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Frequently Asked Questions on the Application of the Federal Securities Laws to Certain Types of Crypto Assets and Certain Transactions Involving Crypto Assets Question 2.5: Is…

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SEC clarifies when crypto token buybacks may imply securities promises

SEC clarifies when crypto token buybacks may imply securities promises

Frequently Asked Questions on the Application of the Federal Securities Laws to Certain Types of Crypto Assets and Certain Transactions Involving Crypto Assets Question 2.5: Issuers of non-security crypto assets may conduct buyback programs for several reasons, including treasury management, supply reduction, protocol-funded burns, and rebalancing.…

Oracle Credit Spreads Hit Record Amid Data Center Risks

Oracle Credit Spreads Hit Record Amid Data Center Risks

Rhodie House Options Intelligence | September 27, 2026 Follows March 1 / March 10 / April 26, 2026 reports Oracle (ORCL): Credit Structure and Delivery Risk Rhodie House Options Intelligence | September 27, 2026 Follows March 1 / March 10 / April 26, 2026 reports What I Said, What Happened In my March 1, 2026 Discord report I recommended against entering a short at $145-150.…

AI Agents Raise Bank Deposit and Disintermediation Risks

Agent Wars: The agentic bank run? TL;DR - The agentic bank run is a scenario, not today's reality. Muse's can't move deposits yet. Its current Plaid connection is read-only, and delegating your banking is a much bigger leap than canceling a subscription. - The more immediate threat for banks is losing the customer's next decision.…

Trump and Xi Discuss Trade, Security and AI

Trump and Xi Discuss Trade, Security and AI

Transcript: President Trump and President Xi Deliver Remarks at Arrival Ceremony September 24, 2026 12:15 pm by Pangambam S Geopolitics (category) This is a transcript of the arrival ceremony for Chinese President Xi Jinping and Madam Peng Liyuan’s state visit to the White House, hosted by President Donald Trump.…

Brazil’s Pix Boom Coexists With Heavy USDT Use

Brazil’s Pix Boom Coexists With Heavy USDT Use

Brazil runs on Pix payments, yet two-thirds of its crypto volume is USDT. Here's why stablecoins and Pix work together, and how to pay with USDT via Pix. Pix Brazil & USDT: Why Stablecoins Thrive Next to Pix Brazil set two records in 2025, and at first glance they contradict each other. The first is Pix.…

Moonstone Bank Details Alameda, Gemini and Revolut Ties

Moonstone Bank Details Alameda, Gemini and Revolut Ties

Alameda's ties to rural Moonstone Bank had the internet enraptured over Thanksgiving. Protos re-interviewed a top exec to learn more. It’s been an eventful week for rural Washington state bank Moonstone, previously known as Farmington State Bank. It may have found little to be thankful for over the holiday season.…

EU Weighs Emergency Protocol Over Russian Sabotage Threat

EU foreign ministers are drawing up an emergency security protocol as the bloc's foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, warned that Russia was planning further sabotage across Europe. This comes as Washington and Beijing unveiled tariff-reduction lists covering $60bn in goods, and Sweden's Social Democrat leader failed to form a government.

Orange flames and smokes erupts from an explosion on USS Klakring. Part of the grey warship is visible on the surface of a dark blue sea.

US Warship Sunk in Training Exercise off Scotland

The 43-year-old decommissioned frigate was used for target practice off the Outer Hebrides last Monday. Old US warship deliberately sunk during training off Scotland A decommissioned US warship has been sunk off Scotland's west coast during a training exercise. USS Klakring was hit by a missile and a torpedo before sinking in the North Atlantic about 170 miles (274km) off the Outer Hebrides last Monday.…