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  • These Are The World’s Top Silver Producers

    ZeroHedge - Jan 10th 2026 9:35pm EST

    These Are The World’s Top Silver Producers Silver prices surged more than 5% in recent trading, breaking above $80 per ounce once again. The rally has been driven by China’s restrictions on silver exports, rising demand from green technologies like solar power, and renewed interest in safe-haven assets. This visualization, via Visual Capitalist’s Bruno Venditti, highlights the […]

  • Even Google’s Founders Have Had Enough Of California, And Are Saying Adios

    ZeroHedge - Jan 10th 2026 8:33pm EST

    Even Google’s Founders Have Had Enough Of California, And Are Saying Adios Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin quietly began unwinding portions of their financial empires in California in the days leading up to Christmas, according to corporate filings reviewed by The New York Times, as progressive lawmakers consider a proposed billionaire wealth tax. […]

  • Wall Street’s Crypto Debate Is Over As Banks Go All-In On BTC, Stablecoins, Tokenized Cash

    ZeroHedge - Jan 10th 2026 6:40pm EST

    Wall Street’s Crypto Debate Is Over As Banks Go All-In On BTC, Stablecoins, Tokenized Cash Authored by Sam Bourgi via CoinTelegraph.com, Big banks aren’t debating crypto anymore — they’re building it. From tokenized cash to ETFs, Wall Street is quietly going onchain. For years, major banks treated cryptocurrency primarily as a risk to be contained. […]

  • Wall Street’s Crypto Debate Is Over As Banks Go All-In On BTC, Stablecoins, Tokenized Cash

    ZeroHedge - Jan 10th 2026 6:40pm EST

    Wall Street’s Crypto Debate Is Over As Banks Go All-In On BTC, Stablecoins, Tokenized Cash Authored by Sam Bourgi via CoinTelegraph.com, Big banks aren’t debating crypto anymore — they’re building it. From tokenized cash to ETFs, Wall Street is quietly going onchain. For years, major banks treated cryptocurrency primarily as a risk to be contained. […]

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  • “Uninvestable”: Trump’s $100 Billion Venezuela Gamble Meets Oil Industry Reality

    ZeroHedge - Jan 10th 2026 6:05pm EST

    “Uninvestable”: Trump’s $100 Billion Venezuela Gamble Meets Oil Industry Reality President Donald Trump’s push for U.S. oil companies to commit at least $100 billion toward rebuilding Venezuela’s energy industry is meeting significant resistance from the very executives he is courting, according to Bloomberg. Although the White House projects confidence, industry leaders are warning that Venezuela […]

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  • Did Trump Accidentally Pardon Accused Jan 6 Pipe-Bomber?

    ZeroHedge - Jan 10th 2026 4:55pm EST

    Did Trump Accidentally Pardon Accused Jan 6 Pipe-Bomber? It took nearly five years for the FBI to finally arrest someone for planting pipe bombs outside the headquarters of the Democratic and Republican parties on the eve of the Jan. 6 Capitol Hill riot, but the suspect may avoid serving a prison sentence thanks to the […]

  • Minneapolis City Officials Dismantle ‘No-Go Zone’ Set Up By Anti-ICE Agitators

    ZeroHedge - Jan 10th 2026 3:10pm EST

    Minneapolis City Officials Dismantle ‘No-Go Zone’ Set Up By Anti-ICE Agitators Authored by Debra Heine via American Greatness, Leftwing agitators in Minneapolis on Thursday set up a short-lived  “autonomous zone” that spanned several blocks in the southeastern part of the city, and reportedly declared it a “no-go zone” for law enforcement. The city however removed the barricades surrounding it […]

  • Economic Satisfaction Declines With Age

    ZeroHedge - Jan 10th 2026 8:45am EST

    Economic Satisfaction Declines With Age More than four in ten adults in the United States view their personal financial situation positively. This is according to a new survey by Statista Consumer Insights, conducted between October 2024 and September 2025. You will find more infographics at Statista At 43 percent, this marks an increase of four percentage points […]

  • Alaskans Spend The Most (Per Capita) On Alcohol, Utah (Surprise) The Least

    ZeroHedge - Jan 10th 2026 7:35am EST

    Alaskans Spend The Most (Per Capita) On Alcohol, Utah (Surprise) The Least Alcohol consumption patterns in the U.S. vary sharply depending on where people live. Cultural norms, climate, income levels, and access to services all shape how much residents spend on alcoholic beverages. This visualization, via Visual Capitalist’s Bruno Venditti, maps alcohol spending per adult […]

  • How A Techno-Optimist Became A Grave Skeptic

    ZeroHedge - Jan 9th 2026 11:00pm EST

    How A Techno-Optimist Became A Grave Skeptic Authored by Roger Bate via the Brownstone Institute, Before Covid, I would have described myself as a technological optimist. New technologies almost always arrive amid exaggerated fears. Railways were supposed to cause mental breakdowns, bicycles were thought to make women infertile or insane, and early electricity was blamed […]

  • Meritocracy Vs. Credentialocracy

    ZeroHedge - Jan 9th 2026 9:00pm EST

    Meritocracy Vs. Credentialocracy Authored by Steven Kritz via the Brownstone Institute, It is generally acknowledged that the Baby Boom generation (of which I am a member) has been the most successful, socioeconomically speaking, in the history of this planet, and the prospects for the generations following to match or surpass us are not looking good. […]

  • Prosecutor Calls Newsom ‘King Of Fraud’ For Oversight Failures

    ZeroHedge - Jan 9th 2026 7:00pm EST

    Prosecutor Calls Newsom ‘King Of Fraud’ For Oversight Failures Authored by Dave Mason via The Center Square, U.S. First Assistant Attorney Bill Essayli Thursday called California Gov. Gavin Newsom “the king of fraud,” accusing him of a lack of oversight on spending to address homelessness. FILE – California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks during a press […]

  • Five States Sue Trump Admin Over $10 Billion Freeze In Child-Care, Family-Assistance Funds

    ZeroHedge - Jan 9th 2026 3:25pm EST

    Five States Sue Trump Admin Over $10 Billion Freeze In Child-Care, Family-Assistance Funds Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times, Attorneys general in five states filed a lawsuit on Jan. 8 seeking to block the Trump administration from freezing $10 billion in federal funds for child care and family assistance programs. The move came […]

  • Trump Cancels 2nd Wave Of Strikes On ‘Cooperative’ Venezuela – Political Prisoners Freed

    ZeroHedge - Jan 9th 2026 12:05pm EST

    Trump Cancels 2nd Wave Of Strikes On ‘Cooperative’ Venezuela – Political Prisoners Freed The post-Maduro Venezuelan government has begun releasing political prisoners as a gesture of ‘good will’ to the United States, signaling that the new Delcy Rodriguez government is ready to play nice with Trump. There are reasons to believe that this former Maduro […]

  • GM Cuts EV Exposure After Policy Shift, Takes $6B Charge

    ZeroHedge - Jan 9th 2026 10:40am EST

    GM Cuts EV Exposure After Policy Shift, Takes $6B Charge Imagine all of the malinvestment that took place in autos, on EVs, thank to the government distorting markets and forcing EV adoption when genuine demand may not have been robust. Now, we’re seeing the consequences of returning to a freer market. General Motors will record […]

  • US Seizes Another Oil Tanker In Caribbean As ‘Donroe Doctrine’ Steams Ahead

    ZeroHedge - Jan 9th 2026 8:45am EST

    US Seizes Another Oil Tanker In Caribbean As ‘Donroe Doctrine’ Steams Ahead The foreign policy move to dismantle the so-called “dark fleet” of crude oil tankers moving Venezuela’s oil around the world, through President Trump’s gunboat diplomacy to secure the Western Hemisphere, was once again on full display on Friday morning. The Wall Street Journal […]

  • Six Global Energy Trends Shaping The Middle East In 2026

    ZeroHedge - Jan 9th 2026 7:20am EST

    Six Global Energy Trends Shaping The Middle East In 2026 Via Rystad Energy, Middle Eastern national oil companies (NOCs) reinforced their role as a critical buffer in the global energy system through a consistent strategy of capacity expansion and cost reduction, planning to grow investment to about $110 billion in 2026. OPEC+ successfully transitioned from reactive […]

  • White House Mulls Payments Up To $100,000 Per Greenlander To Join US

    ZeroHedge - Jan 9th 2026 5:45am EST

    White House Mulls Payments Up To $100,000 Per Greenlander To Join US The Trump administration has mulled sending lump sum payments to Greenlanders of up to $100,000 in exchange for their vote to secede from Denmark and join the United States, Reuters reports, citing four sources familiar with the matter. Nuuk, Greenland The exact dollar figure and logistics of […]

  • “Appalling”: Debanking Explodes To Record High In Britain

    ZeroHedge - Jan 9th 2026 4:15am EST

    “Appalling”: Debanking Explodes To Record High In Britain An estimated 453,230 accounts were shut down in the United Kingdom in the last year, a stunning figure that has drawn outrage from the country’s leading conservative lawmaker. Nigel Farage Reform UK leader Nigel Farage called the shocking figure “appalling” and slammed European rules that he believes […]

  • “Appalling”: Debanking Explodes To Record High In Britain

    ZeroHedge - Jan 9th 2026 4:15am EST

    “Appalling”: Debanking Explodes To Record High In Britain An estimated 453,230 accounts were shut down in the United Kingdom in the last year, a stunning figure that has drawn outrage from the country’s leading conservative lawmaker. Nigel Farage Reform UK leader Nigel Farage called the shocking figure “appalling” and slammed European rules that he believes […]

  • “Appalling”: Debanking Explodes To Record High In Britain

    ZeroHedge - Jan 9th 2026 4:15am EST

    “Appalling”: Debanking Explodes To Record High In Britain An estimated 453,230 accounts were shut down in the United Kingdom in the last year, a stunning figure that has drawn outrage from the country’s leading conservative lawmaker. Nigel Farage Reform UK leader Nigel Farage called the shocking figure “appalling” and slammed European rules that he believes […]

  • “Appalling”: Debanking Explodes To Record High In Britain

    ZeroHedge - Jan 9th 2026 4:15am EST

    “Appalling”: Debanking Explodes To Record High In Britain An estimated 453,230 accounts were shut down in the United Kingdom in the last year, a stunning figure that has drawn outrage from the country’s leading conservative lawmaker. Nigel Farage Reform UK leader Nigel Farage called the shocking figure “appalling” and slammed European rules that he believes […]

  • “Appalling”: Debanking Explodes To Record High In Britain

    ZeroHedge - Jan 9th 2026 4:15am EST

    “Appalling”: Debanking Explodes To Record High In Britain An estimated 453,230 accounts were shut down in the United Kingdom in the last year, a stunning figure that has drawn outrage from the country’s leading conservative lawmaker. Nigel Farage Reform UK leader Nigel Farage called the shocking figure “appalling” and slammed European rules that he believes […]

  • “Appalling”: Debanking Explodes To Record High In Britain

    ZeroHedge - Jan 9th 2026 4:15am EST

    “Appalling”: Debanking Explodes To Record High In Britain An estimated 453,230 accounts were shut down in the United Kingdom in the last year, a stunning figure that has drawn outrage from the country’s leading conservative lawmaker. Nigel Farage Reform UK leader Nigel Farage called the shocking figure “appalling” and slammed European rules that he believes […]

  • Doug Casey On The Death Of Privacy… And What Comes Next

    ZeroHedge - Jan 8th 2026 7:45pm EST

    Doug Casey On The Death Of Privacy… And What Comes Next Via International Man International Man: In practically every country, the allowable limit for cash withdrawals and transactions continues to be lowered. Further, rampant currency debasement is lowering the real value of these ridiculous limits. Why are governments so intent on phasing out cash? What is […]