Leavitt underscores that Saudi Arabia nuclear deal is ‘contingent’ on joining Abraham accords The press secretary said today that the Saudi Arabia nuclear deal is “contingent” on the kingdom on joining the Abraham Accords – a recent demand that Donald Trump announced earlier today. When pressed why the administration didn’t announce that condition when the deal was…
A large Ethereum short on Hyperliquid is giving the market another glimpse of how serious capital is starting to use decentralized derivatives venues, not just centralized exchanges and OTC desks. The position, tracked through the Hyperliquid explorer at wallet address `0x7fdafde5cfb5465924316eced2d3715494c517d1`, is sized at roughly $67 million against ETH. The wallet is labelled on-chain as…
The U.S. Capitol is seen from the Cannon House Office Building on July 22. J. Scott Applewhite/AP hide caption toggle caption J. Scott Applewhite/AP The House on Thursday approved a resolution to remove U.S. forces from hostilities with Iran, in a vote that reflected growing frustration inside Congress over the war and the ability of…
BitMEX, the Seychelles-based crypto exchange founded by Arthur Hayes, announced on July 23 that it will shut down at 04:00 UTC on Sept. 23. Customers now have two months to close positions and withdraw funds, and new registrations have already stopped. The effective trading deadline arrives sooner. Under BitMEX’s wind-down timetable, risk limits take effect…
The conflict in Yemen has entered a new chapter with a declaration by the Houthis that they are imposing a maritime siege on all shipping to Saudi Arabia. The Yemeni rebel group, also known as Ansar Allah (or supporters of God), has attacked a number of Saudi tankers in the Red Sea. Recommended Stories list…
Goldman Sachs chairman and CEO David Solomon has thrown his support behind the Clarity Act, the crypto market-structure bill moving through the Senate, a stance that sets one of Wall Street’s largest banks apart from rivals lining up against it. “I’m very supportive of moving the Clarity Act forward, so we can get some market…
In a post on Truth Social, Trump said the Houthis had “acted very responsibly” since the start of the US-Israeli war with Iran. “Unfortunately, now they are starting up again, shooting at two Saudi Arabian ships last night,” he added. “Please let this TRUTH serve to represent that if they do this again, the U.S….
Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, told CBS News in 2018 that his own nation was not planning to acquire a nuclear weapon, but that “without a doubt if Iran developed a nuclear bomb, we will follow suit as soon as possible”. Earlier US media reports suggested the deal could allow…
A wave of high profile crypto hacks in April that many suspected had been orchestrated using sophisticated AI tools to identify smart contract exploits, led to fears that every DeFi protocol was suddenly at risk. In May, Manuel Aráoz, founder of the blockchain security platform OpenZeppelin, declared “all of DeFi unsafe” following $630 million in…
In brief The UN Office on Drugs and Crime says Southeast Asia’s once-fragmented crime syndicates have merged into a single, tech-driven economy built on shared fraud and laundering infrastructure. Scam operations across the wider region drove an estimated $88.3 billion to $114.1 billion in losses in 2025, much of it crypto investment fraud run from…