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Public First Action to spend $15M backing congressional Republicans on AI safety
Analysis Jul 17, 2026
Public First Action to spend $15M backing congressional Republicans o…

Public First Action is spending $15 million to promote 16 Republican lawmakers backing AI safety, with over $7 million …

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US airstrike damages IRGC warehouse in Rask as crypto markets feel the heat
Analysis Jul 17, 2026
US airstrike damages IRGC warehouse in Rask as crypto markets feel th…

US airstrike damages IRGC warehouse in Rask as Bitcoin slides toward $62K. Tether freezes $344M in USDT linked to IRGC …

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US-Iran military escalation sends Bitcoin below $64K as crypto markets feel the heat
Analysis Jul 17, 2026
US-Iran military escalation sends Bitcoin below $64K as crypto market…

US strikes on over 80 Iranian targets sent Bitcoin below $64K and triggered $350M in crypto liquidations as geopolitica…

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Polymarket traders cut Clarity Act passage odds to record low as Senate delay drags on
News Article Jul 17, 2026
Polymarket traders cut Clarity Act passage odds to record low as Sena…

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Iran strikes northern Iraq as US sanctions hit Iranian crypto exchanges
Analysis Jul 17, 2026
Iran strikes northern Iraq as US sanctions hit Iranian crypto exchang…

Iran launched strikes on Sulaymaniyah in northern Iraq amid 200 attacks since March 2026, as US Treasury sanctions Iran…

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FIFA’s 17-minute World Cup halftime show signals sports entertainment’s next frontier, and crypto sponsors are watching
Analysis Jul 17, 2026
FIFA’s 17-minute World Cup halftime show signals sports entertainment…

FIFA confirms a 17-minute World Cup final halftime show with Madonna, Shakira, BTS. Here's why crypto sponsors and fan …

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Kimi K3 Just Triggered DeepSeek Flashbacks for the Stock Market
News Article Jul 17, 2026
Kimi K3 Just Triggered DeepSeek Flashbacks for the Stock Market

Moonshot AI's 2.8-trillion-parameter open-weight model sent chip stocks tumbling and gave Wall Street a Friday it would…

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Brex open-sources CrabTrap, a proxy that polices AI agents before they go rogue with your API keys
Analysis Jul 17, 2026
Brex open-sources CrabTrap, a proxy that polices AI agents before the…

Brex open-sources CrabTrap, an HTTP proxy that intercepts AI agent network traffic using deterministic rules and LLM ju…

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Bitcoin treasury company offers 10% income and still can’t sell nearly half its shares
News Article Jul 17, 2026
Bitcoin treasury company offers 10% income and still can’t sell nearl…

BTC PREF is expected to begin trading July 20, with any discount to SEK 120 lifting the indicated cash yield above 10%.…

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FIFA’s World Cup final referee was detained in a 2020 drug raid. Here’s what it means for sports integrity markets.
Analysis Jul 17, 2026
FIFA’s World Cup final referee was detained in a 2020 drug raid. Here…

FIFA's 2026 World Cup final referee Slavko Vincic was detained in a 2020 drug raid. Here's what it means for sports bet…

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Ocean Mining VP Jason Hughes: BIP-110 on Track to Fail as Miner Signaling Stays Below 1%
News Article Jul 17, 2026
Ocean Mining VP Jason Hughes: BIP-110 on Track to Fail as Miner Signa…

Bitcoin Magazine <a href="https://bitcoinmagazine.com/bitcoin-mining/ocean-mining-vp-jason-hughes-bip-110-o

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Iran Revolutionary Guards fire on Thai-flagged ship in Strait of Hormuz, sparking oil surge and crypto toll demands
Analysis Jul 17, 2026
Iran Revolutionary Guards fire on Thai-flagged ship in Strait of Horm…

Iran's IRGC fired on a Thai-flagged ship in the Strait of Hormuz, killing three sailors. Brent crude hit $126 as Iran r…

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