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  • Pump Fun reclaims Solana memecoin launchpad dominance with 62% revenue share over two weeks
    by Gino Matos on August 20, 2025 at 8:42 am

    Pump.fun has regained its status as the largest memecoin launchpad on Solana over the past two weeks. The dominance is evident in both revenue generation and trading volume. According to data from Blockworks, Pump.fun dominated 62% of all revenue generated from Aug. 4 to Aug. 17, which amounts to nearly $16.7 million. Regarding trading volume, The post Pump Fun reclaims Solana memecoin launchpad dominance with 62% revenue share over two weeks […]

  • Brazil to hold first hearing on proposed $19 billion Bitcoin Strategic Reserve
    by Gino Matos on August 19, 2025 at 10:25 pm

    Brazil’s Chamber of Deputies Economic Development Commission will hold its first hearing on Aug. 20 to examine a proposal to establish a Bitcoin Strategic Reserve (RESBit) worth up to $18.6 billion. As Agência Câmara de Notícias reported, the 3 P.M. ET session will gather technical perspectives on Bill 4501/24, which seeks to modernize Brazil’s treasury The post Brazil to hold first hearing on proposed $19 billion Bitcoin Strategic […]

  • Federal Reserve says US banks should serve crypto without fear of penalties
    by Gino Matos on August 19, 2025 at 9:45 pm

    Federal Reserve Vice Chair for Supervision Michelle Bowman acknowledged that crypto firms experienced debanking due to regulatory uncertainty. During the Wyoming Blockchain Symposium on Aug. 19, Bowman also announced a fundamental shift in the Fed’s approach to blockchain innovation. She revealed the central bank eliminated reputational risk considerations from bank supervision in late June to The post Federal Reserve says US banks should […]

  • Senate Banking Chairman Tim Scott predicts up to 18 Democrats to break ranks on sweeping crypto law
    by Gino Matos on August 19, 2025 at 9:15 pm

    Senate Banking Committee Chairman Tim Scott reportedly predicts that 12 to 18 Democrats will support comprehensive crypto market structure legislation. According to Aug. 19 reports, Scott is conducting individual meetings with Democratic members, including those outside the Banking Committee, to build bipartisan backing for the anticipated September bill introduction. The South Carolina Republican’s outreach efforts The post Senate Banking […]

  • Circle’s new Gateway promises instant cross-chain USDC transfers that feel like one chain
    by Gino Matos on August 19, 2025 at 8:30 pm

    Circle has launched a unified cross-chain infrastructure that enables businesses to access USDC balances across multiple blockchains. An Aug. 19 announcement labeled the new product as Gateway, a system that addresses liquidity fragmentation issues that force companies to pre-position funds across chains and manage complex rebalancing operations. Gateway combines smart contract infrastructure with an off-chain The post Circle’s new Gateway […]

  • Polkadot eyes Wall Street investors to close gap with Ethereum, Solana
    by Oluwapelumi Adejumo on August 19, 2025 at 8:00 pm

    Polkadot is moving to reposition itself in the current bull market by introducing a dedicated unit to bridge its ecosystem with institutional capital. On Aug. 19, the network announced the launch of Polkadot Capital Group, a capital markets-focused division designed to attract Wall Street investors and build stronger ties with traditional finance. According to the The post Polkadot eyes Wall Street investors to close gap with Ethereum, Solana […]

  • Crypto venture funding drops 59% to $1.9 billion in Q2, later-stage deals dominate
    by Gino Matos on August 19, 2025 at 7:43 pm

    Crypto venture funding declined 59% quarter-over-quarter to $1.976 billion in the second quarter across 378 deals. According to a Galaxy report, last quarter was the second-smallest investment quarter since the fourth quarter of 2020. Later-stage deals captured 52% of total capital invested, representing only the second time since the first quarter of 2021 that mature The post Crypto venture funding drops 59% to $1.9 billion in Q2, later-stage […]

  • Nemo.money’s Nicholas Scott on AI-guided investing, truthful data, and where regulation really leads
    by News Desk on August 19, 2025 at 4:30 pm

    On this SlateCast episode, Nemo.money CEO Nicholas Scott joined CryptoSlate’s Liam “Akiba” Wright and Nate Whitehill to discuss AI-guided investing grounded in verified data. Scott outlined Nemo’s portfolio-insight engine, privacy safeguards, and thematic discovery features, while contrasting progressive UAE regulations with slower UK oversight and highlighting stablecoins’ promise for frictionless settlements. The conversation […]

  • Ripple’s RLUSD and Donald Trump-linked USD1 used in Bullish’s $1.1 billion IPO settlement
    by Oluwapelumi Adejumo on August 19, 2025 at 3:50 pm

    Crypto exchange Bullish disclosed on Aug. 19 that part of its $1.15 billion IPO proceeds was received in a mix of stablecoins, including Ripple’s RLUSD on the XRP Ledger and President Donald Trump-affiliated USD1. The firm said these tokens were among several digital assets involved in the settlement process, which also included Circle’s USDC and The post Ripple’s RLUSD and Donald Trump-linked USD1 used in Bullish’s $1.1 billion IPO […]

  • Wyoming unveils FRNT state stablecoin, joining the battle in the $285B arena
    by Oluwapelumi Adejumo on August 19, 2025 at 3:30 pm

    Wyoming has introduced the Frontier Stable Token (FRNT), the first stablecoin created and issued by a US government entity, according to an Aug. 19 announcement. Formerly called the Wyoming Stable Token (WYST), FRNT aims to deliver fast, secure, and transparent digital transactions for individuals, businesses, and institutions worldwide. According to the statement, each FRNT token The post Wyoming unveils FRNT state stablecoin, joining the […]

  • Son Of Norway’s Crown Princess Charged With Rape, Other Sexual Offenses
    by Tyler Durden on August 20, 2025 at 8:15 am

    Son Of Norway’s Crown Princess Charged With Rape, Other Sexual Offenses The eldest son of Norway’s Crown Princess Mette-Marit has been indicted on multiple charges of rape and sexual abuse, Norwegian prosecutors announced on Monday. Norway’s Marius Borg Hoiby and Crown Princess Mette-Marit in Oslo on June 16, 2022. Lise Aserud/NTB via AP Marios Borg Hoiby, 28, has been accused of raping four women over the course of six years – […]

  • US Doesn’t Oppose Israeli Expansion Of Settlements: Amb. Huckabee
    by Tyler Durden on August 20, 2025 at 7:30 am

    US Doesn’t Oppose Israeli Expansion Of Settlements: Amb. Huckabee Via Middle East Eye The US ambassador to Israel told Israeli Army Radio on Monday that “massive” development of the occupied West Bank was not a violation of international law and the US would not oppose it.  While Mike Huckabee’s comments referred to the occupied Palestinian territory in totality, he also specifically addressed the proposed settlement of the […]

  • General Dubbed ‘Hero Of Russia’ Critically Wounded In Border Region
    by Tyler Durden on August 20, 2025 at 6:45 am

    General Dubbed ‘Hero Of Russia’ Critically Wounded In Border Region A Russian general has been seriously injured near the Ukrainian border, officials in Russia’s republic of Dagestan – which is where he’s from – have said, which is consistent with earlier reports sourced to Ukrainian intelligence. Dagestan’s leader, Sergei Melikov, announced on Telegram that Gen. Esedulla Abachev was critically wounded several days ago in a […]

  • The EU’s Latest Plan To Stifle Online Privacy Is Terrifying
    by Tyler Durden on August 20, 2025 at 6:00 am

    The EU’s Latest Plan To Stifle Online Privacy Is Terrifying Authored by Nick Corbishley via NakedCapitalism.com, The “Chat Control” law threatens to transform the Internet into an even more centrally controlled, surveilled environment. And it could be a legal reality by October… Regular readers are by now familiar with the EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA), which we have covered on several occasions since July 2023. For […]

  • What Is The Democrats’ Endgame?
    by Tyler Durden on August 20, 2025 at 3:25 am

    What Is The Democrats’ Endgame? Authored by Kurt Schlichter via Townhall.com, Americans are more divided than we have been since the first time the Democrats started and lost a civil war, with every norm being tossed out and every legitimate exercise of lawfully attained power by us normals being shamelessly obstructed. The left rejects the idea that patriotic Americans have any moral right to participate in their own governance, […]

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  • Watch: Belligerent Democrat State Prosecutor Arrested For Trespassing
    by Tyler Durden on August 20, 2025 at 3:00 am

    Watch: Belligerent Democrat State Prosecutor Arrested For Trespassing People like nothing better than to see an arrogant bureaucrat get cut down to size after screaming the words “Don’t you know who I am?”  This is essentially what Rhode Island State Prosecutor and Democrat, Devon Flanigan, did when she faced off with police after allegedly refusing to leave a Newport dining establishment. The woman, seemingly under the influence, […]

  • China, India Agree To Coordinate On Trade Even As US Blasts ‘Global Clearinghouse For Russian Oil’
    by Tyler Durden on August 20, 2025 at 2:35 am

    China, India Agree To Coordinate On Trade Even As US Blasts ‘Global Clearinghouse For Russian Oil’ After years of ratcheting tensions between nuclear-armed rivals China and India, which actually came to literal blows along their disputed Himalayan border over the last several years – including the deadly 2020 Galwan valley clashes among rival troops, which left dozens dead and wounded – relations between the two Asian regional […]

  • Judge Dismisses Part Of Alligator Alcatraz Lawsuit
    by Tyler Durden on August 20, 2025 at 2:10 am

    Judge Dismisses Part Of Alligator Alcatraz Lawsuit A federal judge has issued a split ruling in a lawsuit over the “Alligator Alcatraz” immigration detention center located in the Florida Everglades – ruling that Detainees’ claims that they lacked access to immigration courts were moot after the Trump administration designated the Krome North Processing Center near Miami to hear their cases, but then transferred other claims to […]

  • Three U.S. Missile Destroyers Sail Toward Venezuela To Combat Narco-Terrorists 
    by Tyler Durden on August 20, 2025 at 1:45 am

    Three U.S. Missile Destroyers Sail Toward Venezuela To Combat Narco-Terrorists  More details are emerging about President Trump’s latest show of force in Latin America aimed at narco-terrorist cartels fueling America’s drug crisis, which claims 100,000 lives a year. According to Reuters, three Aegis destroyers, surveillance aircraft, and an attack submarine are being deployed to international waters off Venezuela.   Sources […]

  • Backlash Erupts: U.S. Marshals Asked To Guard Survey Crews On Data Center Powerline Project
    by Tyler Durden on August 20, 2025 at 1:20 am

    Backlash Erupts: U.S. Marshals Asked To Guard Survey Crews On Data Center Powerline Project Developers of a controversial 70-mile, 500,000-volt transmission line cutting across three Maryland counties to power data centers in Northern Virginia’s “spy country data center alley” have faced mounting backlash from residents, prompting the project’s backers to request U.S. Marshals to escort survey crews after repeated threats from […]

  • “This Cannot Happen Again”: Sec. Duffy Readies Major Action Against Rogue States Amid Migrant CDL Crisis
    by Tyler Durden on August 20, 2025 at 12:55 am

    “This Cannot Happen Again”: Sec. Duffy Readies Major Action Against Rogue States Amid Migrant CDL Crisis Submitted by American Truckers United,  In a bold move amid mounting highway tragedies, U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy has launched a scathing investigation into “rogue states” accused of flouting federal rules on Commercial Driver’s Licenses (CDLs), directly linking lax enforcement to deadly crashes. The probe, […]

  • Robot Nearly Decapitates Man In Gruesome Surgery Fail
    by Tyler Durden on August 20, 2025 at 12:30 am

    Robot Nearly Decapitates Man In Gruesome Surgery Fail In a shocking incident that underscores the growing dangers of industrial automation, Chinese surgeons have pulled off what medical experts are calling a miracle surgery after a robotic arm nearly decapitated a factory worker in a horrific accident in May that has only now come to light through China’s state-controlled media apparatus. The gruesome workplace incident left the […]

  • Newsom Files Records Request For ICE Operation Near Redistricting Press Conference
    by Tyler Durden on August 20, 2025 at 12:05 am

    Newsom Files Records Request For ICE Operation Near Redistricting Press Conference Authored by Jill McLaughlin via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office has filed an official open records request to the Trump administration seeking information about a federal immigration enforcement operation that took place outside the venue where the governor was holding a press conference on Aug. 14. California Gov. Gavin […]

  • Jeanine Pirro Launches DOJ Investigation Into Whether DC Has Been Faking Crime Data
    by Tyler Durden on August 19, 2025 at 11:40 pm

    Jeanine Pirro Launches DOJ Investigation Into Whether DC Has Been Faking Crime Data Four weeks after a DC police commander was suspended amid accusations that he manipulated crime statistics, the Department of Justice has launched a wide-ranging investigation into whether the department has been faking data to make crime rates lower, the Washington Post reports, citing two senior law enforcement officials. Andrew Leyden / Getty […]

  • How The Ukraine War Could ‘End Tomorrow’ If The US Wanted: Jeffrey Sachs Addresses Ron Paul’s DC Conference
    by Tyler Durden on August 19, 2025 at 10:50 pm

    How The Ukraine War Could ‘End Tomorrow’ If The US Wanted: Jeffrey Sachs Addresses Ron Paul’s DC Conference Just the day after the historic Trump-Putin summit in Alaska to discuss finding peace in Ukraine, the famous economist and UN adviser Jeffrey Sachs made his first ever appearance before the Ron Paul Institute’s (RPI) annual conference in Washington DC. Sachs’ Saturday speech presented essentially a ‘Blueprint for Peace’ – […]

  • Malfunctioning Insulin Pumps Recalled After Multiple Injuries
    by Tyler Durden on August 19, 2025 at 10:25 pm

    Malfunctioning Insulin Pumps Recalled After Multiple Injuries Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), San Diego-based Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc. agreed to voluntarily recall insulin pumps used to manage blood sugar, the company said in an Aug. 12 announcement by the Food and Drug Administration. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in White Oak, Md., on June 5, 2023. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times […]

  • MSNBC To Change Name And Rebrand After “Corporate Divorce” From NBC
    by Tyler Durden on August 19, 2025 at 10:00 pm

    MSNBC To Change Name And Rebrand After “Corporate Divorce” From NBC When a news company is forced to completely rebrand to distance themselves politically from their parent company, you know they have hit rock bottom.  The MSNBC news network announced this week that they will be rebranding and will become My Source New Opinion World (MS NOW).  They will also be removing the NBC Peacock from their logo.  The network, which […]

  • Global Nuclear Power Generation Hits Record High As Asia Surges Ahead
    by Tyler Durden on August 19, 2025 at 9:40 pm

    Global Nuclear Power Generation Hits Record High As Asia Surges Ahead Authored by Robert Rapier via OilPrice.com, Global nuclear generation reached 2,817 TWh in 2024, surpassing the previous record from 2021, with most growth coming from non-OECD countries. Asia Pacific, led by China’s 13% annual growth rate, now accounts for over 28% of global nuclear output, marking a major geopolitical and energy shift. While […]

  • Trump Taps Missouri’s Firebrand AG For #2 Job At FBI
    by Tyler Durden on August 19, 2025 at 9:20 pm

    Trump Taps Missouri’s Firebrand AG For #2 Job At FBI President Trump is planning to appoint Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey to share the #2 position at the FBI with Dan Bongino, for now, to serve as “an integral part of this important mission,” according to a statement from Director Kash Patel.  Bailey announced his resignation on Monday in order to take on the new role.  “My life has been defined by a call to service, […]

  • “You Don’t Have A Constitutional Right To A Talk Show”
    by Tyler Durden on August 19, 2025 at 9:00 pm

    “You Don’t Have A Constitutional Right To A Talk Show” Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, Talk show shit sandwich Jimmy Kimmel is upset that Americans on the right are not speaking out in favour of Stephen Colbert’s freedom of speech. “[It’s disappointing] we don’t see more people on the right stepping up and saying, ‘Hey, this is no good.’ Silencing comedians, commentators, whatever you want to call […]

  • Illegal Alien Influencer Who Allegedly Doxxed ICE Agents Arrested On Live Stream
    by Tyler Durden on August 19, 2025 at 8:40 pm

    Illegal Alien Influencer Who Allegedly Doxxed ICE Agents Arrested On Live Stream Chaos ensued during the arrest of illegal alien influencer Tatiana Martinez while she was live streaming from her car in Los Angeles.  Martinez, known for tracking ICE agents and using her TikTok account to alert protesters to the locations of their arrests, is a Colombian citizen who entered the US in 2022 according to DHS.  She was released into the […]

  • AI Is Accelerating The Fourth Turning’s Institutional Meltdown
    by Tyler Durden on August 19, 2025 at 8:20 pm

    AI Is Accelerating The Fourth Turning’s Institutional Meltdown Authored by Bryan Lutz via DollarCollapse.com, News headlines are focused on AI innovations. Not so much on the input, but on the output. The good, the bad, and the ridiculously ugly parts. It’s mostly entertainment. They want the spectacle—the robot that will fold their laundry, do the dishes, and guide them to their next best purchase on Amazon. The […]

  • Trump’s Reset Moves Into High Gear With Stephen Miran’s Fed Nomination
    by Tyler Durden on August 19, 2025 at 7:40 pm

    Trump’s Reset Moves Into High Gear With Stephen Miran’s Fed Nomination Authored by Lau Vegys via InternationalMan.com, Recently, I wrote to you about how Trump had found “the perfect opening” to reshape the Federal Reserve when Governor Adriana Kugler unexpectedly resigned. What I didn’t expect was how perfectly this would confirm everything we’ve been tracking about Trump’s Reset. Trump didn’t just fill that vacant […]

  • S&P Reaffirms U.S. Credit Rating, Citing Tariff Revenues Amid Fiscal Pressures
    by Tyler Durden on August 19, 2025 at 7:25 pm

    S&P Reaffirms U.S. Credit Rating, Citing Tariff Revenues Amid Fiscal Pressures S&P Global Ratings affirmed the United States’ sovereign credit ratings, saying tariff revenues under the Trump administration’s new trade policies should help cushion the fiscal impact of recent tax and spending legislation. The ratings agency kept the U.S. at AA+/A-1+ with a stable outlook. “The stable outlook indicates our expectation […]

  • Air Support Could Be Part Of Security Guarantees For Ukraine: White House
    by Tyler Durden on August 19, 2025 at 6:50 pm

    Air Support Could Be Part Of Security Guarantees For Ukraine: White House Update(1450ET): White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt in a Tuesday afternoon press briefing confirmed that the US has ruled out sending American troops to uphold a future potential peace deal to end the Ukraine war based on ‘security guarantees’. However other military options haven’t been ruled out. For example, she told reporters that US air support […]

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