Franklin Templeton and Binance Launch Off-Exchange Crypto Collateral

Franklin Templeton, a global investment management firm, and leading cryptocurrency exchange Binance announced a new institutional off-exchange collateral program on Wednesday (February 11). A new partnership between the two will enable eligible institutional clients to use tokenized shares of Franklin Templeton’s money market funds as collateral when trading on Binance, with custody support from Ceffu, […]Read More

10 Bodies Found as Mexico Probes January Kidnapping at Vizsla

Mexican authorities have recovered 10 bodies as part of an investigation into the January abduction of workers from a mining site operated by Vancouver-based Vizsla Silver (TSXV:VZLA) in the northern state of Sinaloa. Mexico’s Attorney General’s Office said the bodies were located in the municipality of Concordia, near where the workers were taken in late […]Read More

Gary Savage: Silver Run Not Over, US$250 is Easy in

Gary Savage, president of the Smart Money Tracker newsletter, breaks down gold and silver’s recent price activity, saying that while the precious metals have reached the parabolic phase of the bull market, it’s typical to see a correction midway through. Securities Disclosure: I, Charlotte McLeod, hold no direct investment interest in any company mentioned in […]Read More

Schumer, Dems choose partial shutdown as negotiations hit impasse

Senate Democrats aren’t budging on their Homeland Security demands, and appear ready to again thrust the government into a partial shutdown as Republicans scramble to keep the lights on. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., announced that he and Senate Democrats were prepared to reject a short-term funding extension, known as a continuing resolution (CR), […]Read More

Bondi confirms DOJ has received criminal referral alleging Brennan perjury

Attorney General Pam Bondi said she received a criminal referral from the House Judiciary Committee alleging former CIA Director John Brennan lied to Congress, confirming the receipt during a hearing before the panel on Wednesday. Bondi’s was responding to committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, who directly asked the attorney general if Brennan would be indicted. […]Read More

Israel joins Board of Peace ahead of Netanyahu-Trump meeting

Israel formally joined the Board of Peace on Wednesday ahead of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House. Netanyahu signed the document in the presence of Secretary of State Marco Rubio shortly before his scheduled talk with Trump, marking a diplomatic step as the two leaders prepare to discuss […]Read More

Russia agrees to abide by expired New START nuclear arms

Russia has reportedly agreed to abide by the limits of a nuclear arms pact it reached with the U.S. years ago after the agreement expired last week — as long as Washington does the same. The New START Treaty’s expiration, which occurred on Feb. 5, leaves the nations with the two largest atomic arsenals with […]Read More

Trump to host ‘Clean Beautiful Coal’ event, calls it America’s

President Donald Trump is hosting an event at the White House Wednesday to tout how ‘Clean Beautiful Coal,’ he says, is America’s most reliable and affordable energy source. The president will be joined by Energy Secretary Chris Wright, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin and Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum for Wednesday’s event, which […]Read More

As GLP-1 Brands Go Prime Time, Regulators Flag Growing Illicit

At Super Bowl LX, companies behind blockbuster GLP-1 medications spent tens of millions of dollars to court a mass audience. But as brand-name makers and telehealth platforms race to normalize and expand access, regulators on both sides are warning of a parallel surge in counterfeit, compounded, and black-market versions. A s much as 12 percent […]Read More

Meta, Google face massive liability as ‘addicted kids’ trial continues

Meta and Google returned to Los Angeles Superior Court on Tuesday for the second day of a landmark trial over claims their platforms were designed to addict young users — a closely watched case that could carry major consequences for hundreds of similar lawsuits nationwide. The outcome could put the social media giants on the […]Read More