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Feds Scrutinizing Block's Square And Cash App, Eyeing If Transactions Funded Terror And Skirted Sanctions
01.05.2024, 17:50 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Feds Scrutinizing Block's Square And Cash App, Eyeing If Transactions Funded Terror And Skirted Sanctions Federal prosecutors are investigating compliance issues at Block, the fintech firm co-founded by Jack Dorsey, according to a new report from NBC, citing "two people with direct knowledge". Questions about the company started swirling back in March...
Yields Tumble After Dovish Refunding Reveals Debt Sales In Line With Expectations, No Coupon Auction Increases "For Several Quarters", And Treasury Buybacks Begin
01.05.2024, 15:28 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Yields Tumble After Dovish Refunding Reveals Debt Sales In Line With Expectations, No Coupon Auction Increases "For Several Quarters", And Treasury Buybacks Begin Having already revealed its borrowing estimates for Q2 and Q3 on Monday, where we learned that the Treasury expects to sell $41BN more debt than previously expected in Q2, but offset by a...
Pentagon Chief Engaged In Pressuring EU Countries To Give Up Their Patriot Systems
01.05.2024, 10:15 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Pentagon Chief Engaged In Pressuring EU Countries To Give Up Their Patriot Systems America's top defense official is engaged in efforts to pressure European countries to give up their own US-made anti-air defenses for Ukraine. US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Tuesday he's been actively encouraging countries to donate their Patriot missile systems...
First Cases Of HIV Transmitted Through Cosmetic Needles Identified: CDC
01.05.2024, 02:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - First Cases Of HIV Transmitted Through Cosmetic Needles Identified: CDC Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Multiple people contracted human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) through cosmetic needles after receiving facials at an unlicensed spa in New Mexico, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)....
Unification Of CBDCs? Global Banks Are Telling Us The End Of The Dollar System Is Near
30.04.2024, 23:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Unification Of CBDCs? Global Banks Are Telling Us The End Of The Dollar System Is Near Authored by Brandon Smith via Alt-Market.us, World reserve status allows for amazing latitude in terms of monetary policy. The Federal Reserve understands that there is constant demand for dollars overseas as a means to more easily import and export goods. The dollar’s...
Your Tax Dollars At Work: US To Buy Ukrainian-Made Weapons For Ukraine
30.04.2024, 19:05 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Your Tax Dollars At Work: US To Buy Ukrainian-Made Weapons For Ukraine It's not just US and Western defense contractors and arms makers that have been raking in the billions as a result of Washington's mammoth defense aid handed over to Ukraine, but Ukrainian defense companies are also enjoying the largesse at US taxpayers' expense. "A total of $1.6...
How EU Law Has Made The Internet Less Free For Everyone Else
30.04.2024, 12:30 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - How EU Law Has Made The Internet Less Free For Everyone Else Authored by Mustafa Ekin Turan via The Mises Institute, If you have been using the internet for longer than a couple of years, you might have noticed that it used to be much “freer.” What freer means in this context is that there was less censorship and less stringent rules regarding copyright...
China & The US: What Matters That's Overlooked
30.04.2024, 05:02 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - China & The US: What Matters That's Overlooked Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, Parsing geopolitics is fun but our attention is better directed to the limits and second-order effects of legacy systems in each of the rival states. Geopolitics, like any conflict, is dramatic: rivals jostle for hegemony on a 3-D chessboard, war threatens...
Falling From Grace
30.04.2024, 03:03 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Falling From Grace Authored by Jeff Thomas via InternationalMan.com, Years ago, Doug Casey mentioned in a correspondence to me, “Empires fall from grace with alarming speed.” Every now and then, you receive a comment that, although it may have been stated casually, has a lasting effect, as it offers uncommon insight. For me, this was one of those...
Biden Looks To Prevent Future President From Ending Ukraine War With 10-Year Agreement
29.04.2024, 16:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Biden Looks To Prevent Future President From Ending Ukraine War With 10-Year Agreement Soon on the heels of President Biden last week signing into law a $61 billion aid package for Ukraine's defense, President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday indicated that he's working with Washington on a bilateral security agreement which would last ten years. "We...
US Space Force General Says China's Military Developing Space Assets At "Breathtaking Speed"
29.04.2024, 06:08 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - US Space Force General Says China's Military Developing Space Assets At "Breathtaking Speed" Authored by Frank Fang via The Epoch Times, Gen. Stephen Whiting, commander of U.S. Space Command, recently warned about China’s “breathtakingly fast” development of space military capabilities, following his trips to South Korea and Japan. “We are seriously...
Stablecoin Volumes Are Tracking A Record $15 Trillion On Ethereum Alone
29.04.2024, 04:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Stablecoin Volumes Are Tracking A Record $15 Trillion On Ethereum Alone By Marcel Kasumovich, Deputy CIO of Coinbase Asset Management Crypto sparked a renaissance in real-time payments. Sleepy you say? Time for a wake-up call – payment solutions are at the cutting edge of crypto’s integration into the mainstream, and it has plenty of competition...
Ukraine Withdraws Abrams Tanks From Frontlines After Russian Drone Attacks
28.04.2024, 13:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Ukraine Withdraws Abrams Tanks From Frontlines After Russian Drone Attacks Authored by Will Porter via The Libertarian Institute, The Ukrainian military has opted to withdraw its US-supplied M1 Abrams main battle tanks from the front lines due to the threat posed by Russian drones, American officials told the Associated Press. Kiev has reportedly lost...
The Scramble For Antarctica
28.04.2024, 04:15 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Scramble For Antarctica Authored by Gregory Copley via The Epoch Times, The “scramble for Antarctica” is slowly gathering steam, and it is not unrelated to a new “scramble for the Americas.” The ramifications for the Indo-Pacific and, indeed, for the global strategic balance are also profound. By 2024, Antarctica had at least 82 bases from...
Bitcoin Is Built To Last: How The Network Defends Against Attacks
28.04.2024, 01:52 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Bitcoin Is Built To Last: How The Network Defends Against Attacks Via Bitcoin Magazine, Bitcoin is one of the most robust distributed systems in the history of mankind. For fifteen years it has ticked along block by block with only two disruptions in its first few years that were very quickly handled by responsive developers the minute they manifested...
The Teams Are Set For World War III
27.04.2024, 18:50 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Teams Are Set For World War III Authored by Toby Rogers via The Brownstone Institute, I’ve seen some crazy things over the last few years but this is off-the-charts insane. Last week, Michael E. Mann spoke at the EcoHeath Alliance: Green Planet One Health Benefit 2024. Just to recap who each of these players are: Michael E. Mann is the creator...
"Bye Bye, Babies... Bye Bye, Workers": Can Europe Slow The Impact Of Its Aging Society
27.04.2024, 14:10 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "Bye Bye, Babies... Bye Bye, Workers": Can Europe Slow The Impact Of Its Aging Society By Erik-Jan van Harn and Maartje Wijffelaars of Rabobank Summary Europe’s population is aging and this will stunt economic growth in the coming decades. Challenges are arising for social welfare, debt sustainability, and even strategic autonomy. Potential remedies...
Pentagon Chief Trolls Iran On Effectiveness Of Weapons After Israel Attack
27.04.2024, 03:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Pentagon Chief Trolls Iran On Effectiveness Of Weapons After Israel Attack US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Friday weighed in on the April 13 Iranian attack on Israel, which was the Islamic Republic's first-ever direct attack on the Jewish state. It included some 300 drones and missiles launched at Israel - the vast majority of which were intercepted...
Blinken Threatens China Over Russia Ties, Warns Xi Against "Downward Spiral" In Relations With US
26.04.2024, 21:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Blinken Threatens China Over Russia Ties, Warns Xi Against "Downward Spiral" In Relations With US On Friday Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing, which brought to a close the US top diplomat's three day visit to China. Blinken warned the Chinese leader of another potential "downward spiral" in relations...
UK Defense Chief Says Ukraine To Increase Long-Range Strikes In Russia
26.04.2024, 12:55 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - UK Defense Chief Says Ukraine To Increase Long-Range Strikes In Russia Just as President Biden was signing into effect the newly approved foreign defense package which includes $60 billion for Ukraine, the United Kingdom also rolled out its own massive aid package (though paling in comparison), first unveiled Tuesday. Britain announced its single largest...
Die verhinderte Rede von Yanis Varoufakis, die er beim Palästina-Kongress in Berlin halten wollte
26.04.2024, 06:02 Uhr. Free21.org - https: - Die Rede von Varoufakis im Wortlaut: Freunde, Herzlichen Glückwunsch und herzlichen Dank, dass ihr hier seid, trotz der Drohungen, trotz der gepanzerten Polizei vor dem Veranstaltungsort, trotz des Aufgebots der deutschen Presse, trotz des deutschen Staates, trotz des deutschen politischen Systems, das euch verteufelt, weil ihr hier seid. „Warum...
The Great Game Returns To Central Asia
26.04.2024, 05:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Great Game Returns To Central Asia Via EurasiaNet.org, Russia's invasion of Ukraine has reanimated US and EU interest in Central Asia. China has eclipsed Russia as the region's largest trade partner. Central Asian trade is diversifying away from Russia and towards the West. The Great Game is playing out once again in Central Asia, but it is getting...
Palmer Luckey's Anduril & General Atomics Selected By USAF For Next Round Of AI Drone Program
26.04.2024, 04:06 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Palmer Luckey's Anduril & General Atomics Selected By USAF For Next Round Of AI Drone Program The US Air Force's hot pursuit of drone wingmen, known as collaborative combat aircraft, flying alongside piloted stealth fighter jets such as the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II and Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor, is a major effort to modernize its...
"None Of This Should've Happened": Baltimore Takes Container Ship Owner & Manager To Court Over Bridge Collapse
25.04.2024, 18:46 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "None Of This Should've Happened": Baltimore Takes Container Ship Owner & Manager To Court Over Bridge Collapse Baltimore City filed a lawsuit against the owner and operator of the container ship that crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge last month, causing it to collapse. Attorneys for Baltimore's mayor and City Council claim the bridge...
Is Dune A Copy Of Our Real World
25.04.2024, 17:50 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Is Dune A Copy Of Our Real World By Michael Every of Rabobank The Golden Path USD/JPY is at 155, a fresh 34-year high, with the Yen slumping 10.2% year-to-date and suggestion that intervention may not come until we get to 160, a level last seen in 1986. USD/CAD is off recent lows at 1.37 but under pressure (as noted by Christian Lawrence): some suggest...
US Secretly Armed Ukraine With Long-Range ATACMS Last Month
25.04.2024, 14:26 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - US Secretly Armed Ukraine With Long-Range ATACMS Last Month Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com, The US confirmed on Wednesday that it had secretly sent Ukraine long-range Army Tactical Missile Systems (ATACMS) last month as part of a $300 million arms package. The long-range ATACMS can be fired from the HIMARS rocket systems and can hit targets...
Cashless Society: WEF Boasts That 98% Of Central Banks Are Adopting CBDCs
25.04.2024, 11:47 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Cashless Society: WEF Boasts That 98% Of Central Banks Are Adopting CBDCs Whatever happened to the WEF? One minute they were everywhere in the media and now they have all but disappeared from public discourse. After the pandemic agenda was defeated and the plan to exploit public fear to create a perpetual medical autocracy was exposed, Klaus Schwab...
US Steps Up Monitoring As FDA Warns Bird Flu Found In Pasteurized Milk From Grocery Stores
24.04.2024, 23:11 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - US Steps Up Monitoring As FDA Warns Bird Flu Found In Pasteurized Milk From Grocery Stores Dairy cattle moving between states must be tested for the bird flu virus, U.S. agriculture officials said Wednesday as they try to track and control the growing outbreak. AP reports that the federal order was announced a day after health officials said they...
Senates Passes $95 Billion Aid Bill For Ukraine, Israel And Taiwan, Forces Sale Of TikTok
24.04.2024, 05:46 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Senates Passes $95 Billion Aid Bill For Ukraine, Israel And Taiwan, Forces Sale Of TikTok The republicans do what they always do best: fold like cheap lawn chairs. Moments ago, in a 79-18 vote, the Democrat-controlled Senate passed a long-delayed $95.3 billion foreign-aid package sending $60.8 billion in ammunition and military equipment to Ukrainian...
Kim Jong Un Oversees "Nuclear Counterattack" Drill
24.04.2024, 03:27 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Kim Jong Un Oversees "Nuclear Counterattack" Drill North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw salvo launches of the country’s "super-large" multiple rocket launchers in what state media presented as simulation drills of a nuclear counterattack against enemy targets, state media revealed Tuesday. The day prior, the South Korean and Japanese militaries...
Wave Goodbye To Another Set Of Freedoms With The New Digital ID
24.04.2024, 01:47 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Wave Goodbye To Another Set Of Freedoms With The New Digital ID Authored by Graham Young via The Epoch Times, “Papers please” used to be the ostinato of totalitarian systems, at least in the movies. With the passing of the government’s Digital ID bills, Australians will have to become used to the digital equivalent - so what does that say about...
Next Ukraine Package 'Larger Than Normal' As Biden Tells Zelensky Aid Coming "Quickly"
24.04.2024, 01:27 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Next Ukraine Package 'Larger Than Normal' As Biden Tells Zelensky Aid Coming "Quickly" US officials have been quoted in Politico as saying the Biden White House is preparing a "larger than normal" weapons package for Ukraine to be sent quickly once Biden signs the bill into law authorizing $61 billion in spending, following the historic weekend House...
Hezbollah Launches Deepest Attack Into Israel Since War's Start, On Passover
24.04.2024, 00:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Hezbollah Launches Deepest Attack Into Israel Since War's Start, On Passover Hezbollah on Tuesday conducted its deepest strikes into Israeli territory since the start of the war, launching drones at Israeli military bases on the outskirts of the Israeli city of Acre. Israel's military said none of its facilities were hit, and videos circulating online...
Russia Vows To Ramp Up Attacks On Western Weapons In Ukraine
24.04.2024, 00:06 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Russia Vows To Ramp Up Attacks On Western Weapons In Ukraine Russia's response to the Republican-led House passing Biden's foreign aid package which includes $61 billion in new military assistance for Ukraine has been to promise stepped-up targeting of the Western weapons store houses. A new statement by Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu additionally said "The...
Der faschistische Führer von Kanada, Justin Trudeau, kündigt die Einführung eines Social Credit Score Systems für die Insassen Kanadas an
23.04.2024, 16:43 Uhr. >b's weblog - https: - (via JustinTrudeau)...
Die Aufarbeitungsfalle
23.04.2024, 16:13 Uhr. >b's weblog - https: - Die ganze Maßnahmenpolitik war eine absichtsvoll inszenierte und orchestrierte Machtergreifung durch die herrschenden Regierungen aller westlichen Länder, im Verbund mit einem Teil der instrumentalisierten Pseudowissenschaft und dem Militär unter Führung der NATO. Von daher dienten all die Maßnahmen, die nun als „Fehler“ beschönigt werden...
EU Leaders Trying To Convince Greece & Spain To 'Sacrifice' Their Own Anti-Air Defenses For Ukraine
23.04.2024, 08:47 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - EU Leaders Trying To Convince Greece & Spain To 'Sacrifice' Their Own Anti-Air Defenses For Ukraine NATO and European Union leaders are literally pressuring member states to sacrifice their own national defense for the sake of Ukraine, part of the ongoing saga of desperation which has led some Western nations to deplete domestic arms and ammo stockpiles...
US & Philippines Kick Off Largest Ever Joint Drills On 'China's Doorstep'
23.04.2024, 05:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - US & Philippines Kick Off Largest Ever Joint Drills On 'China's Doorstep' Tensions are soaring in waters off China as the US and its close regional ally the Philippines launched expansive joint war drills Monday, not far from hotly disputed maritime areas. At over 16,000 troops, the exercises called the "Balikatan" drills (or "shoulder to shoulder")...
BlackRock Triples Larry Fink's Home Security As Anti-Woke Backlash Accelerates
23.04.2024, 04:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - BlackRock Triples Larry Fink's Home Security As Anti-Woke Backlash Accelerates BlackRock chief executive Larry Fink's efforts to push 'wokesim' or environmental, social, and governance policies across corporate America have been in reverse in recent years amid the backlash from Republican lawmakers on Capitol Hill and 19 state attorneys general...
No Evidence FBI Used Counterterrorism Tactics on Catholics: Government Watchdog Report
22.04.2024, 23:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - No Evidence FBI Used Counterterrorism Tactics on Catholics: Government Watchdog Report Authored by Matt McGregor via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), An independent governmental watchdog investigation concluded that there was no evidence to support that the FBI was targeting Catholics based on a leaked memo. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan...
Here Comes The Cavalry?
22.04.2024, 21:47 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Here Comes The Cavalry? By Benjamin Picton of Rabobank Here Comes The Cavalry? The risk of imminent hot war between Israel and Iran seems to have dissipated for the time being. Israel on Friday delivered its promised response to the Iranian strike of the weekend before by hitting targets in Syria and the Iranian city of Isfahan. Reporting of the strikes...
Israel's Military Intelligence Chief Resigns Over Oct.7 Failures
22.04.2024, 18:05 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Israel's Military Intelligence Chief Resigns Over Oct.7 Failures Israel’s top military intelligence official has announced his resignation in a shock development for the country while it's still at war, citing his failure to anticipate the Oct.7 Hamas terror attack. Maj. Gen. Aharon Haliva, chief of the Israel Defense Forces Military...
Key Events This Week: PCE, GDP, Fed Blackout And Earnings Gallore
22.04.2024, 16:01 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Key Events This Week: PCE, GDP, Fed Blackout And Earnings Gallore Hot on the heels of last week's tech and momentum rout, shaken traders will have to wait until Friday for the main macro event namely the US core PCE print within the income and spending report. Economists expect the core PCE deflator to come in at +0.30% vs. +0.26% last month. This would...
Rüstungsknotenpunkt Ukraine (II)
21.04.2024, 23:52 Uhr. >b's weblog - https: - Deutsche Rüstungsunternehmen gehen zunehmend zur Produktion von Waffensystemen in der Ukraine über und nehmen dabei international eine führende Stellung ein. Die Ukraine soll einer der größten Waffenproduzenten der Welt werden.Mit Unterstützung der Bundesregierung treiben deutsche Rüstungsunternehmen führend den Aufbau der ukrainischen Rüstungsindustrie...
Should I Stay Or Should I Go?
21.04.2024, 19:30 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Should I Stay Or Should I Go? By Peter Tchir of Academy Securities Should I Stay or Should I Go? Coming up for air after what was an intense week on the geopolitical and market side of things, I’m really being forced to reconsider my current recommendations (bearish bonds, stocks, and credit). I keep thinking: If I go, there will be trouble And if...
Is There A Road-Map For What's Ahead?
21.04.2024, 17:43 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Is There A Road-Map For What's Ahead? Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via Substack, One of our primary survival traits is the ability to anticipate the future to avoid threats and reap higher yields. We seek a vantage point to view the road ahead, or even better a road map to what's ahead. Is there a road map to what's ahead? An enormous amount of...
'Dubai's Fyre Festival': Crypto Investors Caught In Chaotic UAE Floods
21.04.2024, 14:47 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - 'Dubai's Fyre Festival': Crypto Investors Caught In Chaotic UAE Floods Via Middle East Eye "This Lamborghini is swimming bro," said influencer Crypto Bitlord, as his sports car battled against heavy rain in Dubai on Tuesday. He was among hundreds of crypto traders and enthusiasts who descended upon the United Arab Emirates city this week for two...
'Like Toys, Not Drones': Iran Continues Mocking Israel's Attack As Contrasting Narratives Emerge
21.04.2024, 03:22 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - 'Like Toys, Not Drones': Iran Continues Mocking Israel's Attack As Contrasting Narratives Emerge Iran has continued mocking Israel's limited attack which happened in the early hours of Friday morning. In a fresh interview with NBC, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian dismissed much of the initial reporting in the West concerning the strike...
What Are Mises' Six Lessons?
20.04.2024, 22:06 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - What Are Mises' Six Lessons? Authored by Jonathan Newman via The Mises Institute, Ludwig von Mises’s Economic Policy: Thoughts for Today and Tomorrow has become quite popular recently. The Mises Book Store has sold out of its physical copies, and the PDF, which is available online for free, has seen over 50,000 downloads in the past few days...
Finternet: das Finanzsystem der Zukunft, wie es sich die Faschisten vorstellen
20.04.2024, 19:06 Uhr. >b's weblog - https: - This paper lays out a vision for the Finternet: multiple financial ecosystems interconnected with each other, much like the internet, designed to empower individuals and businesses by placing them at the centre of their financial lives. It advocates for a user-centric approach that lowers barriers between financial services and systems, thus promoting...