Lyn Alden: Gold Certificates Were Basically a Memecoin
Bankless· 2026-02-23 19:20
nonredeemable for certificates, basically a memecoin. It's like, here's some gold meme coins that legally will shore up your balance sheet and we're going to actually take the actual gold. >> So, the Fed had some gold sitting on its balance sheet.And Treasury went, "Yoink, we're going to take that and we're going to give you IUS instead." >> Yeah, I still hold by the way. Uh they basically plugged a hole in their accounting that was massive at the time that is now tiny because of how nominally everything gr ...
Mexico’s President Vows ‘Tranquility’ After Chaotic Cartel Fallout | WSJ News
WSJ News· 2026-02-23 19:02
Y lo más importante en este momento pues es garantizar la paz y la seguridad de toda la población, de todo México. Y así se está haciendo el día de hoy. hay más tranquilidad y hay gobierno, hay fuerzas armadas, hay gabinete de seguridad y hay mucha coordinación. ...
Whales are BUYING!!! #crypto
Altcoin Daily· 2026-02-23 19:01
This chart shows the number of entities with balances over $1,000. As you can see, they've been buying this dip the whole time. And this is interesting. This is very recent data.Wales are still buying this dip. 67,000 price point is now the most transacted price with over 600,000 Bitcoin or 3% of the supply. This area had only 200,000 Bitcoin transacted just 3 weeks ago.This is bullish. When we flip this, this will be strong support. [music] Then we have to get through the 87 resistance, turn this into supp ...
What To Expect From Trump’s State Of The Union Address
CNBC· 2026-02-23 18:00
President Donald Trump is set to make his first State of the Union address of his second term. This State of the Union address will differ from the president's address to Congress last year. Last year, when he addressed Congress, the president was fresh off electoral victory.This time, he's heading into a midterm election that could seriously loosen his grip on power. And he finds himself down in the polls, especially on the economy, which used to be one of his top issues. The president's also delivering hi ...
AI Momentum, Meet Infrastructure Reality
DDN· 2026-02-23 17:30
As I mentioned, actually Jonathan and I were talking about this a little bit earlier today and everybody's talking about AI is in a bubble or is about to burst. At the end of the day, what I think about is what would cause it to burst. And I don't see that happening.And this is mainly why, right. Because if you think back through kind of human existence, anything that makes life more convenient tends to kind of stick around. And that's exactly what's happening with AI today with regards to its infusion in a ...
OpenAI Closes in on $100 Billion, OpenClaw Acquired, AI’s Productivity Question — With Aaron Levie
Alex Kantrowitz· 2026-02-23 17:30
OpenAI is closing in on a massive hundred billion fund raise. Open Claw is acquired as agent hype goes into overdrive. And is AI making us more productive? Actually, that's coming up on a Big Technology Podcast Friday edition with Fox CEO Aaron Levy right after this. Welcome to Big Technology Podcast Friday edition where we break down the news in our traditional coolheaded and nuanced format. We have a great show for you today. We're going to talk about the forthcoming $100 billion or thereabouts funding ra ...
The Litmus test for Investing
20VC with Harry Stebbings· 2026-02-23 17:07
If I invest in this round at this price and the company executes, do I want to put more at a higher price. That's the litmus test. It's to say, all right, say I invest in a company at 5 billion and it does super well this year.Is this a big enough idea. Is this generational enough. Is this transformational enough.Is the founder amazing enough that if in 6 months they wake up and say they want to raise at 10, that I'm going to want to do. ...
The Old Word Order Is Dead
Principles by Ray Dalio· 2026-02-23 17:06
the old world order is dead and there's a new world order and it's important to understand that five years ago um I wrote the book uh the changing world order and I described history and the cycles of history just by way of example Chancellor Mertz the head of the uh German government said the world order as it has stood for decades no longer exists and this was echoed by French President Mcronone by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and so on. In order to understand what that means and what it's like, what ...
LONGITUDE by Cointelegraph, 8th Edition | Hong Kong | February 12, 2026
Cointelegraph· 2026-02-23 17:04
[music] Cryptocurrency is super undervalued today. [music] >> I'm a biggest fan of Longitude. I go to all the main crypto conferences.Longitude anomies. [music] It's a brain nutrition event. >> Quantum became a non-zero threat for Bitcoin.>> It's a great event. Yeah, I know. I've been to a couple now.Yeah, I really enjoy them and I'll I'll be back again, I'm sure. >> [music] >> I'm a big fan of Cointelegraph. You guys have done a great job at this event.There's a bunch of great people here. It's been great ...
Bitcoin: Dubious Speculation
Benjamin Cowen· 2026-02-23 17:04
Hey everyone and thanks for jumping back into the cryptoverse. Today we're going to talk about Bitcoin dubious speculation. If you guys like the content, make sure you subscribe to the channel, give the video a thumbs up, and also check out into the cryptoverse premium at into the cryptoverse.com. You have just about a week longer if you want to use that ITC50 code at checkout to get 50% off your first month. So, make sure you do that before the end of the month.Let's go through some dubious speculation, sh ...