US Loses at Least Six Aircraft in Iran War Since Friday

Israel continues to escalate the attack on Lebanon today, with the first strikes against the country’s north being reported, and additional strikes against the Beirut suburb of Dahiyeh, which came with new rounds of evacuation orders. The Israeli military ordered tens of thousands of civilians out of Dahiyeh, and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich issued a […]

Your Bank Is Becoming A Casino: River CEO Frames Bitcoin As The Alternative Authored by Micah Zimmerman via Bitcoin Magazine, Bitcoin 2026 speaker Alex Leishman used his Nakamoto Stage talk, titled “We’re Not Fixing Money to Build More Casinos,” to deliver a sharp warning that modern finance is drifting toward a gambling model and away from basic banking.  Leishman, CEO of River, said the American dream feels out of reach for many people as housing costs rise, student debt lingers, and wages lag, and argued that this pressure helps explain why prediction markets and...

US Central Command reports that no ships have exited the Persian Gulf carrying oil since President Donald Trump ordered a blockade on Monday.  “Yesterday, an Iranian-flagged cargo vessel tried to evade the US blockade after leaving Bandar Abbas, exiting the Strait of Hormuz, and transiting along the Iranian coastline. The guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance (DDG […]