a USDT holder can reach for gold without leaving the crypto payment loop Gold is trading above $5,000 an ounce again, and The post Tether quietly stacked 27 tons of gold, now it’s wiring $150M to sell it to crypto users appeared first on CryptoSlate.

  • This is what “Wall Street crypto” looks like: IBIT options went vertical as Bitcoin hit $60k intraday
    by Andjela Radmilac on February 14, 2026 at 7:10 pm

    Bitcoin’s slide toward $60,000 came with the usual noise from exchanges, but the sheer size of the panic was evident somewhere else. Options tied to BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) traded about 2.33 million contracts in a single trading day, a record that arrived right as price was at its most unstable. At the same The post This is what “Wall Street crypto” looks like: IBIT options went vertical as Bitcoin hit $60k intraday […]

  • Bitcoin is at risk of a talent drain because AI just created 1.3 million jobs
    by Gino Matos on February 14, 2026 at 4:05 pm

    Within a span of weeks in early 2026, a cluster of senior crypto operators announced they were stepping back or switching domains. Akshay BD, who spent five years building Solana’s ecosystem, posted a “life update” saying he was “grateful to pass the torch.” Anthony Rose, a zkSync executive, announced he was “moving on” after four The post Bitcoin is at risk of a talent drain because AI just created 1.3 million jobs appeared first […]

  • Bitcoin refuses to lose $70,000 this weekend. Was my $49k bottom call wrong?
    by Liam ‘Akiba’ Wright on February 14, 2026 at 2:35 pm

    Bitcoin is holding its ground this weekend. After Friday’s soft CPI rally, price keeps leaning into the same overhead zone around $70,300, and bids keep showing up above $65,000. That detail matters more than the stall. Last Sunday I framed $71,500 as the market’s checkpoint, the line that decides whether this bounce becomes a recovery The post Bitcoin refuses to lose $70,000 this weekend. Was my $49k bottom call wrong? appeared first on […]

  • Traders walked into a “free Bitcoin” trap on Bithumb and it triggered a 17% flash drop
    by Andjela Radmilac on February 14, 2026 at 1:07 pm

    One input mistake at South Korea’s Bithumb turned a routine promo payout into a $44 billion disaster for a simple reason: crypto moves at internet speed, but many exchanges still run on back-office habits built for slower systems. On Feb. 6, Bithumb meant to hand out tiny cash rewards as part of a promotion, about The post Traders walked into a “free Bitcoin” trap on Bithumb and it triggered a 17% flash drop appeared first on CryptoSlate.

  • Hillary Clinton Breaks With Party Line, Admits Mass Migration Is “Disruptive & Destabilizing”
    by Tyler Durden on February 15, 2026 at 9:55 pm

    Hillary Clinton Breaks With Party Line, Admits Mass Migration Is “Disruptive & Destabilizing” After U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke earlier on Saturday at the Munich Security Conference, where he said the U.S. and Europe “belong together” and argued for a stronger West, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who served under former President Barack Obama, appeared on a panel later that afternoon and made […]

  • Leftists Install Unauthorized Sirens Across LA To Warn Illegals Of ICE Raids
    by Tyler Durden on February 15, 2026 at 9:20 pm

    Leftists Install Unauthorized Sirens Across LA To Warn Illegals Of ICE Raids Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, Radical leftists in Los Angeles’ Highland Park neighborhood are installing unauthorized sirens to alert illegals when ICE agents are nearby, creating a city-wide network to sabotage federal deportation efforts. This brazen move highlights the escalating desperation of open-borders agitators, who are […]

  • Moscow Repels Another Large-Scale Ukrainian Drone Attack, Flights Briefly Grounded
    by Tyler Durden on February 15, 2026 at 8:45 pm

    Moscow Repels Another Large-Scale Ukrainian Drone Attack, Flights Briefly Grounded Russian officials are describing a large-scale Ukrainian drone attack targeting the capital of Moscow on Sunday. While not the first time, such aerial assaults so deep in Russian territory have remained somewhat rare. Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said Sunday afternoon that Russian air defenses intercepted 13 drones headed for the capital, as regional […]

  • The AI Transition: Even Dinosaurs Weren’t Stupid Enough To Create Their Own Extinction Event
    by Tyler Durden on February 15, 2026 at 8:10 pm

    The AI Transition: Even Dinosaurs Weren’t Stupid Enough To Create Their Own Extinction Event By Peter Tchir of Academy Securities A Bridge Too Far? The AI TRANSITioN? Last weekend we discussed Molotov Cocktails, Volatility, Stability, & Faux Liquidity. In a nutshell, it was about: The transition from one steady state to another steady state can be volatile. A rules-based world, dependent on trade, to a ProSec-based world […]

  • Pentagon Gaming Out “Sustained, Weeks-Long Military Campaign” Against Iran Which Could Open Pandora’s Box
    by Tyler Durden on February 15, 2026 at 7:35 pm

    Pentagon Gaming Out “Sustained, Weeks-Long Military Campaign” Against Iran Which Could Open Pandora’s Box The Pentagon is preparing for a “sustained, weeks-long military campaign” against Iran if President Trump gives the green light, according to fresh reporting in Reuters which cites two US officials. The scenario under review envisions a far broader conflict than last June’s 12-day war, when the US and Israel launched strikes on […]

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  • As Demand Grows, US Nuclear Energy Industry Faces Looming Crunch In Reactor Fuel Supply
    by Tyler Durden on February 15, 2026 at 7:00 pm

    As Demand Grows, US Nuclear Energy Industry Faces Looming Crunch In Reactor Fuel Supply Authored by John Haughey via The Epoch Times, The Department of Energy (DOE) has invested billions in incentivizing domestic production of enriched uranium for the commercial development of advanced nuclear reactors, including $2.7 billion issued last month to three companies to build centrifuges and processing plants necessary to produce fuel […]

  • Border Patrol Fired Army Lasers At Party Balloons, Forcing El Paso Air Traffic Shutdown
    by Tyler Durden on February 15, 2026 at 6:25 pm

    Border Patrol Fired Army Lasers At Party Balloons, Forcing El Paso Air Traffic Shutdown On Wednesday, after the FAA suddenly shut down airspace over El Paso, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced the unsettling move was prompted by a “cartel drone incursion,” and assured Americans that “the threat has been neutralized.” However, that shutdown, which impeded everything from commercial air traffic to medevac helicopter […]

  • “This Alliance Has To Look Different Because The World Looks Different”: Rubio Expands On Historic Speech In Munich
    by Tyler Durden on February 15, 2026 at 5:50 pm

    “This Alliance Has To Look Different Because The World Looks Different”: Rubio Expands On Historic Speech In Munich Authored by ‘sundance’ via The Last Refuge, Marco Rubio appears for an interview with John Micklethwait of Bloomberg News. The interview was pre-scheduled as a follow up to the rather historic speech in Munich at the security conference. Within the interview {video and transcript below} Rubio expands on the baseline […]

  • Russia Seized A Dozen Ukrainian Villages In February: ‘Expanding Security Zone’
    by Tyler Durden on February 15, 2026 at 5:15 pm

    Russia Seized A Dozen Ukrainian Villages In February: ‘Expanding Security Zone’ The Kremlin on Sunday issued an important battlefield update with Russian army chief Valery Gerasimov having newly declared that a dozen more eastern villages were seized in February. “In two weeks of February, despite severe winter conditions, combined forces and military units of the joint task force liberated 12 settlements,” Gerasimov said while […]

  • No Arrests In Nancy Guthrie Case After Major Operation Near Her Home
    by Tyler Durden on February 15, 2026 at 4:40 pm

    No Arrests In Nancy Guthrie Case After Major Operation Near Her Home Authored by Jacki Thrapp via The Epoch Times, No arrests have been made in the Nancy Guthrie case after a night of heavy police activity two miles from the missing 84-year-old’s home. Nancy Guthrie, who is the mother of “Today” show co-anchor Savannah Guthrie, was last seen on Jan. 31 after she had dinner with her family. As the search for Guthrie […]

  • “Billion Dollar Movie In One Prompt”: AI Disruption Crosshairs Hone In On Hollywood Studios
    by Tyler Durden on February 15, 2026 at 4:15 pm

    “Billion Dollar Movie In One Prompt”: AI Disruption Crosshairs Hone In On Hollywood Studios AI-driven equity disruption was everywhere this past week, spreading like wildfire beyond software into insurance, commercial real estate, financials, shipping, wealth management, and likely many more industries in the coming trading sessions. One industry in the crosshairs of AI disruption is Hollywood. Some of the publicly traded studios […]

  • What Do Monica Lewinsky, Maggie Thatcher, Elvis, Cher, Bill Cosby, & The Pope Have In Common?
    by Tyler Durden on February 15, 2026 at 4:05 pm

    What Do Monica Lewinsky, Maggie Thatcher, Elvis, Cher, Bill Cosby, & The Pope Have In Common? In the (alleged) interests of transparency, AG Pam Bondi and Deputy AG Todd Blanche released a statement overnight that included a list of all government officials and politically-exposed persons that appeared in The Epstein Files. SCOOP: The Department of Justice has sent over a letter to Congress outlining why it made redactions to […]

  • The Weak Dollar Narrative
    by Tyler Durden on February 15, 2026 at 3:30 pm

    The Weak Dollar Narrative Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, We have spent a lot of time over the last year debunking “narratives,” which are dangerous to investors, as “narratives” create a rationalization for overpaying for assets. Nonetheless, Wall Street loves a simple story and is happy to jump on a trend with momentum, selling products to unwitting consumers. A good example of that lately […]

  • Munich Security Conference A ‘Circus’ – Iran Says After Exiled Shah’s Son Invited
    by Tyler Durden on February 15, 2026 at 2:55 pm

    Munich Security Conference A ‘Circus’ – Iran Says After Exiled Shah’s Son Invited The Munich Security Conference, once regarded as a heavyweight diplomatic forum, has devolved into a spectacle that favors “performance over substance,” Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi complained after his country was snubbed. Organizers barred senior Iranian officials from attending this year’s gathering after deadly protests and unrest shook […]

  • Fetterman Reveals His Parents Are Trump Supporters, Refuses To Call MAGA Voters ‘Nazis’
    by Tyler Durden on February 15, 2026 at 2:20 pm

    Fetterman Reveals His Parents Are Trump Supporters, Refuses To Call MAGA Voters ‘Nazis’ Authored by Steve Watson via modernity.news, Pennsylvania Senator John Fetterman has once again set himself apart from the radical elements in his party by admitting that his own parents support President Trump—and using that as a reason to reject the Democrats’ over-the-top attacks on MAGA voters. In a recent interview with Politico’s […]

  • Germany’s “Two-Speed Europe” Proposal Is The EU’s Adaptation To Great Power Geopolitics
    by Tyler Durden on February 15, 2026 at 1:10 pm

    Germany’s “Two-Speed Europe” Proposal Is The EU’s Adaptation To Great Power Geopolitics Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack, German Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil recently declared that “Now is the time for a two-speed Europe. Germany, together with France and other partners, will therefore now take the lead in making Europe stronger and more independent. As the six biggest economies in Europe, we can now be the driving […]

  • From “Don’t Be Evil” To Drone King: Eric Schmidt Warns Ukraine’s “No Man’s Land” Is Future Of War
    by Tyler Durden on February 15, 2026 at 12:35 pm

    From “Don’t Be Evil” To Drone King: Eric Schmidt Warns Ukraine’s “No Man’s Land” Is Future Of War Google’s old motto, “Don’t be evil,” was retired for very good reasons about eight years ago. Former CEO Eric Schmidt has found a new obsession and is linked to a covert drone production pipeline that has supplied hundreds of FPV drones to Ukrainian front-line units, reinforcing his warning in a new Financial Times op-ed […]

  • A Month After Mass Amnesty For Illegals, Spain Urges Brussels To Take Migrants Off Its Hands
    by Tyler Durden on February 15, 2026 at 12:00 pm

    A Month After Mass Amnesty For Illegals, Spain Urges Brussels To Take Migrants Off Its Hands Authored by Thomas Brooke via Remix News, The Spanish government has asked the European Commission to help facilitate the redistribution of migrants arriving in the Canary Islands to other parts of Europe as part of a broader package of measures aimed at easing the demands placed on the archipelago. Economy, Trade and Business Minister […]

  • Lavrov Soberly Acknowledged The Challenges Posed By Trump 2.0
    by Tyler Durden on February 15, 2026 at 4:20 am

    Lavrov Soberly Acknowledged The Challenges Posed By Trump 2.0 Authored by Andrew Korybko, He calmly acknowledged that it’s now more difficult for Russia to advance its foreign policy goals due to the US’ renewed attempt to dominate the global economy through coercion and force, but he still believes that BRICS will play a pivotal role in furthering the global systemic transition to multipolarity. Russian Foreign Minister […]

  • Which US States Are Seeing Incomes Rise The Fastest (And Slowest)
    by Tyler Durden on February 15, 2026 at 3:45 am

    Which US States Are Seeing Incomes Rise The Fastest (And Slowest) Since 2019, U.S. household incomes have surged – rising from $68,700 to $83,730 nationally, a 21.9% increase in just five years. But where you live matters a lot. While some states tracked close to the national average, others saw incomes climb at nearly double the pace, driven by booming local industries and major investment. States like Colorado posted outsized […]

  • The Epstein Egregore
    by Tyler Durden on February 15, 2026 at 3:10 am

    The Epstein Egregore Authored by Mark Jeftovic via BombThrower.com, The Politics Of Institutionalized Predation. “I become stronger as you become weaker, I absorb strength as yours flows into me. I become capable of this because I do not experience your pain, I don’t care about your loss, and I feel no regret about using, abusing, and devouring you.” — Page 63, An Age For Lucifer Consider the following: “This book […]

  • Bitcoin Mining & The Electricity Grid: A Quiet Savior
    by Tyler Durden on February 15, 2026 at 2:00 am

    Bitcoin Mining & The Electricity Grid: A Quiet Savior Authored by Joakim Book via The Mises Institute, With all eyes on the winter storm raging through America last month, a silent hero was working in the background to keep the lights on. And I don’t primarily mean the emergency workers or the teams of electricians, foresters, and engineers that keep the power lines up and ice-free; these guys operate very much in the […]

  • Eat The Rich: California Democrats Trigger Reverse Gold Rush With Wealth Tax
    by Tyler Durden on February 15, 2026 at 1:15 am

    Eat The Rich: California Democrats Trigger Reverse Gold Rush With Wealth Tax Authored by Jonathan Turley, This month, the anniversary of the California Gold Rush came and passed with little mention … for good reason. When James W. Marshall found gold at Sutter’s Mill, millions traveled great distances to seek their fortune in the “Golden State.” Now, 178 years later, California has engineered an inverse Gold Rush, […]

  • 3 Detained As SWAT Team Swarms Home Near Guthrie’s House
    by Tyler Durden on February 15, 2026 at 12:20 am

    3 Detained As SWAT Team Swarms Home Near Guthrie’s House In a dramatic Friday night development in a case that’s garnered enormous public interest, three people were detained as a SWAT team executed search warrants connected to the abduction of the mother of NBC “Today” co-host Savannah Guthrie — and a neighbor claims another person shot himself in the head. Action unfolded at two locations — both of them only about two miles […]

  • Trump Promises Voter ID “Whether Congress Approves Or Not”
    by Tyler Durden on February 15, 2026 at 12:15 am

    Trump Promises Voter ID “Whether Congress Approves Or Not” The SAVE America Act squeaked through the House this week by five votes. The final tally was 218-213, with Rep. Henry Cuellar of Texas standing as the lone Democrat to cross party lines.  On Friday, Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) gave Republicans their 50th vote late Friday afternoon, telling Maine Wire the revised bill strikes an appropriate balance between election […]

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