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US Senate’s anti-CBDC housing bill advances with bipartisan support

Danny Park / theblock - The bill includes a provision prohibiting the Federal Reserve from issuing a CBDC through the beginning of 2031.

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Senate Housing Legislation Includes Federal Reserve CBDC Moratorium Through 2030

4 days / parameter / Trader Edge

Bank of Japan to test blockchain-based reserve settlement: Governor Ueda

4 days / theblock / Timmy Shen

US Senate’s anti-CBDC housing bill advances with bipartisan support

4 days / theblock / Danny Park

Senate Advances Housing Bill With CBDC Ban, Draws White House Backing

4 days / decrypt / Sebastian Sinclair

U.S. Senate housing bill includes CBDC ban

4 days / coindesk / Nikhilesh De

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Intelligence Sharing and Counterterrorism Preparedness at the Local Level

Peter Simpson / hstoday - In the early morning hours of February 28, the United States and Israel launched a coordinated military campaign against targets in Iran, raising existing concerns about threats to homeland security — including the potential for retaliatory terror attacks…


Cloud infrastructure under fire — AWS data centers hit, outages widespread

Amazon: Drone strikes damaged AWS data centers in Middle East

4 days / bleepingcomputer / Sergiu Gatlan

Amazon (AMZN) Stock Declines Following Drone Attacks on AWS Middle East Facilities

4 days / parameter / Trader Edge

AWS outage due to drone attacks in UAE

4 days / ycombinator

Amazon confirms its UAE data centers were 'directly struck' by Iranian drones on Sunday

4 days / reddit / /u/xland44

Amazon Cloud Facilities in Middle East Knocked Out by Apparent Iranian Drone Strikes

4 days / gizmodo / Mike Pearl

Amazon says drones damaged three facilities in UAE and Bahrain

4 days / bbc

Amazon says drone strikes damaged 3 facilities in UAE and Bahrain

4 days / cnbc

AWS outages spread as Iran bombards targets across Gulf region. Multiple AWS zones in UAE and Bahrain offline or disrupted

4 days / reddit / /u/Logical_Welder3467


Crypto exodus from Iran — Traders scramble for liquidity, withdrawals spike

Dollar surge pressures crypto markets after escalation in Iran conflict

4 days / coindesk / Oliver Knight

Bitcoin falls below $67,000 as U.S. equities slide and oil pushes higher

4 days / coindesk / James Van Straten

Nobitex Exchange Records 700% Withdrawal Surge Following Tehran Airstrikes

4 days / parameter / Trader Edge

XRP Slides to $1.36 Amid Iran Conflict Concerns — Could 35% Correction Follow?

4 days / parameter / Trader Edge

Iran’s crypto volume plunges 80% but remains structurally sound: TRM Labs

4 days / theblock / Timmy Shen

Crypto outflows spike 700% on largest Iranian exchange following US-Israeli attack on Saturday: Elliptic

4 days / theblock / Daniel Kuhn


Energy and defense market surge — Oil and satellite stocks rally

US futures turn sharply negative, following European stocks lower, as Iran threatens the Strait of Hormuz

4 days / sherwood / David Crowther

Crude Oil Surges Past $80 Following US-Israel Military Action Against Iran

4 days / parameter / Trader Edge

AST SpaceMobile Stock Surges Nearly 10% Following Strong Q4 Earnings and Liquidity Report

4 days / parameter / Trader Edge

Exxon Mobil (XOM) Stock: Gains as Oil Surges on Iran Tensions

4 days / parameter / Newton Kitonga

Energy Price Shock Threatens Economic Stability in US and Europe

4 days / parameter / Trader Edge

Oil Prices Surge Past $80 Following US-Israel Strikes on Iran: Economic Impact Ahead

4 days / parameter / Trader Edge

(2nd LD) Seoul shares plummet over 7 pct on Middle East conflict fears; won sharply down

4 days / co / Kim Boram

Korean won falls sharply to 1-month low against dollar over Middle East crisis

4 days / co / Oh Seok-min

Seoul shares end over 7 pct lower at 5,791.91 on Middle East conflict fears; won sharply down

4 days / co / Kim Boram

(URGENT) Seoul shares end over 7 pct lower at 5,791.91 on Middle East conflict fears; won sharply down

4 days / co / Kim Boram

AST SpaceMobile now “a revenue generating business”

4 days / advanced-television / Editor

Seoul shares plunge nearly 4 pct late Tues. morning over Middle East conflict woes

4 days / co / Kim Boram

S. Korean stocks open 1.26 pct lower in 1st session following U.S. air strikes on Iran

4 days / co / Kim Boram

(URGENT) S. Korean stocks open 1.26 pct lower on 1st trading day following U.S. air strikes on Iran

4 days / co / Kim Boram

US stocks rebound after Iran conflict rattles global markets

4 days / semafor / J.D. Capelouto

Stocks close higher after whipsawing; oil surges

4 days / sherwood / Tasha Matsumoto

Satellite stocks rip as war shifts focus to defense spending

4 days / sherwood / Matt Phillips


Regional escalation and logistics strain — Drones, munitions shortages, shipping disruptions

(LEAD) S. Korean authorities take emergency response mode amid market volatility over Iran crisis

4 days / co / Oh Seok-min

(LEAD) Some 40 S. Korean vessels operating around Hormuz strait amid Middle East tensions

4 days / co / Kim Na-young

Some 30 S. Korean vessels operating in Hormuz strait amid Middle East tensions

4 days / co / Kang Jae-eun

(LEAD) Seoul shares plummet over 7 pct on Middle East conflict fears; won sharply down

4 days / co / Kim Boram

Hundreds killed as war spreads across Middle East

4 days / news.com.au

Purpose or drift? America’s Iran strategy, global shockwaves, and Tehran’s post-strike trajectory

4 days / e27 / Anu Shah

U.S. Embassy in Riyadh hit by drones, Saudi officials say

4 days / axios / Barak Ravid

The Pentagon has confirmed that US forces struck Iranian targets using weapons that are copies of Iran's own Shahed 136 suicide drones

4 days / reddit / /u/Logical_Welder3467

US' Iran campaign faces dwindling munitions stockpiles

4 days / semafor / Tom Chivers

Gulf weighs how to respond to Iran

4 days / semafor / J.D. Capelouto

The US war with Iran is not a China checkmate

4 days / semafor / Andy Browne

Iran war wreaking havoc on shipping and air cargo, could create global delays

4 days / theregister / O'Ryan Johnson

Intelligence Sharing and Counterterrorism Preparedness at the Local Level

4 days / hstoday / Peter Simpson

US struck Iran with copies of its own drones

4 days / theregister / Dan Robinson


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3 days / bsky / @ljkawa.bsky.social / ljkawa.bsky.social

Hacked Tehran Traffic Cameras Fed Israeli Intelligence Before Strike On Khamenei

3 days / slashdot / BeauHD

Palantir (PLTR) Stock Surges 13% as Defense AI Demand Soars Amid Iran Tensions

3 days / parameter / Trader Edge

Iranian Exchange Outflows Spiked to $10.3M Amid Airstrikes: Chainalysis

3 days / decrypt / Vismaya V

Russia could gain from surge in global oil prices

3 days / semafor / Tim McDonnell

Insurance rates for tankers passing through Hormuz could double

3 days / semafor / Tim McDonnell

Amazon Cloud Unit's Data Centers In UAE, Bahrain Damaged In Drone Strikes

3 days / slashdot / BeauHD

Iran conflict creates windfall for US LNG exporters

3 days / semafor / Tim McDonnell

Don’t underestimate Iran’s ability to block oil trade

3 days / semafor / Tim McDonnell

Bitcoin could slide further on liquidity squeeze, but long-term bull case intact: Sygnum CIO

3 days / coindesk / Will Canny

US memory stocks melt down after South Korean bellwethers plummet

4 days / sherwood / Luke Kawa

Oil shock and inflation fears drag down bitcoin

4 days / coindesk / Francisco Rodrigues

US, Israel attacks on Iran were long-planned, report says

4 days / semafor / Tom Chivers

Global commodity prices surge as Iran fallout widens

4 days / semafor / Prashant Rao

Iran strikes US embassies, military bases in Saudi Arabia, Bahrain

4 days / semafor / Prashant Rao

White House warns US likely to ramp up assault on Iran

4 days / semafor / Tom Chivers

Amazon Cloud Facilities in Middle East Knocked Out by Apparent Iranian Drone Strikes https://gizmodo.com/amazon-cloud-facilities-in-middle-east-knocked-out-by-apparent-iranian-drone-strikes-2000728653

4 days / bsky / @gizmodo.com / gizmodo.com

NEW: The U.S. Embassy in Riyadh was attacked with 2 drones, according to initial estimates — resulting in a limited fire and minor material damage to the building, a Saudi Defense Ministry spokesperson said.

4 days / bsky / @axios.com / axios.com

The US embassy in Ryadh, Saudi Arabia is on fire. This seems bad. www.axios.com/2026/03/03/i...

4 days / bsky / @theotherdude.bsky.social / theotherdude.bsky.social

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Bitcoin price is rising again in a sharp market reversal. Why the Middle East crisis has investors turning to crypto

Sam Becker / fastcompany - Forward March? The initial market movements on Monday seem to indicate that’s the case, at least for crypto.On Monday, the price of Bitcoin (BTC) was up more than 5%, jumping to more than $69,000 as of 12 p.m. ET from around $65,500 on Sunday afternoon. L…


Market reaction & flows — Investors pour into Bitcoin amid Middle East tensions.

Iran Tensions Push Bitcoin to $67,884 as Oil Prices Surge and Markets React to Middle East Crisis

4 days / parameter / Trader Edge

VanEck CEO Declares Bitcoin Bottom Formation as BTC Holds $68K

4 days / parameter / Trader Edge

Spot bitcoin ETFs post $458 million in net inflows as institutions buy into global instability: analysts

4 days / theblock / Danny Park

Bitcoin climbs as BTC ETFs post one of the quarter’s biggest inflow days amid Iran volatility

4 days / coindesk / Sam Reynolds

Gold surges past US$5,340 and Bitcoin breaks US$70,000 as Middle East crisis sends markets into chaos

4 days / e27 / Anndy Lian

Circle Stock Extends Double-Digit Gains Amid Broader Crypto Rally

4 days / decrypt / Vismaya V

Bitcoin Treasury Firm ProCap Adds $31 Million in BTC as Stock Buybacks Grow

4 days / decrypt / Logan Hitchcock

Bitcoin’s 5% spike higher Monday driven by short-covering, not fresh buying, says analyst.

4 days / coindesk / Helene Braun

Bitcoin price is rising again in a sharp market reversal. Why the Middle East crisis has investors turning to crypto

4 days / fastcompany / Sam Becker

Bitcoin’s “digital gold” narrative takes a further hit amid Mideast conflict

4 days / sherwood / Yaël Bizouati-Kennedy


Mining resilience & earnings — Miners' operations steady despite geopolitical jitters; earnings mixed.

Core Scientific revenue drops in Q4 as bitcoin miner pushes into supplying data center infrastructure

4 days / theblock / RT Watson

Riot Platforms reports record annual revenue of $647 million amid AI and HPC push

4 days / theblock / RT Watson

Core Scientific craters after soft Q4 sales

4 days / sherwood / Luke Kawa

Core Scientific turns lower after Q4 results disappoint

4 days / coindesk / James Van Straten

Iran Conflict Not Major Concern For Bitcoin Mining Hashrate, Say Experts

4 days / decrypt / Callan Quinn

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OpenAI’s “compromise” with the Pentagon is what Anthropic feared

James O'Donnell / technologyreview - On February 28, OpenAI announced it had reached a deal that will allow the US military to use its technologies in classified settings. CEO Sam Altman said the negotiations, which the company began pursuing only after the Pentagon’s public reprimand of Ant…


OpenAI scrambles to add safeguards to Pentagon contract

OpenAI updates Department of War deal after backlash

4 days / mashable

OpenAI and Pentagon Agree to Tighten Surveillance Restrictions in AI Contract After Public Backlash

4 days / implicator / Maria Garcia

After leaks and massive criticism, OpenAI adds safeguard clauses to Pentagon contract

4 days / the-decoder / Matthias Bastian

OpenAI will amend Defense Department deal to prevent mass surveillance in the US

4 days / engadget / Mariella Moon

OpenAI Amends A.I. Deal With the Pentagon

4 days / nytimes / Cade Metz and Julian E. Barnes

OpenAI makes changes to ‘opportunistic and sloppy’ Pentagon deal

4 days / ft

OpenAI’s Altman admits defense deal was ‘opportunistic and sloppy’ amid backlash

4 days / reddit / /u/Logical_Welder3467

OpenAI's Altman admits defense deal was 'opportunistic and sloppy' amid backlash

4 days / cnbc

Facing Backlash, OpenAI Amends Pentagon Deal to Add More Anti-Surveillance Verbiage

4 days / gizmodo / Mike Pearl

Senate’s Wyden Pledges Battle Over Pentagon Ban on Anthropic

4 days / reddit / /u/Well_Socialized

prohibits 'deliberate' tracking and surveillance, and "intentionally" using them for domestic surveillance, both bus-sized loopholes. On top of that, it says the NSA won't use chatgpt...unless there's a contractual amendment to that effect. Forgive me for

4 days / bsky / @edzitron.com

What is OpenAI going to do when the truth comes out?

4 days / platformer / Casey Newton

prohibits 'deliberate' tracking and surveillance, and "intentionally" using them for domestic surveillance. very easy to get around! [contains quote post or other embedded content]

4 days / bsky / @edzitron.com

OpenAI Leadership Defends Deal With Pentagon as Employees Wait in Limbo

4 days / gizmodo / Ece Yildirim

OpenAI Says Military Will Not Use Tech for Surveillance or Weaponry

4 days / pymnts / PYMNTS


Other: defense tech and tangential AI analysis

Lockheed Martin Tests Fighter Jet AI To Spot Enemies Humans Can't See

4 days / slashgear


Pentagon vs Anthropic: fight over AI red lines

through a mask of snot and coughing I have somehow manufactured a short free newsletter, by which I mean an 8000 word one, about CoreWeave, OpenAI's continual lies about its revenues and growth, and the whole Department of Defense LLM debacle. Out sometim

4 days / bsky / @edzitron.com

A ‘Fight About Vibes’ Drove the Pentagon’s Breakup with Anthropic

4 days / wsj / Amrith Ramkumar

Get your war on: AI chatbots in the kill chain

4 days / pivot-to-ai / David Gerard

How OpenAI caved to the Pentagon on AI surveillance

4 days / reddit / /u/Gloomy_Nebula_5138

No one has a good plan for how AI companies should work with the government

4 days / techcrunch / Russell Brandom

Opinion | The Pointless War Between the Pentagon and Anthropic

4 days / wsj / Judd Rosenblatt

OpenAI, Anthropic, and the fog of AI war

4 days / qz / Jackie Snow

The power struggle over AI red lines

4 days / politico / By Aaron Mak

OpenAI’s ‘Red Lines’ Are Written In The NSA’s Dictionary—Where Words Mean What The NSA Wants Them To Mean

4 days / techdirt / Mike Masnick

OpenAI’s “compromise” with the Pentagon is what Anthropic feared

4 days / technologyreview / James O'Donnell


Users flee ChatGPT; Claude surges in app stores

ChatGPT uninstalls skyrocket 295% after OpenAI-Pentagon deal

4 days / dataconomy / Kerem Gülen

ChatGPT Uninstalls Jump 295% After OpenAI's Pentagon Deal as Claude Hits App Store No. 1

4 days / implicator / Harkaram Grewal

ChatGPT Uninstalls Surge 295% After OpenAI’s DoD Deal Sparks Backlash

4 days / reddit / /u/i-drake

Anthropic’s Feud With Pentagon Earns It Fans Amid the Blowback

4 days / wsj / Heather Somerville

ChatGPT uninstalls surged by 295% after DoD deal

4 days / reddit / /u/MarvelsGrantMan136

ChatGPT uninstalls surged by 295% after DoD deal

4 days / techcrunch / Sarah Perez

Claude is the top free app on iPhone right now, and the Pentagon drama is basically why

4 days / techspot

OpenAI Claims Safety 'Red Lines' in Pentagon Deal—But Users Aren't Buying It

4 days / decrypt / Jose Antonio Lanz

Anthropic’s AI model Claude gets popularity boost after US military feud

4 days / reddit / /u/Well_Socialized

'Cancel ChatGPT': AI boycott surges after OpenAI-Pentagon military deal

5 days / reddit / /u/Celtikrenders


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How many times can your $800B company say "Oopsie Doodle, we really muffed that one, huh?" before any investors begin to question the value proposition of AT THE VERY LEAST Sam Altman as a figure.

4 days / bsky / @wittywebhandle.bsky.social / wittywebhandle.bsky.social

Facing Backlash, OpenAI Amends Pentagon Deal to Add More Anti-Surveillance Verbiage https://gizmodo.com/facing-backlash-openai-amends-pentagon-deal-to-add-more-anti-surveillance-verbiage-2000728644

4 days / bsky / @gizmodo.com / gizmodo.com

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4 days / bsky / @edzitron.com / edzitron.com

“U.S. app uninstalls of ChatGPT’s mobile app jumped 295% day-over-day on Saturday, February 28, as consumers responded to the news of OpenAI’s deal with the Department of Defense (DoD), which has been rebranded under the Trump administration as the Depart

4 days / bsky / @cccais.bsky.social / cccais.bsky.social

OpenAI’s ‘Red Lines’ Are Written In The NSA’s Dictionary—Where Words Mean What The NSA Wants Them To Mean Within hours on Friday, the Pentagon blacklisted one AI company for refusing to drop its safety commitments on surveillance and autonomous weapons,

4 days / bsky / @techdirt.com / techdirt.com

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