The European Parliament adopted a digital assets report calling for further assessment of DeFi, staking, crypto lending and NFTs after MiCA’s transition period ended. EU lawmakers on Tuesday adopted a position paper on digital assets, setting out their view on how the bloc should approach crypto regulation after the rollout of its Markets in Crypto-Assets…
Story at-a-glance Human brain tissue contains far higher concentrations of microplastics than liver or kidney tissue, and researchers found the burden increased sharply between 2016 and 2024 Researchers discovered that patients with microplastics embedded inside carotid artery plaque faced a 4.53-fold higher risk of heart attack, stroke, or death compared to patients without detectable plastics…
Freddie Ponton21st Century Wire In April 2025, a Dutch government official organised a networking event for Israeli investors in Tel Aviv. More than 50,000 Palestinians had been killed in Gaza. The International Criminal Court (ICC) had issued arrest warrants for Israel’s Prime Minister and Defence Minister. She put the photographs on LinkedIn. Six months later, she left the Netherlands…
Americans now spend an average of 35 minutes per day socializing, down from 45 minutes in 2005 Teens aged 15-24 have seen the steepest decline, dropping from 60 to 35 minutes daily Smartphone use, remote work and larger homes with more entertainment options drive the trend Teenagers spend an average of 4.8 hours per day…
Global weather patterns have begun to resemble a Hollywood disaster movie, and the mainstream media is starting to admit what many of us have known all along. Thanks to the “Super El Niño” that is now upon us, the second half of this year is going to be really crazy. Europe was just hit by…
After using ChatGPT for less than two weeks, I’ve already come to a conclusion that differs from both the fear and the hype surrounding artificial intelligence. Before I started using AI, I mostly heard two competing stories. One claimed AI would soon replace millions of workers, become more intelligent than humans, and eventually create dangers…
First, it was a tiny amount of bitcoin sales; then, the purchase of several thousand BTC; and finally, today, the unloading of thousands of BTC. What’s happening at Strategy? trategy’s (MSTR) recent bitcoin trades suggest the company is attempting to find its footing amid bitcoin’s bear-market slide, which raises questions about its capital markets strategy. Alongside today’s…
Conventional political philosophy has a blindspot over what turns out to be a crucial concept: the precise nature of the legal relationship between the human person and the regime under which he lives. In the US, we call this citizenship but how precisely is that different from the old-world notion of being a subject to…
Every 60 years, the Chinese Zodiac delivers the Fire Horse, a period characterized by risk-taking, ambition, massive changes, and intense energy. An important period for those with the eyes to see what is happening to the systems, and the capital to deploy during pivotal times. Catherine Austin Fitts has been following the missing money, fighting…
Police in Payette, Idaho, arrested Andrea Shaw on Tuesday afternoon, more than a year after her two children — fraternal twins Dallas and Tyson Shaw — were found dead at their home on May 1, 2025, eight days after receiving their 18-month vaccines. Police charged Shaw with two counts of first-degree murder. Shaw said doctors…
