Stocks Drift As Chips Extend Gains, Oil Slides On Positive US-Iran Talks

Jeftovic: The "Bitcoin Only" Era Is Over... Authored by Mark Jeftovic via BombThrower .com, (From The Sovereign Capitalist Letter #65. I was traveling at the time of the Coinkite vulnerability, surfacing a recurring theme around how to safely balance cold storage and emergency access when on the road). Just when I thought the sentiment couldn’t get any worse, on July 29-30 reports began to emerge of “certain” Coldcards (which were supposed to be the industry standard of self-custody cold wallets), being drained of their funds. The reports are true, and this has enormous implications, not just...

Vance Calls Off Pakistan Trip, Iran Delegation Confirms No-Show, With Hours Till Ceasefire Collapse Summary Vance calls off trip to Pakistan after Iran demanded US lift blockade of ports. Tasnim says Iran's 'final decision' is to not attend talks. Trump warns: 'Expect...bombs' & urges Tehran "release women" said to be on death row. Overnight, US forces conducted a right-of-visit, maritime interdiction and boarding of the stateless sanctioned M/T Tifani in Indo-Pac region: CENTCOM As just 12 ships have gone through Hormuz Strait in last 24 hours, Iran claims one of its own made it past...

The Hidden Cost To The American Worker From The AI Boom Authored by Steven Edginton via American Intelligence, While many warn that artificial intelligence itself will displace American workers, far less attention is paid to the fact that the very companies building AI are already replacing American employees with cheaper foreign labor. In many cases, though, the immediate threat to American workers is not the technology itself, but the hiring practices of the firms developing it. In 2025, 406,348 H-1B visas were given to foreign workers in the United States, according...