France Seizes Another Russia-Linked Oil Tanker as Ukrainian Drones Hit Russian Oil Depots

A Quantum Roadmap Would Push Bitcoin Much Higher Authored by Ciaran Lyons via CoinTelegraph.com, Bitcoin developers need to swallow their pride and outline a clear plan to harden the blockchain against quantum computing attacks, according to Capriole Investments founder Charles Edwards. He says the day they finally bite the bullet, the price will respond very quickly. “If the Bitcoin core team says in two or three months: ‘this is our roadmap, we’re gonna solve it in the next two years, these are the rough steps we’ll take,’ that would be amazing news,”...

As the war in the Middle East escalates to attacks on energy infrastructure, the White House is taking extensive measures to put downward pressure on oil prices.  Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told Fox Business’s Maria Bartiromo on Thursday that the US had lifted some oil sanctions on Russia and could also remove some Iranian tankers […]

Netanyahu Left 'Personally Stunned' By Trump Rhetoric Prohibiting Lebanon Strikes Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his inner circle were reportedly blindsided - left "stunned" - after President Trump dropped a surprise line effectively clipping Israel's wings in Lebanon, according to Axios, citing sources familiar with the exchange. On Friday, Trump declared the US had "prohibited" further Israeli strikes just as the administration-brokered 10-day ceasefire with Lebanon kicked in. The US President was unusually harsh in rhetoric with America's longtime #1 Mideast ally, writing on Truth Social that "enough is enough". AFP...