
From gold bars to rare earths: Pentagon’s billion-dollar bet on America’s resource security
The Pentagon’s $1 billion rare earths stockpile bid marks a new era for minerals, with major implications for gold, bitcoin, and global resource security.

Trump accused China of attempting to monopolize rare-earth elements and announced plans for a massive increase of tariffs on Chinese products.

Staggering ETF inflows and exchange supply reduction hint at Bitcoin’s march toward $150,000 without speculative mania.

Prediction markets have become Wall Street’s newest battleground, with Kalshi betting on regulation and Polymarket betting on decentralization—and both racing to turn real-world events into tradeable assets.

The proposed Senate bill seeks to impose KYC on DeFi, sparking fears of an exodus to offshore liquidity platforms.

Roger Ver could pay $48 million in tentative DOJ deal to resolve charges of concealing Bitcoin from IRS.

Jerome Powell avoided talking about inflation and rates on his Community Bank Conference speech, which the market sees as "strategic silence."



