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Texas Man Goes Full Metal: Investor Drops $250K on 5 Million Nickels to Hedge Inflation

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In an era of digital everything, Texas investor and Opinion Casino newsletter operator Kyle Mitchell just made a decidedly analog move—buying 5 million U.S. nickels weighing 55,000 pounds and storing them in a vault to guard against dollar debasement. Stacking Metal in the Lone Star State Mitchell explained he spent $250,000 on the coins, calling … Read more

Prediction Markets Bet Big on US Government Dysfunction: Shutdown Odds Stretch Toward Thanksgiving

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As of Oct. 20, 2025, Washington’s still stuck in neutral—no deal, no compromise, and the House has hit snooze again, stretching recesses to Oct. 19. On Monday morning, White House economic adviser and National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett told CNBC that the ongoing shutdown—what he cheekily dubbed the “Schumer shutdown”—is “likely to end sometime … Read more

Four.Meme Introduces Name Protection Feature to Keep Launches Fair

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BNB Chain’s leading meme launch platform, Four.Meme, just rolled out a new safeguard to protect token identities. The platform has launched a Token Name Protection system, designed to make meme launches fairer, cleaner, and more transparent. Under this system, when a meme project gains momentum and passes 100 holding addresses during its Bonding Curve phase, … Read more

120,000 Bitcoin Keys at Risk: Inside the Libbitcoin Vulnerability

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OneKey recently disclosed a harrowing vulnerability. It may have exposed as many as 120,000 Bitcoin private keys. The fault lies not in hardware, not in users, but deeper—in a library called Libbitcoin Explorer (bx) 3.x. That library used system time and a weak random generator: Mersenne Twister‑32, seeded only with a small 2³²‑bit seed space. … Read more

Binance Bans 600+ Accounts: Enforces Zero Tolerance on Unauthorized Tools

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Binance announced a major enforcement move. Last week, more than 600 accounts were banned for using unauthorized third‑party tools. This is a clear message: misuse or rule‑breaking will not be tolerated. Binance says that from now on, any account found using such tools, or otherwise violating the terms of the Binance Exchange, Binance Wallet, or … Read more

Crowd Wisdom Proves Potent: Polymarket’s Predictions Hit 95% Accuracy

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Polymarket, the decentralized prediction platform based on blockchain technology, unveiled its new Accuracy Dashboard on Oct. 16, 2025, offering a transparent look at the platform’s forecasting reliability across thousands of resolved markets. Polymarket Unveils Accuracy Dashboard Highlighting 95.2% Predictive Precision The dashboard aggregates historical market data to illustrate how often Polymarket’s leading outcomes match actual … Read more

Polymarket Odds of Bitcoin Dropping Below $100K This Month Hit 52% as Gold Outshines Bitcoin

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According to Polymarket, the probability of Bitcoin ($BTC) falling below $100,000 this month has risen to 52%. That’s a sharp shift from last week when the odds sat below 40%. The move comes after Bitcoin’s latest pullback, sliding from $109,000 to about $104,500, according to CoinMarketCap. The market seems to be recalibrating expectations, and Polymarket … Read more