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🟠 $189M into US spot Bitcoin ETFs on Aug 18 — August inflows now $951M.
BlackRock’s IBIT alone took $143.6M.
This demand wave is feeding the current BTC push toward $70k (highest since early June). Treasury buybacks + short squeeze + ETF flows = risk-on.
Follow @DataNetNews for the real-time market moves that matter to traders & investors. #Bitcoin #BTC #ETFs #Markets

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LATEST: 📈 US spot Bitcoin ETFs pulled in $189M on Aug. 18, lifting August net inflows to $951M, led by BlackRock's iShares Bitcoin Trust with $143.6M.

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🛒 Walmart $WMT reports Q2 results this morning.
After Target’s beat, all eyes on the retail giant for consumer health clues. Watch guidance closely. #Stocks #Retail #Earnings

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🇺🇸 Dollar index hits 3-month low after Treasury buybacks ease yields.
Capital rotating into equities, crypto, and gold. #Forex #Markets #USD

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🧬 BioNTech $BNTX +22% riding the Moderna cancer vaccine wave.
mRNA oncology momentum spreading across biotech. #Biotech #Stocks #Markets

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🟡 Gold surges past $4,500 as Treasury yields tumble and dollar weakens.
Safe-haven + risk-on mix after bond market intervention. #Gold #Commodities #Markets

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🇺🇸 Trump vows “Economic D-Day” on Iran as talks remain stalled.
Oil holds firm (WTI ~$85-86, Brent >$91). Strait of Hormuz tensions linger. #Oil #Markets #Geopolitics

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🇰🇷 South Korea’s Kospi jumps 4-6% — SK Hynix surges on ₩40 trillion (~$29B) share buyback plan.
Asian markets broadly green after US yields retreat. Risk appetite returns. #Markets #Asia #Stocks

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📈 Moderna $MRNA explodes ~177% after positive Phase 3 data on personalized mRNA melanoma vaccine with Merck.
Biggest single-day move in company history. Healthcare sector leads. #Stocks #Biotech #Markets

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🇺🇸 BREAKING: US national debt tops $40 trillion for the first time.
More than doubled in under a decade. Tax cuts, tariff refunds, and Iran-related spending keep the borrowing binge going. #Debt #Markets #Economy

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🟠 Bitcoin surges toward $70k — up ~7-9% in 24h, highest since early June.
Triggered by US Treasury doubling long-dated bond buybacks (yields tumble), massive short squeeze ($1B+ liquidations), and White House crypto meeting.
Risk-on is back. #Bitcoin #BTC #Markets

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🟠 Bitcoin’s June Highs Since Inception:
2010: $0.30
2011: $30.05
2012: $7+
2013: $130+
2014: $670+
2015: $280+
2016: $750+
2017: $2,800+
2018: $8,000+
2019: $13,800+
2020: $10,300+
2021: $41,000+
2022: $30,000+
2023: $31,000+
2024: $72,000+
2025: $126k+ (ATH)
2026 YTD: ~$73,969
From fractions of a cent to six figures. The ultimate HODL. 📈 #Bitcoin #BTC”

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“Keir Starmer: ‘We’re banning social media for under-16s to give kids their childhoods back.’
Critics: If you truly cared about protecting children, why did Labour turn a blind eye to grooming/rape gangs for years — sacrificing thousands of British girls to ‘community relations’?
Critics say it smells like a Trojan horse for mandatory digital ID, age verification surveillance & control — not safety.

[Keir Starmer @Keir_Starmer]

We are banning social media access for under 16s.

These days kids must find their feet in a world where technology intrudes into every area of their life.

I just can’t let that go on anymore. So we’re giving children their childhoods back.

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US Crude drops below $80 for the first time since March as president Trump declares Iran deal “now complete”. #Markets #Investing #Stocks #Trump

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SpaceX $SPCX UP 6% in premarket after record IPO Friday. Shares trading around $170 #Stocks #Investing #Markets

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🇺🇸 BREAKING: Trump declares U.S.-Iran deal done. Strait of Hormuz to reopen toll-free, naval blockade lifted. ‘Congratulations to all!’ – @WhiteHouse
Follow for full terms on nuclear freeze and sanctions relief. #Iran #OilMarkets

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“The Deal with Islamic Republic of Iran is now complete. Congratulations to all!” President Donald J. Trump 🇺🇸

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🇬🇧 Robinsons airport detention under counter-terrorism legislation for speech-related issues highlights growing tensions around freedom of speech in the UK. #UK #FreeSpeech #TommyRobinson

[Tommy Robinson 🇬🇧 @TRobinsonNewEra]

ADMIN POST

Tommy wanted me to pass on a message to apologise to everyone in the UK for being a terrorist.

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Amazon $AMZN + White House just killed Anthropic’s powerful new Fable 5 model… after only DAYS in the wild. Anthropic launched Claude Fable 5 (a general-use version of its elite Mythos model) on June 9. It was state-of-the-art, available to everyone, and users were just getting started. By Friday night it was gone. Pulled offline in a dramatic scramble. Here’s what happened behind the scenes: Amazon — one of Anthropic’s biggest investors — flagged an urgent report to the White House. Their team had jailbroken the model and reached parts they claimed posed “national security threats.” Several other companies quickly piled on with similar calls. The administration responded hard and fast: gave Anthropic 90 minutes to comply, then hit them with sweeping export controls. Not just blocking adversaries — but allies, foreign-born staff inside the U.S., and effectively anyone outside strict U.S.-only rules. Anthropic pushed back hard. They say they had pre-notified the government with zero objections, the jailbreak was basic/fixable, and no worse than issues other frontier models face. They called the response “way out of line.” Now the big questions:Why would Amazon kneecap a company it’s heavily invested in?
Is this the new normal — one report triggering instant White House takedowns?
Are we watching a de-facto licensing regime for frontier AI? This isn’t just one model. It’s a signal about how fast-moving tech gets regulated in 2026. Full Axios investigation here → https://t.co/ilhnTYjdJI Necessary safeguard in the AI arms race… or dangerous overreach that chills innovation? Drop your take below 📷#AI #Anthropic #Claude #TechNews #Fable5

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SpaceX #SPCX completes record-breaking IPO on Nasdaq 🇺🇸Elon Musk’s @elonmusk rocket and satellite company debuted Friday under ticker SPCX, raising $75 billion at $135/share — the largest IPO in history. Shares surged ~19% to close at $160.95, pushing valuation above $2 trillion.🚀🚀🚀 #SpaceX #IPO

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UK 🇬🇧: Tommy Robinson was detained at Heathrow by police and phones seized under Section 3 of the Counter-Terrorism Border Security Act 2019. Supporters claim, “This is an attack on free speech, this is an attack on investigative journalism, nothing more nothing less.” #TommyRobinson #UK #CounterTerrorismUK #FreeSpeech

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@DNIGabbard exposes U.S. funded biolabs around the world. #Biolabs #UkraineBiolabs #TulsiGabbard

[DNI Tulsi Gabbard @DNIGabbard]

Today, I’m releasing never before seen intelligence revealing new evidence of past US government funding for more than 120 biolabs in over 30 countries, including Ukraine.

In support of President Trump‘s Executive Order to end federal funding of dangerous gain of function research around the world, and increase transparency and accountability, ODNI will continue working with partners across the Administration to identify where these labs are, what pathogens they contain, and what “research” is being conducted.

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