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  • Banks risk another 2008 crisis after moving the equivalent of 18 million BTC into shadow lenders
    by Liam ‘Akiba’ Wright on March 18, 2026 at 10:15 pm

    US banks “reduced” their credit risk after 2008 by shifting more of it to nonbank lenders. Since 2008, banks have shifted a growing share of their lending to nonbanks like private credit funds, making it their fastest-growing loan category. That shift doesn’t signal another 2008-style crisis today, but it does show where trouble could surface The post Banks risk another 2008 crisis after moving the equivalent of 18 million BTC into shadow […]

  • Why the US-Iran conflict sent traders to Hyperliquid — and pushed HYPE into crypto’s top 10
    by Oluwapelumi Adejumo on March 18, 2026 at 8:10 pm

    Hyperliquid’s HYPE token moved into the top 10 crypto assets by market capitalization, beating Cardano’s ADA amid a 1,700-fold rise in trading volume tied to oil volatility during the US-Iran conflict. Notably, Bitcoin benefited significantly from the broader bid for crypto during the conflict, but HYPE gained a second channel as traders used Hyperliquid’s platform The post Why the US-Iran conflict sent traders to Hyperliquid — and pushed […]

  • Ethereum is outperforming Bitcoin when it shouldn’t be — what’s driving it?
    by Oluwapelumi Adejumo on March 18, 2026 at 6:02 pm

    Ethereum is outpacing Bitcoin as tensions involving the United States, Israel, and Iran continue to shape global markets. Data from CryptoSlate shows ETH has risen 18% against the dollar since the start of March, compared with a 13% gain for Bitcoin over the same period. The ETH/BTC ratio has also moved higher, rising 7.6% to The post Ethereum is outperforming Bitcoin when it shouldn’t be — what’s driving it? appeared first on CryptoSlate.

  • SEC makes huge U-turn, declares crypto tokens are ‘digital commodities’ after years of legal battles
    by Gino Matos on March 18, 2026 at 4:02 pm

    The SEC just made its biggest crypto classification move in years, placing major tokens such as Ethereum, Solana, Cardano, Dogecoin, Avalanche, XRP, and Chainlink into a “digital commodities” bucket while saying some token sales can stop being treated as securities-law cases once the issuer’s core promises are fulfilled. Paired with a new SEC-CFTC coordination framework, The post SEC makes huge U-turn, declares crypto tokens are […]

  • Playnance Puts G Coin Presale in Focus as March 18 Launch Day Arrives
    by News Desk on March 18, 2026 at 2:30 pm

    A token sale tied to a live ecosystem Playnance is bringing G Coin to a major public milestone today, after saying March 18 would mark the token’s generation event and broader market debut. Unlike projects that arrive before product adoption, Playnance is pitching G Coin as the utility layer for an ecosystem that already has The post Playnance Puts G Coin Presale in Focus as March 18 Launch Day Arrives appeared first on CryptoSlate.

  • The DAO dream is over? Billion dollar crypto company shuts down, kills token launch citing ‘no users’
    by Gino Matos on March 18, 2026 at 2:05 pm

    Crypto governance company, Tally, processed more than $1 billion in payments, served more than a million users, helped secure over $80 billion in protocol assets, completed a 60-day US ICO registration process, and then decided to kill the token sale and shut down anyway. The company stated that the market for venture-backed governance tooling does The post The DAO dream is over? Billion dollar crypto company shuts down, kills token launch […]

  • Fed decision tonight will likely decide whether Bitcoin gets past $80k or fall further
    by Oluwapelumi Adejumo on March 18, 2026 at 12:01 pm

    Bitcoin has mostly traded around $74,000 on Wednesday as investors waited for the Federal Reserve’s policy decision. However, as of press time, Bitcoin has just lost the $73,500 support, with a route to $72,000 now in sight. The meeting is expected to leave the federal funds target range at 3.50% to 3.75% while updating projections The post Fed decision tonight will likely decide whether Bitcoin gets past $80k or fall further appeared first on […]

  • Crypto tried to cut out Visa and Mastercard — now they’re buying up blockchain companies
    by Gino Matos on March 18, 2026 at 10:09 am

    Mastercard agreed to pay up to $1.8 billion for BVNK, a stablecoin infrastructure firm that connects blockchain payments with traditional banking rails. The deal includes $300 million in contingent payments and closes what Mastercard told investors would have taken too long to build internally: the ability to move money seamlessly across fiat and on-chain systems The post Crypto tried to cut out Visa and Mastercard — now they’re buying up […]

  • Citi slashes Bitcoin target by $31,000 despite rising prices as Washington delays stall crypto breakout
    by Liam ‘Akiba’ Wright on March 17, 2026 at 10:25 pm

    Citigroup cuts Bitcoin and Ethereum targets as slower US policy timeline trims the upside case Citigroup has cut its 12-month targets for Bitcoin and Ethereum, lowering its Bitcoin forecast to $112,000 from $143,000 and its Ethereum forecast to $3,175 from $4,304. The March 17 revision marks a sharp step down from the bank’s December view The post Citi slashes Bitcoin target by $31,000 despite rising prices as Washington delays stall crypto […]

  • Recession risk hits historic danger zone, setting up Bitcoin’s biggest test yet
    by Liam ‘Akiba’ Wright on March 17, 2026 at 7:35 pm

    Bitcoin is heading toward its first real recession-era test as a mature institutional asset after Moody’s recession model rose to 48.6%, a level that, in that historical series, has not previously been reached without a recession following within 12 months. The historical ‘point of no return’ signal arrives as US growth slows, the labor market The post Recession risk hits historic danger zone, setting up Bitcoin’s biggest test yet […]

  • 17 Veterans Kill Themselves A Day Waiting 17 Days For Help
    by Tyler Durden on March 19, 2026 at 3:05 am

    17 Veterans Kill Themselves A Day Waiting 17 Days For Help Authored by Sean O’Connor via RealClearDefense, Every day, roughly 17 veterans take their own lives. For two decades, that number hasn’t budged.  VA Secretary Doug Collins said that despite spending billions of dollars, we’re losing the same number of veterans every year. For veterans under the age of 45, a recent report shows suicide is the second-leading cause […]

  • Former Air Force Officer Claims UFOs Disabled Nuclear Missiles
    by Tyler Durden on March 19, 2026 at 2:40 am

    Former Air Force Officer Claims UFOs Disabled Nuclear Missiles A former U.S. Air Force missile launch officer says unidentified flying objects once disabled several nuclear missiles at a base in Montana during the Cold War, according to the NY Post. Robert Salas, now 85, said the incident occurred in 1967 at Malmstrom Air Force Base, where he was on duty monitoring LGM-30 Minuteman I missiles. Speaking on the The Danny Jones […]

  • WHO Convenes Global Session To Dictate How The Coming Influenza Pandemic Will Be Run
    by Tyler Durden on March 19, 2026 at 2:15 am

    WHO Convenes Global Session To Dictate How The Coming Influenza Pandemic Will Be Run Authored by Jon Fleetwood via substack, The World Health Organization will convene an online international pandemic control session on Wednesday, March 18, centered on the unelected globalist group’s Pandemic Influenza Preparedness (PIP) Framework, according to a WHO press release. PIP is the international structure through which the WHO, a […]

  • Teacher Who Resigned Over DEI Says “Ideological Takeover” Is Getting Worse
    by Tyler Durden on March 19, 2026 at 1:50 am

    Teacher Who Resigned Over DEI Says “Ideological Takeover” Is Getting Worse In a recently released NY Post op-ed, teacher Dana Stangel-Plowe described why she publicly resigned from the Dwight-Englewood School in 2021 after witnessing what she calls an ideological takeover of K-12 education. She writes that the shift began after faculty trainings on privilege and the hiring of a diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) officer whose […]

  • AI Insiders Warn Of Dangers Of ‘Emergent Strategic Behavior’
    by Tyler Durden on March 19, 2026 at 1:25 am

    AI Insiders Warn Of Dangers Of ‘Emergent Strategic Behavior’ Authored by Autumn Spredemann via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), As the landscape of autonomous artificial intelligence systems evolves, there’s growing concern that the technology is becoming increasingly strategic—or even deceptive—when allowed to operate without human guidance. Illustration by The Epoch Times, Shutterstock Recent evidence suggests that […]

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  • Australia Has One Month Before Energy Crisis And Fuel Rationing
    by Tyler Durden on March 19, 2026 at 1:00 am

    Australia Has One Month Before Energy Crisis And Fuel Rationing If there is one prevailing misconception about the war in Iran, it is the idea that the closure of the Strait of Hormuz will hurt the US the most.  This is simply not the case.  In reality, only around 7% of US oil imports actually travel through the Hormuz to get to American markets.  The potential long term instability in the strait is far more damaging to […]

  • Qatar Expels Iranian Diplomats After Strike On LNG Hub; Israel Attacks Iran’s Navy In Caspian Sea
    by Tyler Durden on March 19, 2026 at 12:45 am

    Qatar Expels Iranian Diplomats After Strike On LNG Hub; Israel Attacks Iran’s Navy In Caspian Sea Summary Israel strikes Iran Navy in Caspian Sea. Iran FM Discusses Strait of Hormuz with EU’s Kallas, oil dumps, amid reports of Iran launches on KSA. Largest Qatar LNG export hub hit by Iranian missiles. Doha expels diplomats. Some Gulf states want to ensure Iran’s missile arsenal destroyed for good, as EU, Russia, China demand […]

  • “Fully Stretched”: Some US Airports Face Possible Closure If Government Shutdown Prolongs
    by Tyler Durden on March 19, 2026 at 12:35 am

    “Fully Stretched”: Some US Airports Face Possible Closure If Government Shutdown Prolongs Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Some U.S. airports may be forced to close down if lawmakers fail to reach a deal to fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and end the partial government shutdown, a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) official said on March 17. Passengers move through one of the […]

  • 200,000 Immigrant Truck Drivers Begin Losing Licenses Under New Trump Admin Rule
    by Tyler Durden on March 19, 2026 at 12:10 am

    200,000 Immigrant Truck Drivers Begin Losing Licenses Under New Trump Admin Rule About 200,000 immigrant truck drivers in the United States could lose their commercial driver’s licenses once they expire under a new rule backed by the administration of Donald Trump, according to VNY. Which leads us…and everybody else to ask: we had 200,000 immigrant truck drivers in the United States? We had 200K immigrant truck drivers??? […]

  • How The Iran War Could Trigger A Global Credit Crunch
    by Tyler Durden on March 18, 2026 at 11:45 pm

    How The Iran War Could Trigger A Global Credit Crunch Authored by Ryan Smith via OilPrice.com, The Iran war’s shock to oil and gas prices has, understandably, dominated much of the recent market news.  Though the downstream effects have yet to be fully understood, there is no question that we are in the throes of the greatest energy crisis in modern history, with significant implications for every facet of the modern economy. […]

  • Chinese State Bankers Face Bonus Cuts Of At Least 30%
    by Tyler Durden on March 18, 2026 at 11:20 pm

    Chinese State Bankers Face Bonus Cuts Of At Least 30% Senior bankers at China’s state-backed financial institutions are preparing for bonus cuts of at least 30% as Beijing presses ahead with sweeping pay reforms across its $69 trillion financial sector, according to Bloomberg. At two major state-owned banks, senior managers — including department heads — saw their 2025 bonuses reduced by 30% to 50%, according to people […]

  • Everything, Everywhere, All At Once
    by Tyler Durden on March 18, 2026 at 10:55 pm

    Everything, Everywhere, All At Once Authored by No1 at Gold & Geopolitics substack, Let me start with a number. In 1980, when the Iran-Iraq war disrupted global oil supply, the volume lost was around 4 million barrels per day. Painful. The world went into recession. Volcker raised rates to 20% to kill inflation. It nearly killed the economy in the process. We called it a crisis and we meant it. The current Hormuz blockade is […]

  • Why The Left Is More Distressed, Anxious, & Filled With Hate Than The Right
    by Tyler Durden on March 18, 2026 at 10:05 pm

    Why The Left Is More Distressed, Anxious, & Filled With Hate Than The Right Authored by ‘Sallust’ via DailySceptic.org, There is an interesting article in the Telegraph by a psychotherapist called Jonathan Alpert, called ‘There’s a reason the Left seems more psychologically distressed than the Right’ (you can read it here). This is how he opens: In my clinical practice, one pattern has become increasingly […]

  • Vance Embraces ‘Fraud Czar’ Role, Dems Plan To Make It A 2028 Liability
    by Tyler Durden on March 18, 2026 at 9:15 pm

    Vance Embraces ‘Fraud Czar’ Role, Dems Plan To Make It A 2028 Liability Authored by Philip Wegmann via RealClearPolitics, Democrats began laying a trap the moment that President Trump announced during his State of the Union that Vice President JD Vance would lead a new “war on fraud,” salivating at the possibility of political liability and dubbing the MAGA heir apparent the “fraud czar.” “It will be blocks of cement […]

  • Ready For War? New B-21 Raider Activity Spotted Over Mojave Desert
    by Tyler Durden on March 18, 2026 at 8:50 pm

    Ready For War? New B-21 Raider Activity Spotted Over Mojave Desert There has been increased activity of the B-21 Raider stealth bomber, suggesting the Department of War is on an accelerated path to bring the next-generation bomber platform into service, with the USAF targeting an operational date in 2027. Earlier this month, plane spotters appeared to capture the highly secretive B-21 refueling behind a KC-135R tanker over the […]

  • Did US Intel Agencies Hide Chinese Interference In 2020 Election From ‘Vulgarian’ Trump?
    by Tyler Durden on March 18, 2026 at 8:25 pm

    Did US Intel Agencies Hide Chinese Interference In 2020 Election From ‘Vulgarian’ Trump? Authored by Bryan Hyde via American Greatness, Questions over the integrity of the 2020 election continue to linger after the revelation that analysts inside the U.S. intelligence community sought to conceal evidence of Chinese interference from then-President Donald Trump. Never before reported upon comments found in a January […]

  • Schiff: This War Is “Going To Cost A Lot Of Money We Don’t Have”
    by Tyler Durden on March 18, 2026 at 7:45 pm

    Schiff: This War Is “Going To Cost A Lot Of Money We Don’t Have” Last night, ZeroHedge hosted investor Peter Schiff and Rabobank’s Michael Every to debate the question: Will the war in Iran accelerate the U.S. dollar’s collapse or is it a geopolitical chess move that could strengthen its hegemony? Moderated by Cornell professor Dave Collum, Schiff – based in Austrian economics – argued that the war will do nothing but harm the […]

  • Fed Remains On Hold (As Expected) Amid ‘Uncertain Implications’ Of War With Iran
    by Tyler Durden on March 18, 2026 at 7:40 pm

    Fed Remains On Hold (As Expected) Amid ‘Uncertain Implications’ Of War With Iran Tl;dr: Rates on hold as expected with a hawkish tilt to ‘uncertainty’ around the Iran war clouding the outlook. The Dot-Plot showed no real change (7 on hold, 12 at least 1 cut in 2026) but inflation expectations surged in the SEP. *  *  * A lot – and we mean a lot – has happened since the last FOMC meeting (Jan 28th). Oil is up 54% since the […]

  • US Median Rent Hits 4-Year Low, 30th Straight Month of Decline
    by Tyler Durden on March 18, 2026 at 7:25 pm

    US Median Rent Hits 4-Year Low, 30th Straight Month of Decline Authored by Mary Prenon via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Renters across the United States may be able to save a bit more on apartment leases this month, as rents nationwide hit a four-year low last month, marking the 30th consecutive month of declines. A sign is posted in front of an apartment building with available rentals in San Francisco on June 9, 2023. Justin […]

  • Iran Says It Busted Up Over 100 ‘Pro-Monarchist Cells’ Working With US, Israel
    by Tyler Durden on March 18, 2026 at 7:10 pm

    Iran Says It Busted Up Over 100 ‘Pro-Monarchist Cells’ Working With US, Israel Iranian authorities have newly announced hundreds more arrests across the country, describing that anti-government “pro-monarchy cells” and “traitors” have been exposed and caught.  Tehran officials have touted busting up more than 100 of these alleged cells in 26 of Iran’s 31 provinces in a major overnight security operation, describing that these […]

  • Unearthed Docs Reveal More Names Targeted in Biden DOJ’s Fishing Expedition
    by Tyler Durden on March 18, 2026 at 6:50 pm

    Unearthed Docs Reveal More Names Targeted in Biden DOJ’s Fishing Expedition Authored by Luis Cornelio via Headline USA, Former Special Counsel Jack Smith targeted more Republican lawmakers and conservative figures than previously known, newly unearthed documents show.  Smith, tasked by the Biden administration with prosecuting Donald Trump after 2021, has faced scrutiny since 2025, when bombshell disclosures revealed he […]

  • Wall Street Reacts To “Neutral” Fed Hold
    by Tyler Durden on March 18, 2026 at 6:37 pm

    Wall Street Reacts To “Neutral” Fed Hold The digital ink on  the Fed statement is still wet and the kneejerk reactions are already flying. Here is a small sample of the more notable ones, with opinions ranging from this was a dovish, neutral and hawkish statement. So right in the middle, perhaps as Powell intended: George Goncalves, MUFG: “this is a “neutral” statement from the FOMC.The statement tweaks are an attempt at […]

  • Watch Live: Fed Chair Powell’s Penultimate Press Conference
    by Tyler Durden on March 18, 2026 at 6:25 pm

    Watch Live: Fed Chair Powell’s Penultimate Press Conference Fed Chair Powell may be wishing he had quit a month ago as he faces his penultimate press conference (perhaps) amid a dramatically changing global economic and geopolitical environment. Markets anticipate a “hawkish hold,” with Powell reinforcing the statement’s “hold” that The Fed is prioritizing caution amid heightened uncertainty. On the bright side, an activist […]

  • US Carrier Pulling Back From Iran Operations To Crete Port After Suffering Fire
    by Tyler Durden on March 18, 2026 at 5:45 pm

    US Carrier Pulling Back From Iran Operations To Crete Port After Suffering Fire America’s largest and most advanced aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford, is pulling away from the Middle East region as it nears a record-long deployment and after it suffered a major fire which damaged living quarters and other areas. Bloomberg reports in a fresh update Wednesday, “The US Navy’s most advanced aircraft carrier is retreating from […]

  • John Roberts Calls For Restraint After Years Of Judicial Overreach
    by Tyler Durden on March 18, 2026 at 5:25 pm

    John Roberts Calls For Restraint After Years Of Judicial Overreach Authored by David Manney via PJMedia.com, Chief Justice John Roberts, the person in charge of the Supreme Court of the United States, recently stepped forward with a familiar appeal, urging Americans to dial back personal attacks on judges and to show respect for the judiciary. The message landed with a tone of concern, almost paternal, as if the country had […]

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