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Australia’s defence minister confirmed today that data collected by the Australian E-7 Wedgetail aircraft is being fed directly into the US combined air operations in Qatar, the same hub directing strikes on Iran.
Albanese has been on television for 2 weeks saying Australia is “not taking offensive action.” Technically true. The bombs aren’t Australian. But the eyes finding the targets? Those are.
Pine Gap, the US satellite base in Alice Springs, has been doing a version of this quietly for 50 years. Most Aussies have no idea it exists, let alone that it now hosts 45 satellite dishes with surv

The SEC just gave congress a blueprint for the Clarity Act

The SEC just issued an official interpretation stating that most crypto assets are not securities.
Paul Atkins said ‘the former administration refused to recognize that most crypto assets are not themselves securities’
This is the clarity we have been asking for since 2017.

Trump on Joe Kent: “I always thought he was weak on security”

Every single FOMC in the last 10 months, $BTC has sold off after.
— June 18 2025: Hold. BTC dumped 6.4%
— July 30: Hold. BTC dumped 5.6%
— Sept 17: Cut 25bps. BTC dumped 8.1%
— Oct 29: Cut 25bps. BTC dumped 5%
— Dec 10: Cut 25bps. BTC dumped 3%
— Jan 28 2026: Hold. BTC dumped 4.2%
Tomorrow we get another one, will it break the pattern?

Haven’t seen a single Epstein post since this war started

A TikTok livestreaming company just got board approval to dump 7,500 bitcoin to fund a $100 million share buyback.
The company is GD Culture, they bought the bitcoin for $841 million last September.
They didn’t use cash, instead diluted their own shareholders by issuing 39 million new shares to acquire a BVI shell company that happened to be holding the BTC.
Their treasury strategy also included buying $TRUMP.
5 months later the BTC is worth $500 million. They’re sitting on $340 million in unrealized losses, the stock is down 70%.
Their entire market cap is $210 million, less than half of

朝鲜今天向日本海发射了10枚弹道导弹，时间与美国-韩国"自由之盾"演习直接相关，演习将持续到19日。
特朗普据称在同一周对韩国表示看好与金正恩恢复对话。
关注日元、黄金和韩元，它们会在任何声明发布前先行波动。

Russian energy revenues were down nearly 50% year on year. Now Moscow is making an extra $150 million a day. Estimates are that becomes $3.3 to $5 billion in additional revenue by the end of this month.

Markets are now pricing a 61% chance of a hike next week, with a second likely in May- back to 4.35%, the same peak as the last cycle.
NAB’s chief economist has modelled 5% headline inflation for Australia if oil holds at or above $100. The RBA deputy governor acknowledged that scenario is no longer implausible.
Rate hikes slow demand, but they can’t fix a supply shock. Aussie mortgage holders will pay the price for a problem they didn’t create.