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Futures, Global Stocks Soar To All Time HIgh, Oil Plunges On Endless "Iran Deal" Drumbeat
25.05.2026, 15:33 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Futures, Global Stocks Soar To All Time HIgh, Oil Plunges On Endless "Iran Deal" Drumbeat US equity futures jumped and global stocks rose to record highs as crude oil fell after officials signaled - once again - that the US was nearing a deal with Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and restore oil flows. The dollar weakened while precious metals...
At Last Minute, SEC Suddenly Delays Plan To Allow Crypto Versions Of US Stocks
25.05.2026, 12:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - At Last Minute, SEC Suddenly Delays Plan To Allow Crypto Versions Of US Stocks Authored by Micah Zimmerman via Bitcoin Magazine, The Securities and Exchange Commission has pumped the brakes on its highly anticipated “innovation exemption” for tokenized stocks, pushing back the release of the framework as it weighs input from traditional stock exchanges...
70% Of All Crypto 'Wrench Attacks' Happen In France: Report
25.05.2026, 10:36 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - 70% Of All Crypto 'Wrench Attacks' Happen In France: Report About 70% of all wrench attacks, physical attacks against crypto holders and their families, carried out in an attempt to steal digital assets, occur in France, according to Bitcoin journalist Joe Nakamoto. There have been 41 crypto-related kidnappings in France so far in 2026, Nakamoto said...
Two Billboards In New York Capture The Conflict Of Our Time
24.05.2026, 22:21 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Two Billboards In New York Capture The Conflict Of Our Time Authored by Kay Rubacek via The Epoch Times, Two billboards went up in New York City recently. This is a city of advertising, where images appear when someone wants the whole world to see them. One billboard is selling artificial intelligence, and the other is warning about it. The juxtaposition...
Another Detransitioner Wins A Huge Settlement
24.05.2026, 02:26 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Another Detransitioner Wins A Huge Settlement A woman who underwent a double mastectomy after identifying as "nonbinary" has reportedly secured a confidential $3.5 million settlement after suing the mental health professionals who approved her for the life-altering procedure. Camille Kiefel, 36, alleged in a malpractice lawsuit that two Oregon therapists...
What 'Compassion' Isn't
23.05.2026, 22:21 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - What 'Compassion' Isn't Authored by Laura Hollis via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), One of the most frustrating aspects of contemporary conversations about politics and public policy is how often the deleterious effects of terrible programs - local, state and federal - are brushed aside with distracting and even deceitful claims that the intentions...
AI Content Is Swamping The Internet: How It Impacts Critical Thinking
23.05.2026, 21:10 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - AI Content Is Swamping The Internet: How It Impacts Critical Thinking Authored by Autumn Spredemann via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A never-ending flood of content generated by artificial intelligence is reshaping the internet and the way people engage with information faster than ever. Illustration by The Epoch Times, Freepik From news summaries...
US Sanctions Sinaloa Cartel-Linked Ethereum Addresses
23.05.2026, 02:56 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - US Sanctions Sinaloa Cartel-Linked Ethereum Addresses Authored by Zoltan Vardai via CoinTelegraph.com, The US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned six Ethereum addresses tied to a Sinaloa Cartel-linked money laundering network that allegedly converted drug proceeds into cryptocurrency. OFAC added the addresses...
CEO Saves His Failing Company By Firing Entire HR Department
23.05.2026, 00:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - CEO Saves His Failing Company By Firing Entire HR Department When Elon Musk purchased Twitter and took the company over in 2022, he proceeded to fire approximately 80% of the social media company's bloated 7500 person workforce. This included almost all HR related employees. The company roster was pared down to a lean 1500 people. Everyone in...
Viral Video Reveals Extent Of LA's Homeless Hell
22.05.2026, 16:15 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Viral Video Reveals Extent Of LA's Homeless Hell Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, A shocking video making the rounds shows the reality of life under Los Angeles bridges: a sprawling setup of makeshift homes complete with lighting tapped into the city power grid, tables of items, and a self-contained community living off public resources...
Oil Dips As Pakistani Army Chief Travels To Tehran As Rubio Touts 'Slight Progress' On Talks
22.05.2026, 14:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Oil Dips As Pakistani Army Chief Travels To Tehran As Rubio Touts 'Slight Progress' On Talks Despite the attempts of some regional outlets to spin a narrative of imminent peace (which we saw yesterday), a senior Iranian source told Reuters on Thursday that "no deal had been reached with the US" - though he did also claim that "gaps had narrowed" - somewhat...
Toyota To Import Taiwan-Built Minivans To Japan Amid Factory Strain
22.05.2026, 04:10 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Toyota To Import Taiwan-Built Minivans To Japan Amid Factory Strain Toyota will start shipping Taiwan-built Noah and Voxy minivans to Japan later this year, marking a rare shift in the company’s production strategy as mounting pressures strain the country’s auto manufacturing sector, according to Nikkei. Production for the Japanese market is set...
The DNC Finally Releases Its 2024 Autopsy, And It's A Total Whitewash
22.05.2026, 01:42 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The DNC Finally Releases Its 2024 Autopsy, And It's A Total Whitewash The Democratic National Committee has released its long-awaited "autopsy" of the 2024 presidential election, and it is getting panned from all sides for being evasive, poorly constructed, and conspicuously silent on the two most consequential decisions the party made in 2024. DNC...
We Are 6 Months From Global Food Shortages Because Farmers Are Facing A Quadruple Whammy Crisis
22.05.2026, 00:26 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - We Are 6 Months From Global Food Shortages Because Farmers Are Facing A Quadruple Whammy Crisis Authored by Michael Snyder via TheMostImportantNews.com, We have never faced anything quite like this. Diesel fuel and fertilizer have become far more expensive as a result of the conflict in the Middle East, and extreme weather is playing havoc with crops...
AI Is Making Business Email Compromise Nearly Impossible To Spot
21.05.2026, 00:25 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - AI Is Making Business Email Compromise Nearly Impossible To Spot Authored by Adam H. Douglas via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Business email compromise (BEC) is a targeted fraud scheme in which criminals impersonate vendors, executives, or accountants to steal money from businesses. AI has made these attacks dramatically harder to detect by generating...
A Troubling Trend: Why More Workers Are Tapping 401(k)s Early And How To Resist
20.05.2026, 22:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - A Troubling Trend: Why More Workers Are Tapping 401(k)s Early And How To Resist Authored by Due via The Epoch Times, What’s the main goal of your 401(k)? Well, my dear Watson, it’s to provide for your retirement. Specifically, it’s a long-term investment that benefits from compound interest. But for a record number of Americans, the “long term”...
FOMC Minutes Confirm Deeply-Divided Fed With Clear Hawkish Bias
20.05.2026, 20:05 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - FOMC Minutes Confirm Deeply-Divided Fed With Clear Hawkish Bias Tl;dr: FOMC Minutes confirm a deeply-divided Fed with a hawkish bias as "majority" saw hike likely warranted, "many" preferred removing easing bias. * * * Since the last FOMC meeting (Powell's last), on April 29th, stocks and the dollar are up, bonds and gold are down and oil has swung...
Bezos Torches AOC, Says Billionaires "Earn Every Penny"
20.05.2026, 19:36 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Bezos Torches AOC, Says Billionaires "Earn Every Penny" Jeff Bezos sat down for a wide-ranging interview on CNBC’s Squawk Box this morning at a Blue Origin facility in Merritt Island, Florida - where he rattled off lots of thoughts, including how billionaires are made, slammed AOC, and opined on the relative impact of for-profit innovation versus...
FOMC Minutes Preview: Look For "Easing Bias" Dissent Details Inside Powell's Hawkish Swan Song
20.05.2026, 18:46 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - FOMC Minutes Preview: Look For "Easing Bias" Dissent Details Inside Powell's Hawkish Swan Song Today's FOMC minutes, released at 2pm ET, will be closely watched for further details surrounding the increasingly hawkish split within the Committee following the April meeting, Jerome Powell's last as Fed Chair. With three voters dissenting against retaining...
The AI Economy, Part 1: Looking Beyond The Facade
20.05.2026, 17:28 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The AI Economy, Part 1: Looking Beyond The Facade Authored by Michael Lebowitz via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, The US economy’s curb appeal looks great. Consider that gasoline prices are nearly $5, crude oil is trading above $100, consumer sentiment is at historically low levels, and mortgage and other interest rates have remained relatively high. Yet...
UK COVID Inquiry's Endorsement Of Censorship Sets Chilling Precedent
20.05.2026, 12:30 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - UK COVID Inquiry's Endorsement Of Censorship Sets Chilling Precedent Authored by Molly Kingsley via DailySceptic.org, According to the UK’s Covid Inquiry, whose fourth report was published in April, there was “in principle, nothing unlawful or inappropriate in the government monitoring publicly available social media to identify potential trends...
UK Schools Push Radical Race Doctrine On Kids, Claiming Black People 'Cannot Be Racist'
20.05.2026, 09:30 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - UK Schools Push Radical Race Doctrine On Kids, Claiming Black People 'Cannot Be Racist' Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, Schools in the north of England are teaching pupils that black people cannot be racist towards white people. According to materials adopted by a group of Sheffield schools, led by Notre Dame High School, teenagers are...
House Lawmaker Introduces Legislation To Expose CCP Exploitation Of Sister City Agreements
20.05.2026, 05:25 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - House Lawmaker Introduces Legislation To Expose CCP Exploitation Of Sister City Agreements Authored by Frank Fang via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A House lawmaker has introduced legislation to prevent foreign adversaries, particularly the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), from exploiting sister city partnerships and jeopardizing U.S. national security...
Memorial Day Gas Demand Surge Collides With Hormuz Shock As $5 Demand-Destruction Line Nears
19.05.2026, 21:42 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Memorial Day Gas Demand Surge Collides With Hormuz Shock As $5 Demand-Destruction Line Nears Drivers heading into Memorial Day weekend are set to face some of the highest regular gasoline prices at the pump in years. With the U.S. national average sitting at $4.53 per gallon (according to AAA data) and no resolution yet on a U.S.-Iran peace deal or...
Supreme Court Directs Lower Courts To Reexamine Decisions In Voting Rights Act Cases
19.05.2026, 17:47 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Supreme Court Directs Lower Courts To Reexamine Decisions In Voting Rights Act Cases Authored by Matthew Vadum via The Epoch Times, The U.S. Supreme Court on May 18 ordered lower courts to reconsider rulings in two redistricting cases that concern whether private individuals may sue to enforce a federal law that bans discriminatory voting practices...
Berkshire Trolls The AI Bubble By Buying Macy's
19.05.2026, 17:26 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Berkshire Trolls The AI Bubble By Buying Macy's Submitted by QTR's Fringe Finance For the better part of the last year, Wall Street has behaved like a teenager who just discovered Red Bull and leverage at the same time. Anything remotely tied to artificial intelligence has soared into the financial stratosphere. Startups with no revenue, no profits...
Futures Fall As Momentum Cracks Grow With Yields And Oil Higher
19.05.2026, 14:03 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Futures Fall As Momentum Cracks Grow With Yields And Oil Higher US equity futures are lower, set for a 3rd drop in a row, as traders waited for futile signs of progress toward a peace deal in the Middle East. and as tech and small cap stocks reacted adversely to higher bond yields around the globe, but nowhere more so than in Japan, where many tenors...
Pakistan Deploys Thousands Of Troops, Jet Fighter Squadron To Saudi Arabia
19.05.2026, 10:03 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Pakistan Deploys Thousands Of Troops, Jet Fighter Squadron To Saudi Arabia Via The Cradle Pakistan has deployed 8,000 troops, a squadron of fighter jets, and an air defense system to Saudi Arabia under a mutual defense pact, Reuters reported on Monday, citing security and government officials. The officials described the Pakistani deployment as...
Escobar On Xi's "Constructive Strategic Stability"
19.05.2026, 06:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Escobar On Xi's "Constructive Strategic Stability" Authored by Pepe Escobar, If all of us are magnanimous enough, we might infer that Xi and Trump agreed on a three-year stability framework. The headline on the front page of China Daily this past Thursday was a thunder and lightning “Red-carpet welcome for Trump in Beijing”. Well, complete with...
UAE Paid New York Firm Millions To Bury Article On Ambassador's Links To Sex Traffickers: Report
19.05.2026, 03:46 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - UAE Paid New York Firm Millions To Bury Article On Ambassador's Links To Sex Traffickers: Report Via The Cradle The UAE paid New York-based reputation management firm Terakeet more than $6 million to bury a 2017 report revealing that the Emirati ambassador to Washington, Yousef al-Otaiba, had ties to sex workers and traffickers, according to a New...
"Scale Matters": NextEra, Dominion To Merge In Utility Megadeal Aimed At Grid Expansion To Power AI Boom
18.05.2026, 16:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "Scale Matters": NextEra, Dominion To Merge In Utility Megadeal Aimed At Grid Expansion To Power AI Boom As power demand surges on the back of data-center buildouts, with hyperscalers expected to unleash about $700 billion in capex this year to expand AI infrastructure and maintain an edge over China in the AI compute race, NextEra Energy and Dominion...
Pro-Israel Forces Throw Kitchen Sink At Massie Ahead Of Tuesday Primary
18.05.2026, 04:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Pro-Israel Forces Throw Kitchen Sink At Massie Ahead Of Tuesday Primary Eleven months after President Trump launched an all-out political war on Rep. Thomas Massie, the Tuesday, May 19 Kentucky GOP primary is almost here. With polls showing the race going down to the wire, the anti-Massie forces -- whose animus is largely driven by Massie's refusal...
By Targeting Dairy Farmers, ESG Wants To Decide Your Milk
18.05.2026, 03:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - By Targeting Dairy Farmers, ESG Wants To Decide Your Milk Authored by Samantha Fillmore via RealClearMarkets, It starts with a letter in the mail. A dairy farmer opens it to find new requirements from their milk processing plant. Herd data, energy usage, emissions figures. The letter calls it voluntary but if you don't comply, the plant can't take your...
The Fed Will Invent New Inflation Numbers Out Of Thin Air
17.05.2026, 20:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Fed Will Invent New Inflation Numbers Out Of Thin Air Submitted by QTR's Fringe Finance The Federal Reserve is rapidly approaching the point where every available option becomes politically toxic, economically destructive, or both. Inflation remains stuck around 3.8% CPI, well above the Fed’s stated 2% target, and that number alone should theoretically...
AI vs Affordability And Rates
17.05.2026, 18:50 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - AI vs Affordability And Rates By Peter Tchir of Academy Securities Last week, we contemplated, for the first time, that we might need to Understand Universal Basic Income. The timing was very good as on Monday, South Korea floated the idea of transferring some AI-driven tax revenue to its citizens. As uncertainty around jobs, income, and costs continue...
Bonds Are Screaming "Something's Wrong"
16.05.2026, 16:30 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Bonds Are Screaming "Something's Wrong" Submitted by QTR's Fringe Finance Bond yields are doing exactly what I warned about yesterday: forcing reality back into a market that had become increasingly detached from it. Heading into Friday’s cash open, U.S. equity futures are under pressure, with S&P 500 futures down roughly 1% and Nasdaq futures off...
Closing Arguments In High-Stakes OpenAI Trial Focus On Reputation, Character
16.05.2026, 00:25 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Closing Arguments In High-Stakes OpenAI Trial Focus On Reputation, Character Authored by Beige Luciano-Adams via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), OAKLAND, Calif.—After nearly three weeks of presented evidence, an Oakland jury on May 14 heard final arguments in a high-stakes legal battle that could have profound impacts on the race for artificial intelligence...
The Stagflation Narrative: What Doomers Get Wrong
15.05.2026, 16:30 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Stagflation Narrative: What Doomers Get Wrong Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, The stagflation narrative dominating financial social media isn’t completely wrong. That’s what makes it so dangerous. After more than 30 years of managing client portfolios through actual inflationary cycles, not watching them on YouTube, I’ve...
Researchers Theorize That Our Brains Are Building The Universe
15.05.2026, 04:35 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Researchers Theorize That Our Brains Are Building The Universe Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, Developments in quantum physics and consciousness research are prompting scientists to reconsider the fundamental nature of reality. Several recent discussions highlight theories proposing that conscious experience may play a far more fundamental...
Nuclear Buildout Accelerates With Goldman Now Including SMRs Into Forecast
15.05.2026, 04:13 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Nuclear Buildout Accelerates With Goldman Now Including SMRs Into Forecast Goldman's latest edition of "Nuclear Nuggets: Global Reactor Tracker" reinforces that the buildout of the cleanest and most reliable form of so-called "green" energy, nuclear power, continues to gain momentum. The theme we first laid out in December 2020 continues to broaden...
Ralph Baric And UNC's Biodefense Contract Racket Exposed
15.05.2026, 01:15 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Ralph Baric And UNC's Biodefense Contract Racket Exposed Authored by Paul D. Thacker via The DisInformation Chronicle, “DLA Piper wants to get you,” I was told, from a source in DC over the weekend. “Well, what can they do to me?” I asked. “They can’t really do anything,” she said. “But they are pissed off.” Well, they should be. DLA...
Senators Unanimously Pass Resolution To Withhold Their Own Pay During Shutdowns
15.05.2026, 00:25 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Senators Unanimously Pass Resolution To Withhold Their Own Pay During Shutdowns Authored by Jackson Richman via The Epoch Times, The Senate unanimously approved a resolution on May 14 that would suspend senators’ pay during government shutdowns. The measure, introduced by Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), passed by voice vote and is scheduled to take effect...
Trucking Stocks Tumble As Supreme Court Ruling Risks "Extinction Event" For Freight Brokers
14.05.2026, 18:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Trucking Stocks Tumble As Supreme Court Ruling Risks "Extinction Event" For Freight Brokers The US Supreme Court ruled late Thursday morning that freight brokers can face state-law negligent hiring claims when they hire unsafe trucking firms that later cause crashes. FreightWaves founder Craig Fuller responded to the ruling on X, saying, OMG, this...
The UK's New Multinational Naval Initiative Aims To Contain Russia In The Arctic & Baltic
14.05.2026, 08:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The UK's New Multinational Naval Initiative Aims To Contain Russia In The Arctic & Baltic Authored by Andrew Korybko, General Sir Gwyn Jenkins, head of the British Royal Navy, announced that his counterparts from the 10-nation Joint Expeditionary Taskforce comprised of the UK, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and...
Gamma And Momentum: A Recipe For Cheers And Tears
13.05.2026, 20:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Gamma And Momentum: A Recipe For Cheers And Tears Authored by Michael Lebowitz via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, Intel (INTC) shares have risen 90% over the past month and more than 200% since the start of the year. Its competitors, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) and Micron (MU), are posting similar gains. Many other semiconductor stocks, along with some...
Altman Fires Back At Musk During OpenAI Trial Testimony
13.05.2026, 05:54 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Altman Fires Back At Musk During OpenAI Trial Testimony OpenAI CEO Sam Altman spent roughly four hours on the witness stand Tuesday defending the company’s shift from a nonprofit to a for-profit model, directly rebutting Elon Musk’s claims that he and co-founder Greg Brockman “stole a charity” when they restructured the artificial intelligence...
Ukraine To Israel: We Are Fighting The Same Axis Of Evil
13.05.2026, 02:55 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Ukraine To Israel: We Are Fighting The Same Axis Of Evil Via The Libertarian Institute A Ukrainian diplomat said to the Israeli press that Tel Aviv is missing an opportunity to save the lives of its soldiers by working with Kiev on anti-drone technology. Speaking with Ynet about Kiev’s anti-drone capabilities, Ukraine’s ambassador to Israel,...
US Unleashes Another Wave Of Crude From Strategic Reserve As Gas Prices Soar
12.05.2026, 23:22 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - US Unleashes Another Wave Of Crude From Strategic Reserve As Gas Prices Soar The U.S. government will loan 53 million barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) to petroleum companies in a bid to relieve elevated gas and oil prices amid the conflict with Iran. In a news release on Monday, the Department of Energy (DOE) announced it would...
CME Launching Futures Market For AI Compute
12.05.2026, 20:52 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - CME Launching Futures Market For AI Compute US derivatives exchange CME Group and index provider Silicon Data have teamed up to create a futures market for computing power, a key source driving the AI boom. Bloomberg reports that the futures will help traders, financial firms, AI builders and cloud providers manage volatility and price swings. Indexes...