DMND and GoMining mined block 955,318 using Stratum V2 Job Declaration, the first known production case of a miner controlling its own block template.

EFF's FOIA investigation finds Flock Safety ALPR systems let local police tap ICE's Immigration Violator hotlist, built on warrants no judge ever signed.

BEA's third estimate: AI-related investment carried ~74% of Q1 2026's 2.1% GDP growth. Consumer spending contributed barely 18%. The single-engine economy is here.

BRCA's safe harbor loophole, the Clarity Act's death spiral, and why AI export controls are the same fight Bitcoin has been having for years.

6,000-year planetary alignment peaks July 15-25. Marty connects it to KYC stablecoins, AI surveillance, paper bitcoin, and the Layer 2 work nobody's watching.

Bitcoin miners hold the scarcest asset in the AI build-out: already-energized power. Brandon Bailey on the re-rating opportunity and what it means for Bitcoin.

NVK on ARCA, the debt farm, UBI as soul death, and why boring Bitcoin infrastructure is the most bullish signal of the cycle.

Iran's IRGC hit a cargo vessel near Oman days after signing a ceasefire MOU. OFAC has now designated the toll authority and Iran's top crypto exchanges.

Beijing is positioning to rebuild Iran's oil infrastructure on its own terms. That means yuan settlement, not dollars, and a structural leak in the petrodollar moat.

GPT-5.6 is reportedly being released customer-by-customer at US government request. That is a red line.

He wrote the case for sound money in 1966. He spent 19 years as Fed chair proving why Bitcoin had to be built.

16 GW headline, ~4 GW firm capacity, zero offtake agreements signed. The real story is a PJM capacity market bid dressed up as infrastructure.

El Salvador's Bitcoin reserve hit 7,636 BTC despite an IMF deal requiring the public sector to confine Bitcoin activity. The standoff has a clear winner.

NYK Line CEO warns Hormuz stays below 50% capacity for months. 80 mines in the main channel. The MOU is paper; the mines are steel.

SCOTUS is days away from ruling on Trump v. Cook. Whatever they decide, the Fed's independence has already been torched in public.

The BIS 2026 Annual Report names an AI capex bust, circular financing collapse, and sovereign debt fragility as its top three threats to global financial stability.

Howell on bitcoin and liquidity, Jay Patel on drawdown psychology, Strategy’s capital moves, Jordi Visser on AI, plus Lightning and agentic AI signals.

Strategy's new framework caps bitcoin sales at $1.25B, raises STRC dividends to 12%, and sets a $2.55B cash reserve with a 12-month floor.

OpenAI, SoftBank, and Oracle's Stargate has nearly 7 GW planned. ERCOT requests quadrupled. AI now dominates new grid applications. Miners are getting squeezed.

Israel demolished a massive Hezbollah underground drone complex in Lebanon two days after signing a US ceasefire deal. The framework is paper. Here's the macro read.

SCOTUS ruled 6-3 in Chatrie v. United States that geofence warrants are Fourth Amendment searches. The third-party doctrine keeps losing ground.