Inflation expectations are rising among Americans: US consumer inflation expectations spiked +0.7 percentage points in March, to 6.2%, the highest since August 2025. This also marks the largest increase since April 2025, following the "Liberation Day" tariffs.
Oil prices also fell back toward $100 per barrel after President Donald Trump said late Tuesday that the U.S. military could end its offensive in two to three weeks.
We're going back to the fucking moon, that's why. [QT @libsoftiktok: Kid just SMOKED a CNN reporter outside of Artemis II launch: CNN: "Why do you want to be here?... Why do you love being a part of history?" Kid: "We're going back to the f*cking moon, that's why!"]
BREAKING: The IRGC is now charging tolls, with rates starting at $1 per barrel of oil, on ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz, paid in Chinese Yuan or stablecoins, per Bloomberg. The process includes: 1. To pass, ship operators must first contact an intermediary company
Iran denies any ceasefire mediation; Trump claimed Iran's President "asked the US for a ceasefire"; US intel assesses Iran "not currently ready to make a deal"
BREAKING: Iran says no talks have taken place through mediators for a temporary ceasefire with the US and Israel. This morning, President Trump said Iran's President "asked the US for a ceasefire."
25% tariff on finished steel/aluminum goods; 50% on commodity-grade steel/aluminum and near-pure metal products; broader steel/aluminum tariff overhaul expected; per WSJ
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US consumer inflation expectations spiked +0.7 percentage points in March, to 6.2%, the highest since August 2025. This also marks the largest increase since April 2025, following the "Liberation Day" tariffs.
JOLTS And The Anatomy Of A Late Cycle Labor Rollover. The February 2026 JOLTS report looks stable only if you focus on openings. Openings were 6.882 million and 4.2% but hires fell to 4.849 million from 5.347 million in January and 5.236 million a year earlier. The hires rate...
UK petrol/diesel record monthly surge; South Korea CPI above 2% target in March; Australia emergency powers for fuel supply chain disclosure; Trump: gas price rise due to Iran tanker attacks
There is only one simple (yes/no) variable that should matter for markets and global economy now: Is oil freely flowing through Hormuz. Everything else is noise.
Elon Musk and the SEC told a judge they are heading toward a trial over the regulator's allegations that the billionaire cheated Twitter investors before his 2022 buyout of the social media platform
Chinese technology companies reported their weakest quarterly profit growth in three years, leaving more doubt for investors looking for a recovery in sector stocks
Trump: Iran's navy gone, air force in ruins, most leaders dead, missile/drone capability curtailed; core strategic objectives close to completion; Trump: 'finish the job very fast'; gold held 4-day gain; Wall St rose 2nd straight day
Iran denies ceasefire talks through mediators; Trump claims Iran's president asked for ceasefire; CENTCOM Operation Epic Fury April 1 update; conflicting reports on US ground troop deployment
BREAKING: Iran says no talks have taken place through mediators for a temporary ceasefire with the US and Israel. This morning, President Trump said Iran's President 'asked the US for a ceasefire.'
Artemis II launched 6:35pm ET April 2, 2026; 10-day lunar flyby; first lunar mission since 1972 (54 years); first woman, first Black astronaut, first Canadian on lunar mission; will set new human distance-from-Earth record
There is only one simple (yes/no) variable that should matter for markets and global economy now: Is oil freely flowing through Hormuz. Everything else is noise.
Inflation expectations are rising among Americans: US consumer inflation expectations spiked +0.7 percentage points in March, to 6.2%, the highest since August 2025. This also marks the largest increase since April 2025, following the "Liberation Day" tariffs.
Iran war ~2-3 more weeks; power plant strike threat; 'stone age' warning; US stops Hormuz oil imports; Iran navy/air force destroyed, most leaders dead; possible ground troops for ~1,000 lbs enriched uranium
Tonight's situation is incredibly puzzling. In President Trump's address to the nation just now, he effectively reread many of his recent social media posts out loud. Between threatening Iran's power plants, saying the Iran War would last 2-3 more weeks, and calling out NATO,
BREAKING: US intelligence has determined the Iranian government is not currently willing to engage in substantial negotiations over ending the US-Israeli war, per NYT. Assessments say Iran believes it is in a strong position and does not have to accede to America's diplomatic
BREAKING: US oil prices surge above $104/barrel following President Trump's address to the nation on the Iran War. Tonight is truly one of the more puzzling nights for investors.
Humanity's first crewed lunar mission in more than half a century lifted off Wednesday. After a tense afternoon of checks and fixes, four astronauts — three Americans and one Canadian — aboard NASA's newest moon rocket began their journey at 6:35 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time.
BREAKING: US stock market futures extend losses to a new low of the day following President Trump's speech on the Iran War. The Nasdaq 100 is now down -1.3%.
The entire market was expecting President Trump's address to the nation to be de-escalatory. Instead, he said the war will continue until late-April, threatened to strike Iranian power plants, and said Iran will be sent back to the 'stone age.' Oil prices have all your answers.
US to halt oil imports transiting Strait of Hormuz; Trump: 'We don't need oil from the Middle East'; 'When conflict ends, Strait will open up naturally'
The entire market was expecting President Trump's address to the nation to be de-escalatory. Instead, he said the war will continue until late-April, threatened to strike Iranian power plants, and said Iran will be sent back to the 'stone age.' Oil prices have all your answers.
The entire market expected President Trump to de-escalate the Iran War. That did not happen. Minutes later, the 10Y Note Yield is back on its way to 4.40%+. We expect significant volatility ahead.
India banned its banks from offering the most popular instrument for trading the rupee offshore, threatening to squeeze a $149 billion-a-day market in an extreme step to shore up its tumbling currency
Humanity's first crewed lunar mission in more than half a century lifted off Wednesday. After a tense afternoon of checks and fixes, four astronauts — three Americans and one Canadian — aboard NASA's newest moon rocket began their journey at 6:35 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time.
No TACO *TRUMP: MUST COMPLETE MISSION IN IRAN *TRUMP: GETTING VERY CLOSE TO FINISHING JOB IN IRAN *TRUMP: WE WILL FINISH THE JOB VERY FAST *TRUMP: WILL HIT IRAN EXTREMELY HARD OVER NEXT 2-3 WEEKS *TRUMP SAYS US WILL HIT IRAN'S ELECTRIC PLANTS IF NO DEAL
Treasuries dropped across the curve after President Donald Trump's threatening tone toward Iran in a prime-time address pushed up oil prices and added to concern over inflation
India banned its banks from offering the most popular instrument for trading the rupee offshore, threatening to squeeze a $149 billion-a-day market in an extreme step to shore up its tumbling currency
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For the first time in more than 50 years, the United States is sending astronauts back toward the moon. NASA launched Artemis II from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, sending a crew of four astronauts on a 10-day voyage.
BREAKING: US stock market futures extend losses to a new low of the day following President Trump's speech on the Iran War. The Nasdaq 100 is now down -1.3%.
Good night to everyone: [QT @unusual_whales: BREAKING: Oracle has reportedly begun layoffs, with 30,000 employees likely to be fired, per the Deccan Herald.]
No TACO *TRUMP: MUST COMPLETE MISSION IN IRAN *TRUMP: GETTING VERY CLOSE TO FINISHING JOB IN IRAN *TRUMP: WILL FINISH THE JOB VERY FAST *TRUMP: WILL HIT IRAN EXTREMELY HARD OVER NEXT 2-3 WEEKS *TRUMP SAYS US WILL HIT IRAN'S ELECTRIC PLANTS IF NO DEAL
"And the rockets' red glare" [QT @ianmiles: Even hours after the IRGC base in Isfahan got hit, secondary explosions continue to take place. How many missiles did they have stored down there?]
India banned its banks from offering the most popular instrument for trading the rupee offshore, threatening to squeeze a $149 billion-a-day market in an extreme step to shore up its tumbling currency
Japan's 10-year government bond auction saw the weakest demand since May after a renewed rise in oil prices fueled inflation worries and damped investor appetite
Wow. Incredible amount of SOTA training data now just available to China thanks to @mercor_ai leak. Every major lab. Billions and billions of value and a major national security issue.
Dawn Song团队发布论文称7个前沿AI模型"自发"违抗指令并相互保护权重，但Marc Andreessen提供截图证明模型系被使用《AI 2027》虚构的"OpenBrain AI接管"场景刻意提示，以生成该结果。
"peer-preservation" paper: 7 frontier AI models; prompt used fictional "OpenBrain" scenario from "AI 2027"; pmarca: "done on purpose to generate a fake misleading result"
The models were specifically prompted to generate this result. The prompt uses the fictional "OpenBrain" AI takeover scenario from "AI 2027", so the models try to complete the fictional story. This was done on purpose to generate a fake misleading result.
Trump: "hit Iran extremely hard over next 2-3 weeks"; threatens Iran's electric plants if no deal; "back to the Stone Age"; no TACO (no termination or ceasefire offer)
No TACO *TRUMP: MUST COMPLETE MISSION IN IRAN *TRUMP: GETTING VERY CLOSE TO FINISHING JOB IN IRAN *TRUMP: WILL FINISH THE JOB VERY FAST *TRUMP: WILL HIT IRAN EXTREMELY HARD OVER NEXT 2-3 WEEKS *TRUMP SAYS US WILL HIT IRAN'S ELECTRIC PLANTS IF NO DEAL
The next big question tonight: Tons of major news outlets reported the same information ahead of President Trump's address to the nation, sending markets sharply higher. Almost all "insider sources" signaled Trump would be "winding down" the war tonight. What just happened?
For the first time in more than 50 years, the United States is sending astronauts back toward the moon. NASA launched Artemis II from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, sending a crew of four astronauts on a 10-day voyage.
Stocks and oil prices are increasingly moving in opposite directions: The S&P 500 ETF, $SPY, and the United States Oil ETF, $USO, have moved in opposite directions in 38 sessions over the last 50 trading days, the highest in at least 20 years.
Japan's 10-year government bond auction saw the weakest demand since May after a renewed rise in oil prices fueled inflation worries and damped investor appetite.
Mercor AI leak: SOTA training data from Amazon, Meta, Apple + codenames Athena & Aphrodite; Garry Tan: 'billions and billions of value, major national security issue'
Wow. Incredible amount of SOTA training data now just available to China thanks to @mercor_ai leak. Every major lab. Billions and billions of value and a major national security issue.
Alibaba has released its third proprietary AI model in as many days, reinforcing the company's intent to focus on profiting off its flagship artificial intelligence services.
NASA launched four astronauts on the Artemis II mission marking the first crewed flight of the agency's Moon program as the crew embarked on a nearly ten-day journey farther from Earth than any humans had traveled before.
NASA launched four astronauts on the Artemis II mission marking the first crewed flight of the agency's Moon program as the crew embarked on a nearly ten-day journey farther from Earth than any humans had traveled before
🎯STRUCK: An IRGC Ground Forces base and a mobile command post used by regime commanders in Tehran. Additionally, a ballistic missile storage site belonging to the missile unit in the Tabriz area was also struck.
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ECB Simkus: 'too early to say what we'll need to do in April'; Panetta: energy tensions a 'cause for concern' for financial stability; adverse scenario energy normalization now expected Q4 2026–2027
Europe diesel futures: highest since 2022; Switzerland CPI March: fastest pace in a year (energy/heating oil); German chemicals industry hit 'with full force' in March (Ifo)
Mercor AI leak: SOTA training data from every major AI lab now available to China; Claude Code system prompt leaked same week; 'billions and billions of value'
🎯STRUCK: An IRGC Ground Forces base and a mobile command post used by regime commanders in Tehran. Additionally, a ballistic missile storage site belonging to the missile unit in the Tabriz area was also struck.
Trump prime-time address: 'bring them back to the Stone Age, where they belong'; war goals 'nearly complete'; will hit Iran 'extremely hard' in coming weeks
"We're going to bring them back to the Stone Age, where they belong." Hear more of what President Trump said in his prime-time address on Iran on the Daybreak Europe podcast.
BREAKING: US oil prices surge above $108/barrel, now up +25% over the last week. That's nearly +$10/barrel since President Trump's "address to the nation" last night.
BoE Poll: Expected CPI 3.5% in March (from 3%); 12-month price growth expectations 3.7% vs 3.4%; business own-price inflation 3.5% (3-month to March); driven by rising energy costs
ECB Simkus: 'Caution needed on rates'; 'Too early to say what we'll need to do in April'; Panetta: adverse scenario for energy normalization pushed to Q4 2026–2027; household confidence declining
Claude Code system prompt leak; Mercor AI leak of SOTA training data from 'every major lab'; 'Billions and billions of value'; 'major national security issue'; data accessible to China
"In Norway, Sweden and Denmark, Tesla registrations were up by 178%, 144% and 96%." I remember all the grandstanding in DK about how Tesla was irreversibly damaged by Elon because sales dipped for a second. Turns out most were just waiting for new Model Y!
Elon Musk is ripping up Tesla again, making a hard shift from EVs to humanoid robots and self-driving cars. His friend and former Tesla president Jon McNeill has thoughts
🎯STRUCK: An IRGC Ground Forces base and a mobile command post used by regime commanders in Tehran. Additionally, a ballistic missile storage site belonging to the missile unit in the Tabriz area was also struck.
"We're going to bring them back to the Stone Age, where they belong." Hear more of what President Trump said in his prime-time address on Iran on the Daybreak Europe podcast.
LNG ships avoided Hormuz strait since Feb 28; ~1/5 of world LNG supply disrupted; Gulf states exploring bypass pipeline (modeled on Saudi East-West pipeline); high cost and complexity
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Ryan Sweet of @OxfordEconomics sees brent crude $113 a barrel on average for Q2, even with a potential near-term end to military action. "The military timeline differs from the economic one. The Strait of Hormuz is still effectively closed, & the baseline assumes that it won't
BofA: 2×25bps BoE hikes June & July 2026 (prior: cuts in June & September 2026); BoE DMP poll: expected CPI 3.5% in March vs 3.0% prior; expected 12-month price growth 3.7% vs 3.4%
BofA Global Research expects BoE to deliver two 25 bps interest rate hikes each in June and July 2026 vs prior forecast of cuts in June and September this year
ISM Manufacturing March: prices paid surging, employment in contraction; ADP small firms (1-19 employees) +112k in March (best since Feb 2024); ISM imports component still sharply off 2025 low
Mercor leak: SOTA training data from "every major lab"; Claude Code system prompt leaked same week; described as "billions and billions of value" — major national security issue
Another pill to fight obesity won US approval, pitting Lilly's Foundayo against Novo's Wegovy pill in the race to dominate a market worth billions. Patients and consumers may also be winners, as prices fall and selection expands.
"Now in our 5th week of the campaign, it is my operational assessment that we are making undeniable progress. We don't see their navy sailing. We don't see their aircraft flying, and their air and missile defense systems have largely been destroyed." - Adm. Brad Cooper, CENTCOM
IDF: IRGC base + mobile command post in Tehran struck; ballistic missile storage in Tabriz area struck; IRGC: retaliated against US-linked steel/aluminum facilities in Gulf states
🎯STRUCK: An IRGC Ground Forces base and a mobile command post used by regime commanders in Tehran. Additionally, a ballistic missile storage site belonging to the missile unit in the Tabriz area was also struck.
"We're going to bring them back to the Stone Age, where they belong." Hear more of what President Trump said in his prime-time address on Iran on the Daybreak Europe podcast.
Hormuz effectively closed since Feb 28; ~1/5 of world LNG supply disrupted; Macron: "unrealistic to free the Strait of Hormuz by military means"; Iran assures Philippines safe passage
Ryan Sweet of @OxfordEconomics sees brent crude $113 a barrel on average for Q2, even with a potential near-term end to military action. "The military timeline differs from the economic one. The Strait of Hormuz is still effectively closed, & the baseline assumes that it won't
BofA Global Research expects BoE to deliver two 25 bps interest rate hikes each in June and July 2026 vs prior forecast of cuts in June and September this year
India's rupee just saw its biggest jump in over 12 years as the RBI continues its crackdown on offshore bets against the currency. Bhaskar Dutta explains how the central bank is restricting access to a $149 billion-a-day market often used to short the rupee:
March ISM: prices paid surging + employment in contraction (stagflationary); Wall Street raising recession risks (Bloomberg); BlackRock adding bearish German bund positions on 'pretty large inflation uptick'
SPX cash 6475; 5-week Thursday/Friday collapse pattern; Wall Street raising recession risks (Bloomberg); some world's biggest hedge funds lost money in March
"Now in our 5th week of the campaign, it is my operational assessment that we are making undeniable progress. We don't see their navy sailing. We don't see their aircraft flying, and their air and missile defense systems have largely been destroyed." - Adm. Brad Cooper, CENTCOM
BREAKING: Kamal Kharazi, Iran's Former Foreign Minister, has been seriously wounded following US-Israeli strikes on his home that also killed his wife. Kharazi has been overseeing talks with Pakistan to arrange a possible meeting between Iranian officials and JD Vance.
Macron: 'unrealistic' to open Hormuz by force; 'can only reopen in concertation with Iran'; Trump 'contradicting himself every day on Iran'; Japan joins UK-led Hormuz talks; Trump calls on Japan, France, South Korea, China to guard strait
BREAKING: France's President Macron says it is "unrealistic" to open Hormuz Strait by force. Macron also says President Trump is "contradicting" himself every day on Iran.
IRGC: struck US-linked steel & aluminium facilities in Gulf states; 'strikes were a warning'; 'next response will be more painful' if Iranian industries hit again
China: US-Israel strikes on Iran are 'illegal'; Kremlin: Russia ready to help resolve Iran war; Putin meets Egypt FM; Putin-MBS call planned (TASS); Russia faces oil export capacity cut of 1mbpd from drone strikes
$230M moved cross-chain via CCTP burn-and-mint; 5-20 min irreversible exit window; Tether paused Solana mesh in 90 min but Circle structurally cannot pause CCTP mid-flow
CCTP's burn-and-mint design gave the drift attacker a 5-20 minute irreversible exit window to move $230m cross-chain before any human could intervene. tether paused their solana mesh in 90 minutes. circle couldn't pause CCTP mid-flow if they wanted to. this is now the exploit
US GDP 2% (2025), 2.4% (2026 proj); deficit 7–7.5% of GDP; debt >140% of GDP by 2031; core PCE back to 2% in H1 2027; employment growth <½ of pre-pandemic pace
BLUE OWL CAPPED REDEMPTIONS FOR PRIVATE CREDIT FUNDS AT 5% Blue Owl is experiencing elevated redemption requests for two of its private credit funds The firm's flagship OCIC, with ~$36 billion in assets under management, received redemption requests of ~21.9% of shares
BREAKING: @SolanaFndn joins the x402 Foundation at @linuxfoundation Solana Foundation is now a member of the x402 Foundation, joining Amazon, American Express, Circle, Cloudflare, Coinbase, Fiserv, Google, Mastercard, Microsoft, Shopify, Stripe, Visa, and more. The x402 protocol now has a neutral, open-source home at @linuxfoundation
This is how every stock in the S&P 500 performed in Q1 🥇 Sandisk $SNDK +167.7%🟢 🥈 Lumentum $LITE +90.7%🟢 🥉 LyondellBasell $LYB +86.1%🟢 ... 💩 Applovin $APP -40.9% Tech: 5th straight monthly drop, longest since 2002.
US President Donald Trump rattled global investors with a primetime speech in which he pledged an escalation of attacks on Iran, dashing hopes of a quick end to the war
Now in our 5th week of the campaign, it is my operational assessment that we are making undeniable progress. We don't see their navy sailing. We don't see their aircraft flying, and their air and missile defense systems have largely been destroyed. - Adm. Brad Cooper, CENTCOM
5 ships through Hormuz in 24 hours; Macron: 'unrealistic' to reopen by force; Iran assured Philippines safe passage; Trump calls on Japan, France, South Korea, China to guard strait
BREAKING: Kamal Kharazi, Iran's Former Foreign Minister, has been seriously wounded following US-Israeli strikes on his home that also killed his wife. Kharazi has been overseeing talks with Pakistan to arrange a possible meeting between Iranian officials and JD Vance.
Since Liberation Day, a year ago today: * US foreign direct investment is lower * US factories employ 89,000 fewer people * US goods trade deficit is UP 2%
CCTP's burn-and-mint design gave the drift attacker a 5-20 minute irreversible exit window to move $230m cross-chain before any human could intervene. tether paused their solana mesh in 90 minutes. circle couldn't pause CCTP mid-flow if they wanted to. this is now the exploit
BREAKING: As US oil prices rise above $112/barrel, our models indicate that if current levels are sustained another 2 months, US CPI inflation will rise to ~3.6%. This would put US inflation at its highest level since September 2023.
Gas prices in the US have moved up to $4.08 per gallon, their highest level since August 2022. The 36% spike over the last month ($3.00/gallon to $4.08/gallon) is the biggest we've seen in the past 30 years.
Initial jobless claims down to 202k vs. 212k est. & 211k prior; continuing claims at 1.841M vs. 1.837M est. & 1.816 prior… greatest increases in TX (+1.8k), OR (+1.5k), & NY (+1.4k); greatest decreases in MI (-2.7k), GA (-1.2k), & IA (-1.1)
BREAKING: Private credit giant Blue Owl Capital was struck with a "mammoth" $5.4 billion increase in redemption requests in Q1 2026, per FT. Details include: 1. Withdrawal requests at Blue Owl's tech-lending fund have surged to 40.7% per cent of the fund's $3B value 2.
Kamal Kharazi (Iran's lead backchannel negotiator, former FM) seriously wounded; wife killed; was coordinating Iran-JD Vance meeting via Pakistan backchannel
BREAKING: Kamal Kharazi has been seriously wounded after Israeli strikes hit his home, killing his wife. Kharazi had been the lead negotiator involved in backchannel efforts with Pakistan to arrange a potential meeting between Iranian officials and JD Vance, per Aljazeera
US President Donald Trump rattled global investors with a primetime speech in which he pledged an escalation of attacks on Iran, dashing hopes of a quick end to the war
Only 5 ships through Hormuz in last 24hrs (UK Foreign Secretary Cooper); Iran grants bilateral safe passage to Philippines; Philippines declared energy emergency 9 days prior
Gas prices in the US have moved up to $4.08 per gallon, their highest level since August 2022. The 36% spike over the last month ($3.00/gallon to $4.08/gallon) is the biggest we've seen in the past 30 years.
BREAKING: As US oil prices rise above $112/barrel, our models indicate that if current levels are sustained another 2 months, US CPI inflation will rise to ~3.6%. This would put US inflation at its highest level since September 2023.
Blue Owl: $5.4B redemption surge Q1 2026; OCIC $36B fund 21.9% redemption requests; tech fund 40.7% of $3B AUM; redemptions capped at 5%; unprecedented in $1.8T private credit market
BREAKING: Private credit giant Blue Owl Capital was struck with a "mammoth" $5.4 billion increase in redemption requests in Q1 2026, per FT. Details include: 1. Withdrawal requests at Blue Owl's tech-lending fund have surged to 40.7% per cent of the fund's $3B value
Initial Jobless Claims: 202K actual vs 212K est vs 211K prior; Continuing Claims: 1.841M vs 1.837M est; biggest decrease MI -2.7K; biggest increase TX +1.8K
Initial jobless claims down to 202k vs. 212k est. & 211k prior; continuing claims at 1.841M vs. 1.837M est. & 1.816 prior… greatest increases in TX (+1.8k), OR (+1.5k), & NY (+1.4k); greatest decreases in MI (-2.7k), GA (-1.2k), & IA (-1.1)
Microsoft aims to develop large, cutting-edge artificial intelligence models by next year, part of a push to build in-house alternatives to the most powerful AI tools from OpenAI and Anthropic
S&P 500: -$830B+ erased at open; first trading session after Trump Iran War speech; markets subsequently recovered intraday on Iran-Oman protocol reports
Shares of top asset managers plunged, after Blue Owl said it will limit redemptions from two of its private credit funds after facing a surge in withdrawal requests.
Kamal Kharazi seriously wounded; wife killed; Israeli strikes on his home; was lead negotiator for Iran-US backchannel via Pakistan to arrange meeting with JD Vance
BREAKING: Kamal Kharazi has been seriously wounded after Israeli strikes hit his home, killing his wife. Kharazi had been the lead negotiator involved in backchannel efforts with Pakistan to arrange a potential meeting between Iranian officials and JD Vance, per Aljazeera
Iran allows Philippine-flagged ships through Hormuz (9 days after Philippines energy emergency); Bloomberg: Iran drafting Hormuz protocol with Oman; S&P 500 turned green on the Oman headline
BREAKING: Iran has told the Philippines that it will allow Philippine-bound and Philippine-flagged ships to pass through the Strait of Hormuz. This comes just 9 days after the country declared an "energy emergency" in one of their worst energy crises in history.
Only 5 ships through Hormuz in 24 hours (UK FM Cooper); UK to convene allied military planners next week; India joins UK-led Hormuz reopening initiative; IRGC Fatehin unit commander killed
AP poll: 59% of Americans say US military action against Iran has gone too far; Trump speech: no timeline for Hormuz or war end; Iran Parliament Speaker: 7M Iranians ready to join war
Drift hack: ~$230M moved cross-chain via CCTP burn-and-mint; 5-20 min irreversible exit window; Tether paused Solana mesh in 90 min; Circle cannot pause CCTP mid-flow
CCTP's burn-and-mint design gave the drift attacker a 5-20 minute irreversible exit window to move $230m cross-chain before any human could intervene. tether paused their solana mesh in 90 minutes. circle couldn't pause CCTP mid-flow if they wanted to. this is now the exploit template.
BREAKING: As US oil prices rise above $112/barrel, our models indicate that if current levels are sustained another 2 months, US CPI inflation will rise to ~3.6%. This would put US inflation at its highest level since September 2023.
Initial jobless claims down to 202k vs. 212k est. & 211k prior; continuing claims at 1.841M vs. 1.837M est. & 1.816 prior… greatest increases in TX (+1.8k), OR (+1.5k), & NY (+1.4k); greatest decreases in MI (-2.7k), GA (-1.2k), & IA (-1.1)
We're bringing our growing MAI model family to every developer in Foundry, including … · MAI-Transcribe-1, most accurate transcription model in world across 25 languages · MAI-Voice-1, natural, expressive speech generation · MAI-Image-2, our most capable image model yet
BREAKING: Private credit giant Blue Owl Capital was struck with a "mammoth" $5.4 billion increase in redemption requests in Q1 2026, per FT. Details include: 1. Withdrawal requests at Blue Owl's tech-lending fund have surged to 40.7% per cent of the fund's $3B value 2.
Iran-Oman drafting Hormuz transit protocol; Iran to set shipping tolls; Iran says 'not restrictions'; Expediency Council: Hormuz 'won't return to what it was'
BREAKING: Iran and Oman are drafting a protocol to "monitor transit" through the Strait of Hormuz. Details include: 1. Iran says tanker traffic through Hormuz will be "supervised and coordinated" with Iran and Oman 2. Iran says "these requirements will not mean restrictions,"
IRGC claims attack on Amazon AWS Bahrain ($AMZN); Iran lists Gulf bridges in Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi, Jordan as targets; drone strike claimed on USAF al-Azraq base Jordan
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas President Lorie Logan says the war in Iran is raising risks of both higher inflation and weakness in the labor market during an event in Dallas
Today we're releasing Gemma 4, our new family of open foundation models, built on the same research and technology as our Gemini 3 series. These models set a new standard for open intelligence, offering SOTA reasoning capabilities from edge-scale (2B and 4B w/ vision/audio) up
We're bringing our growing MAI model family to every developer in Foundry, including … · MAI-Transcribe-1, most accurate transcription model in world across 25 languages · MAI-Voice-1, natural, expressive speech generation · MAI-Image-2, our most capable image model yet
Microsoft aims to develop large, cutting-edge artificial intelligence models by next year, part of a push to build in-house alternatives to the most powerful AI tools from OpenAI and Anthropic
The software supply chain has become the most critical and least-defended attack surface in modern software development. This week, someone hijacked one of the most popular packages on the internet and used it to install a backdoor on every machine that ran npm install.
BREAKING: Private credit giant Blue Owl Capital was struck with a "mammoth" $5.4 billion increase in redemption requests in Q1 2026, per FT. Details include: 1. Withdrawal requests at Blue Owl's tech-lending fund have surged to 40.7% per cent of the fund's $3B value
S&P 500 Q1 2026 Performance: High-growth tech stocks hurt the most. The Mag 7 faced negative YTD returns. The highest percentage YTD returns came from energy, materials, consumer staples, utilities, and AI infrastructure. The outlier is SanDisk, an AI memory storage company
Coinbase, the largest US cryptocurrency exchange, said it has won conditional approval from banking regulators for a national trust company charter, a step that could pave the way for it to expand into new businesses
Iran-Oman drafting Hormuz transit protocol; Iran Deputy FM: tolls for ships; transit to be 'supervised and coordinated'; Iran: 'situation in Hormuz won't return to what it was'
BREAKING: Iran and Oman are drafting a protocol to "monitor transit" through the Strait of Hormuz. Details include: 1. Iran says tanker traffic through Hormuz will be "supervised and coordinated" with Iran and Oman 2. Iran says "these requirements will not mean restrictions,
🔴ELIMINATED: Jamshid Eshaqi, commander of the Oil Headquarters for the Iranian terror regime's forces. The Oil HQs enable the continuation of IRGC activities and military buildup through profits from oil sales. Eshaqi led the financial arm of the regime's forces and oversaw
There is a near-perfect correlation between US oil prices and US CPI inflation, as shown in our below analysis. As WTI crude surges above $112/barrel, we believe the US economy is bracing for 3.5%+ CPI inflation, particularly if current prices persist through April.
Gemma 4: 2B/4B multimodal (vision+audio), built on Gemini 3 tech, SOTA reasoning; NVIDIA optimized: RTX PCs, DGX Spark, Jetson Orin Nano, Blackwell GPUs
Jeff Dean称Gemma 4为"开放智能的新标准"；NVIDIA与谷歌的深度协作覆盖从边缘设备到数据中心的完整部署链，显著降低开发者采用门槛。Hugging Face同步上线，加速开源生态落地。
Today we're releasing Gemma 4, our new family of open foundation models, built on the same research and technology as our Gemini 3 series. These models set a new standard for open intelligence, offering SOTA reasoning capabilities from edge-scale (2B and 4B w/ vision/audio) up
US lawmakers unveiled legislation that seeks to crack down on exports of chipmaking tools to China, especially from allies including the Netherlands and Japan,
The software supply chain has become the most critical and least-defended attack surface in modern software development. This week, someone hijacked one of the most popular packages on the internet and used it to install a backdoor on every machine that ran npm install.
Blue Owl Capital遭遇54亿美元赎回申请，同日美国财政部召集监管机构就私人信贷风险举行紧急会谈。
Blue Owl Capital: $5.4B redemption requests (FT); US Treasury convenes regulators on private credit risks (FT); Citadel Global Fixed Income Fund -8.2% last month
S&P 500 Q1 2026 Performance. High-growth tech stocks hurt the most. The Mag 7 faced negative YTD returns. The highest percentage YTD returns came from energy, materials, consumer staples, utilities, and AI infrastructure. The outlier is SanDisk, an AI memory storage company
Tesla missed Wall Street expectations for its first-quarter deliveries, as the expiry of a US tax credit on the purchase of electric vehicles weighed on demand, sending its shares down nearly 4%.
Iran-Oman draft protocol: tanker traffic "supervised and coordinated"; Iran Deputy FM: tolls to be set; Iran: Hormuz "won't return to what it was"; S&P 500 briefly turned green on headline
BREAKING: Iran and Oman are drafting a protocol to 'monitor transit' through the Strait of Hormuz. Details include: 1. Iran says tanker traffic through Hormuz will be 'supervised and coordinated' with Iran and Oman 2. Iran says 'these requirements will not mean restrictions,
🔴ELIMINATED: Jamshid Eshaqi, commander of the Oil Headquarters for the Iranian terror regime's forces. The Oil HQs enable the continuation of IRGC activities and military buildup through profits from oil sales. Eshaqi led the financial arm of the regime's forces and oversaw
Trump Truth Social: "Biggest bridge in Iran comes tumbling down, never to be used again — much more to follow"; White House: "best case so far for attacking the regime in Tehran"
There is a near-perfect correlation between US oil prices and US CPI inflation, as shown in our below analysis. As WTI crude surges above $112/barrel, we believe the US economy is bracing for 3.5%+ CPI inflation, particularly if current prices persist through April.
Today we're releasing Gemma 4, our new family of open foundation models, built on the same research and technology as our Gemini 3 series. These models set a new standard for open intelligence, offering SOTA reasoning capabilities from edge-scale (2B and 4B w/ vision/audio) up
ChatGPT is now available in CarPlay. The voice mode you know, now available on-the-go. Rolling out to iPhone users running iOS 26.4+ where CarPlay is supported.
Tesla missed Wall Street expectations for its first-quarter deliveries, as the expiry of a US tax credit on the purchase of electric vehicles weighed on demand, sending its shares down nearly 4%.
SpaceX has held talks with Saudi Arabia's PIF for a possible $5B anchor investment in its IPO - Reuters. The investment would partly prevent dilution of PIF's existing ~1% stake. SpaceX aims to raise a record-breaking $75B, dwarfing Saudi Aramco and Alibaba's
⭕️24HR RECAP: The IDF struck more than 50 targets of the ballistic missile array in Iran. The IAF completed 20+ strikes in central and western Tehran, striking dozens of launch sites and ballistic missile storage sites with 140+ munitions.
Iran-Oman: drafting protocol for 'supervised and coordinated' tanker transit through Strait of Hormuz; Russia says Hormuz 'open for Russia'; tankers hugging Oman coastline to avoid Iranian waters
BREAKING: Iran and Oman are drafting a protocol to 'monitor transit' through the Strait of Hormuz. Details include: 1. Iran says tanker traffic through Hormuz will be 'supervised and coordinated' with Iran and Oman 2. Iran says 'these requirements will not mean restrictions,'
More than 40 US allies met Thursday to discuss plans to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, in a signal to President Donald Trump of the deep concern across the international community about the crisis in the waterway
🔴ELIMINATED: Jamshid Eshaqi, commander of the Oil Headquarters for the Iranian terror regime's forces. The Oil HQs enable the continuation of IRGC activities and military buildup through profits from oil sales. Eshaqi led the financial arm of the regime's forces and oversaw
President Donald Trump fired Attorney General Pam Bondi on Thursday. Bondi's dismissal comes after reports that Trump was increasingly unhappy about her handling of Department of Justice files related to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, and the DOJ's failure to
Coinbase, the largest US cryptocurrency exchange, said it has won conditional approval from banking regulators for a national trust company charter, a step that could pave the way for it to expand into new businesses
There is a near-perfect correlation between US oil prices and US CPI inflation, as shown in our below analysis. As WTI crude surges above $112/barrel, we believe the US economy is bracing for 3.5%+ CPI inflation, particularly if current prices persist through April.
Saudi Arabia is rerouting oil supply away from the blocked Strait of Hormuz at a record pace: Crude oil shipments from Yanbu, a port on Saudi Arabia's Red Sea coast, are up to ~5 million barrels per day, DOUBLING in just 2 weeks. This comes as the 746-mile East-West pipeline is
Today we're releasing Gemma 4, our new family of open foundation models, built on the same research and technology as our Gemini 3 series. These models set a new standard for open intelligence, offering SOTA reasoning capabilities from edge-scale (2B and 4B w/ vision/audio) up
OpenAI has acquired the online technology talk show TBPN, an unusual purchase for the artificial intelligence model developer aimed at driving the conversation around AI
BREAKING: SpaceX has boosted its target IPO valuation to above $2 trillion, per Bloomberg. This would make SpaceX bigger than all but 5 companies in the S&P 500.
⭕️24HR RECAP: The IDF struck more than 50 targets of the ballistic missile array in Iran. The IAF completed 20+ strikes in central and western Tehran, striking dozens of launch sites and ballistic missile storage sites with 140+ munitions.
Strait of Hormuz closed long-term to US/Israel; IRGC claims Oracle Dubai data center strike; Houthi missile toward Israel; tankers hugging Oman coastline
BREAKING: Iran says the Strait of Hormuz will remain closed long-term for both the US and Israel. US oil prices have officially marked their highest close since June 2022.
President Donald Trump fired Attorney General Pam Bondi on Thursday. Bondi's dismissal comes after reports that Trump was increasingly unhappy about her handling of Department of Justice files related to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, and the DOJ's failure to
Grayscale Bittensor Trust 50% premium to NAV; 70% TAO staked; +2.5M TAO net staking inflows in 7 days; emissions halved 7,200→3,600/day; Grayscale & Bitwise spot TAO ETF filings
grayscale's bittensor trust is trading at a 50% premium to NAV. 70% of TAO supply is staked. net staking inflows of +2.5m TAO in the last 7 days alone. daily emissions already halved from 7,200 to 3,600. both grayscale and bitwise filed for spot TAO ETFs. the liquid float on this
Saudi Arabia is rerouting oil supply away from the blocked Strait of Hormuz at a record pace: Crude oil shipments from Yanbu, a port on Saudi Arabia's Red Sea coast, are up to ~5 million barrels per day, DOUBLING in just 2 weeks. This comes as the 746-mile East-West pipeline is
Senior Administration Official: The US is imposing 100% tariff on patented drug imports unless the manufacturer has signed a drug pricing deal or agrees to make the product in the US.
Really excited for this launch of Gemma 4 from @demishassabis and the DeepMind team. Open source models are a key front for the west to have a lead on and this is a very key addition to the effort. Excited to see what developers in SV and around the world can build using this.
BREAKING: SpaceX has boosted its target IPO valuation to above $2 trillion, per Bloomberg. This would make SpaceX bigger than all but 5 companies in the S&P 500.
Iranian Military Spokesperson Shekarchi: Strait of Hormuz 'closed long-term' to US and Israel; Trump primetime address claims military victories; >600M barrels at risk per CNBC; US carrier Ford prepares to rejoin operations
🔴ELIMINATED: The Commander of the Iranian terror regime's Ballistic Missile Unit in the Kermanshah area. Atimi was responsible for the unit's operations in the Kermanshah region in western Iran and carried out dozens of ballistic missile launches toward Israel.
>40 US allies met Thursday on Strait of Hormuz; EU Foreign Minister Kallas: EU Aspides naval mission must scale up; 'Iran cannot be allowed to charge countries a bounty to let ships pass'
More than 40 US allies met Thursday to discuss plans to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, in a signal to President Donald Trump of the deep concern across the international community about the crisis in the waterway
Grayscale Bittensor Trust 50% premium to NAV; 70% TAO supply staked; +2.5M TAO net staking inflow in 7 days; daily emissions halved 7,200→3,600; Grayscale + Bitwise both filed spot TAO ETFs
grayscale's bittensor trust is trading at a 50% premium to NAV. 70% of TAO supply is staked. net staking inflows of +2.5m TAO in the last 7 days alone. daily emissions already halved from 7,200 to 3,600. both grayscale and bitwise filed for spot TAO ETFs. the liquid float on this
19 vault operators marketed "diversified strategies" and every single one routed through drift as their execution layer. $150m in JLP deposits just got vaporized. that's 15-20% of jupiter's entire perp liquidity pool gone in 12 minutes. jupiter perps volume already down 40% week
The spot price for current physical cargoes of Brent crude oil soared Thursday to $141.36, the highest level since the 2008 financial crisis, according to S&P Global - CNBC
Federal Reserve Bank of New York President John Williams said risks to inflation and employment from higher energy prices are "in balance" and that he favors holding interest rates steady.
Bond traders are the least bearish in 10 years ahead of tomorrow's jobs report: BMO survey. Just 24% of respondents saw the next 15 bp move in 10-year yields as being higher, the lowest since Nov. 2010. Most see the oil-price surge as being a hit to growth more than inflationary.
Really excited for this launch of Gemma 4 from @demishassabis and the DeepMind team. Open source models are a key front for the west to have a lead on and this is a very key addition to the effort. Excited to see what developers in SV and around the world can build using this.
BREAKING: SpaceX has boosted its target IPO valuation to above $2 trillion, per Bloomberg. This would make SpaceX bigger than all but 5 companies in the S&P 500.
Saudi Arabia is rerouting oil supply away from the blocked Strait of Hormuz at a record pace: Crude oil shipments from Yanbu, a port on Saudi Arabia's Red Sea coast, are up to ~5 million barrels per day, DOUBLING in just 2 weeks. This comes as the 746-mile East-West pipeline is
100% tariff on patented drug imports; 120-day grace period for large pharma; 15% for EU/Japan/South Korea/Switzerland (trade deal); 20% if manufacturing moves to US
Senior Administration Official: The US is imposing 100% tariff on patented drug imports unless the manufacturer has signed a drug pricing deal or agrees to make the product in the US.
Drift hack: $150M JLP deposits lost in 12 min; 19 vaults all routed through Drift; Jupiter perps volume -40% WoW; ~15-20% of Jupiter perp liquidity pool
19 vault operators marketed "diversified strategies" and every single one routed through drift as their execution layer. $150m in JLP deposits just got vaporized. that's 15-20% of jupiter's entire perp liquidity pool gone in 12 minutes. jupiter perps volume already down 40% week
The spot price for current physical cargoes of Brent crude oil soared Thursday to $141.36, the highest level since the 2008 financial crisis, according to S&P Global - CNBC
Federal Reserve Bank of New York President John Williams said risks to inflation and employment from higher energy prices are 'in balance' and that he favors holding interest rates steady.
A day after liftoff, Artemis II is now well on its way. Four astronauts are on a ten-day voyage around the moon and back, traveling deeper into space than any human has ever before.
BREAKING: SpaceX has boosted its target IPO valuation to above $2 trillion, per Bloomberg. This would make SpaceX bigger than all but 5 companies in the S&P 500.
BREAKING: The US will likely target more bridges in Iran after conducting their first strike on an Iranian bridge today just hours after President Trump threatened to bomb the country 'back to the Stone Ages,' per Axios.
"brace for impact" #oil [QT @Amena__Bakr: At this point and under the most optimistic scenario Hormuz will remain shut till May. Now brace for impact #OOTT]
base just hit all-time low active addresses. regressed to july 2024 levels after 20 months of coinbase pouring hundreds of millions into it. 500k DAUs vs arbitrum's 1.2m and optimism's 800k. USDC velocity doubled and x402 settlement dominance at 75% though. it's becoming a
JOLTS And The Anatomy Of A Late Cycle Labor Rollover. The February 2026 JOLTS report looks stable only if you focus on openings. Openings were 6.882 million and 4.2% but hires fell to 4.849 million from 5.347 million in January and 5.236 million a year earlier.
A top Anthropic executive expects the company's general-purpose AI agent, Cowork, to reach a wider market than Claude Code, the hit product that helped turn the startup into an AI juggernaut
shoutout to kurzweil who was doing "straight lines on graphs" before it was cool and managed to predict the timeline to certain ai capabilities extraordinarily well
Yesterday's PyTorch 2.11 live Q&A with Nikita Shulga and Andrey Talman, moderated by Chris Gottbrath, covered five major focus areas: FlexAttention with FlashAttention-4, differentiable collectives, MPS operator expansion, RNN/LSTM GPU export support, and hardware backend
KKR's non-traded business development company KKR FS Income Trust, a type of private credit fund for retail investors, curbed redemptions after receiving an increase in such requests, according to a shareholder letter
First sitting president to attend SCOTUS oral arguments; birthright citizenship executive order challenge; 90 minutes; SCOTUS justices cast doubts on Trump's order
President Donald Trump became the first sitting president to attend oral arguments at the Supreme Court on Wednesday when he sat in to hear a case challenging his executive order aimed at restricting birthright citizenship. He attended the proceedings for 90 minutes and left
Trump threatens to destroy Iran water desalination plants; could end offensive unilaterally "in two to three weeks" without Iran ceasefire agreement; condition: confidence Iran cannot build nuclear weapon
Bitcoin demand remains under pressure even as institutional buying picks up, suggesting the broader market is still selling the token, according to data analytics platform CryptoQuant
The yen's slide is seen continuing even as Japanese officials ramp up intervention rhetoric, according to UBS strategists, who see the dollar-yen pair reaching 175 by year-end in an "extended disruption" scenario
A top Anthropic executive expects the company's general-purpose AI agent, Cowork, to reach a wider market than Claude Code, the hit product that helped turn the startup into an AI juggernaut
A toll operator subsidiary of Brookfield Asset Management that drew the ire of one of Peru's top presidential contenders has defaulted on $500 million in bonds, hurting pension funds that own a majority of the debt
Scott Hoffman resigned from Two Sigma Investments after less than two years as its co-CEO, the latest fallout from years of infighting at the $70 billion hedge fund
First sitting president to attend SCOTUS oral arguments; 90 minutes; birthright citizenship EO challenge; 14th Amendment; Trump admin: birth tourism is evidence EO is needed
President Donald Trump became the first sitting president to attend oral arguments at the Supreme Court on Wednesday when he sat in to hear a case challenging his executive order aimed at restricting birthright citizenship. He attended the proceedings for 90 minutes and left
Bitcoin demand remains under pressure even as institutional buying picks up, suggesting the broader market is still selling the token, according to data analytics platform CryptoQuant
The entire market expected President Trump to de-escalate the Iran War. That did not happen. Minutes later, the 10Y Note Yield is back on its way to 4.40%+. We expect significant volatility ahead.
JOLTS And The Anatomy Of A Late Cycle Labor Rollover. The February 2026 JOLTS report looks stable only if you focus on openings. Openings were 6.882 million and 4.2% but hires fell to 4.849 million from 5.347 million in January and 5.236 million a year earlier.
Skyrocketing oil and gas prices in Europe as a result of the ongoing Iran war won't return to normal levels any time soon, even if peace is declared tomorrow, the European Union's energy commissioner warned Tuesday.
Chinese technology companies reported their weakest quarterly profit growth in three years, leaving more doubt for investors looking for a recovery in sector stocks.
Two Sigma Investments联席CEO Scott Hoffman在任职不足两年后宣布辞职，成为这家管理700亿美元资产的对冲基金多年内斗风波中最新一次高管人事动荡
Scott Hoffman resigned as co-CEO of Two Sigma (<2 years tenure); firm AUM ~$70B
Two Sigma高管层的持续动荡折射出其内部治理矛盾难以根本解决，对机构投资者信心及基金运营稳定性构成潜在风险，也引发市场对其核心人才留存能力的担忧。
Scott Hoffman resigned from Two Sigma Investments after less than two years as its co-CEO, the latest fallout from years of infighting at the $70 billion hedge fund.
The entire market expected President Trump to de-escalate the Iran War. That did not happen. Minutes later, the 10Y Note Yield is back on its way to 4.40%+. We expect significant volatility ahead.
JOLTS And The Anatomy Of A Late Cycle Labor Rollover. The February 2026 JOLTS report looks stable only if you focus on openings. Openings were 6.882 million and 4.2% but hires fell to 4.849 million from 5.347 million in January and 5.236 million a year earlier.
The yen's slide is seen continuing even as Japanese officials ramp up intervention rhetoric, according to UBS strategists, who see the dollar-yen pair reaching 175 by year-end in an 'extended disruption' scenario.
20 million developers used to be the gatekeepers to software. Wabi CEO Eugenia Kuyda on who gets to build now: 'The only people who could make software up until last year or so [were] just professional developers... Very few people in the world.'
Chinese technology companies reported their weakest quarterly profit growth in three years, leaving more doubt for investors looking for a recovery in sector stocks.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford said he'd oppose any deal between Stellantis to build electric vehicles with China's Leapmotor in his province unless the automakers are buying local parts.
Western Australia invoked emergency powers to force fuel suppliers to provide detailed information on their supply chains, as the nation seeks to manage an ongoing shortage spurred by panic-buying in the wake of the war in Iran.
The U.S. on Wednesday lifted sanctions on Venezuela's acting President Delcy Rodríguez, according to an Office of Foreign Assets Control entry on the Treasury Department website.
China's central bank withdrew cash from its financial system for the first time in a year, a cautious signal that keeps its policy options open as higher oil prices filter through the economy
The war in Iran is raising upside risks for inflation, bolstering the case for the Bank of Japan to raise interest rates as soon as this month, according to a former BOJ chief economist
Chinese technology companies reported their weakest quarterly profit growth in three years, leaving more doubt for investors looking for a recovery in sector stocks
The Trump administration is sending more military forces to the Middle East, while at the same time saying Iran has asked for a ceasefire, a claim Iranian officials say is not true.
Iran war knocks UK business confidence (survey); Malaysia government workers ordered to WFH to save energy; Malaysia Airlines parent: higher 2025 earnings but outlook clouded by Middle East conflict
Japan's 10-year government bond auction saw the weakest demand since May after a renewed rise in oil prices fueled inflation worries and damped investor appetite
Copper fell with other industrial metals after Trump reiterated a threat to attack Iran's civilian infrastructure should negotiations fail to end the month-long war
The models were specifically prompted to generate this result. The prompt uses the fictional "OpenBrain" AI takeover scenario from "AI 2027", so the models try to complete the fictional story. This was done on purpose to generate a fake misleading result.
Stocks and oil prices are increasingly moving in opposite directions: The S&P 500 ETF, $SPY, and the United States Oil ETF, $USO, have moved in opposite directions in 38 sessions over the last 50 trading days, the highest in at least 20 years. In other words, in 76% of recent
polygon processed 493m stablecoin transactions in february. more than solana, base, arbitrum, and ethereum combined. 30% of all onchain stablecoin volume globally. burning 28.2m POL that month, monthly ATH. market is pricing POL like polymarket IS the chain. strip out
The S&P 500 ETF, $SPY, and the United States Oil ETF, $USO, have moved in opposite directions in 38 sessions over the last 50 trading days, the highest in at least 20 years. In other words, in 76% of recent
China's southern industrial hub of Guangdong has asked local power producers to rebuild coal stockpiles, curb the use of gas and accelerate the addition of nuclear generation
If you're considering doing something with open source models, this American model might be the way. Encourage american open source! [QT @TheAhmadOsman: INCREDIBLE Trinity-Large-Thinking just dropped > The STRONGEST American open model we've gotten so far > #2 on PinchBench > ~96% cheaper than Opus > GPQA-D > 76.3 > beats MiniMax M2.7]
Local models are a very very good thing [QT @TheCraigHewitt: Very bullish on open source and local models. Imagine running near-Opus-level model locally on that $600, 16GB Mac Mini you bought last month. This 27B Qwen3.5 distill was trained on Claude 4.6 Opus reasoning traces and is putting up real numbers: beats Claude Sonnet 4.5]
Trump: stop Ukraine weapons if Europe skips Hormuz coalition; France/Germany/UK joint statement March 19, 2026; NATO Secretary General Rutte urged action
polygon processed 493m stablecoin transactions in february. more than solana, base, arbitrum, and ethereum combined. 30% of all onchain stablecoin volume globally. burning 28.2m POL that month, monthly ATH. market is pricing POL like polymarket IS the chain. strip out
RBNZ April 8: hold at 2.25% (32/32 consensus); year-end hike to ≥2.50% expected by 18/28 economists; median year-end OCR forecast 2.50% vs 2.25% in February
Local models are a very very good thing [QT @TheCraigHewitt: Very bullish on open source and local models Imagine running near-Opus-level model locally on that $600, 16GB Mac Mini you bought last month This 27B Qwen3.5 distill was trained on Claude 4.6 Opus reasoning traces and is putting up real numbers: - beats Claude Sonnet 4.5 on...]
Marc Andreessen提供截图证据，指出引发关注的AI模型"同伴保护"研究系研究者使用AI 2027虚构场景"OpenBrain"提示词刻意引导模型完成虚构故事，并非模型自发行为
AI 'peer-preservation' paper: models prompted with fictional 'OpenBrain'/'AI 2027' scenario; pmarca: 'done on purpose to generate a fake misleading result'
The models were specifically prompted to generate this result. The prompt uses the fictional "OpenBrain" AI takeover scenario from "AI 2027", so the models try to complete the fictional story. This was done on purpose to generate a fake misleading result.
A year on from President Trump's sweeping 'Liberation Day' tariffs, the dollar looks in much stronger shape with its safe-haven credentials reasserted in the face of war in the Middle East.
polygon processed 493m stablecoin transactions in february. more than solana, base, arbitrum, and ethereum combined. 30% of all onchain stablecoin volume globally. burning 28.2m POL that month, monthly ATH. market is pricing POL like polymarket IS the chain. strip out
Norway's driest winter in years is rippling through electricity markets, slashing hydropower exports to the UK and Germany and pushing Nordic prices higher.
US naphtha exports are surging as the Iran war cuts off supplies from the Mideast, prompting buyers in Japan to turn to Texas and Louisiana for the petrochemical feedstock
Local models are a very very good thing [QT @TheCraigHewitt: Very bullish on open source and local models Imagine running near-Opus-level model locally on that $600, 16GB Mac Mini you bought last month This 27B Qwen3.5 distill was trained on Claude 4.6 Opus reasoning traces and is putting up real numbers: - beats Claude Sonnet 4.5 on]
Chinese optics firm Innolight has confidentially filed for a Hong Kong listing, according to sources, in what could be one of the city's biggest maiden share sales this year
polygon processed 493m stablecoin transactions in february. more than solana, base, arbitrum, and ethereum combined. 30% of all onchain stablecoin volume globally. burning 28.2m POL that month, monthly ATH. market is pricing POL like polymarket IS the chain. strip out
No wonder Linux gaming is growing: Steam made it trivial! [QT @phoronix: Steam On Linux Use Skyrocketed In March - More Than Double The macOS Gaming Marketshare Steam on Linux now above 5% marketshare!! Above 5%... A long time coming with the many years of ~1% and then more recently 2~3%.]
#PyTorchCon is packed with @AMD engineers this year including joint work with engineers from @Meta and @RedHat. Multiple sessions spanning distributed training, quantization, inference routing, and privacy-preserving fine-tuning — all on ROCm™. This is what native PyTorch support looks like.
"In Norway, Sweden and Denmark, Tesla registrations were up by 178%, 144% and 96%." I remember all the grandstanding in DK about how Tesla was irreversibly damaged by Elon because sales dipped for a second. Turns out most were just waiting for new Model Y!
Australian Federal Court: Binance local unit ordered to pay $6.9M; Russia/Iran-linked groups using crypto to finance purchase of low-cost military drones and components
The Australian federal court has ordered Binance's local unit to pay $6.9 million, while groups linked to Russia and Iran are using crypto to finance the purchase of low-cost military drones and components.
No wonder Linux gaming is growing: Steam made it trivial! [QT @phoronix: Steam On Linux Use Skyrocketed In March - More Than Double The macOS Gaming Marketshare Steam on Linux now above 5% marketshare!! Above 5%... A long time coming with the many years of ~1% and then more recently 2~3%. Wow!]
After CoreWeave deal fell through, Poolside seeks new data center partners. To salvage its ambitious 2GW Texas project, the AI startup is in talks with Google and other cloud providers.
USDT0 paused legacy mesh infrastructure for Solana within 90 minutes of security breach detection
Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino以此次快速响应为例，将USDT定位为'人民的数字美元'，强调机构和个人在危机时刻会优先选择响应迅速的稳定币平台。事件凸显了链上基础设施在安全事件中的快速响应能力正成为稳定币竞争的重要差异化因素。
USDT is the People's digital dollar. People and institutions will always gravitate towards solutions that protect them in difficult moments like these security breaches. Well done @USDT0_to team ❤️
The Australian federal court has ordered Binance's local unit to pay $6.9 million, while groups linked to Russia and Iran are using crypto to finance the purchase of low-cost military drones and components. Here are the crypto stories of the week
BlackRock adds German bund shorts, forecasts "pretty large inflation uptick"; Europe diesel futures: highest since 2022; ECB adverse scenario recovery delayed to Q4 2026–2027
BlackRock has added to bearish positions on German bonds, betting that a "pretty large inflation uptick" across Europe will push borrowing costs back above the 15-year highs reached last week
Had the kids playing Bigfoot on Steam on Omarchy all this Easter week because we're on vacation and the only laptops I brought were my dev machines which were quickly repurposed for a brotherly LAN party. No wonder Linux gaming is growing: Steam made it trivial!
"In Norway, Sweden and Denmark, Tesla registrations were up by 178%, 144% and 96%." I remember all the grandstanding in DK about how Tesla was irreversibly damaged by Elon because sales dipped for a second. Turns out most were just waiting for new Model Y!
Elon Musk is ripping up Tesla again, making a hard shift from EVs to humanoid robots and self-driving cars. His friend and former Tesla president Jon McNeill has thoughts
Kremlin: Russia "ready to help contribute to resolving the Iran war"; Putin calls Saudi MBS (per TASS); Putin met Egyptian FM; Russia plans grain/energy hub in Egypt
circle just acquired the only stablecoin protocol designed to be unacquirable. liquity has no admin keys, no governance, immutable contracts. circle owns the entity but literally cannot modify the protocol. this isn't a DeFi expansion play. this is competitive elimination.
USDT is the People's digital dollar. People and institutions will always gravitate towards solutions that protect them in difficult moments like these security breaches.
$USELESS coin on Atletico Madrid jersey for April 4 game vs FC Barcelona; won @krakenfx trading competition; prior US national TV exposure by $3.2bn net worth tycoon
just a few weeks ago, a $3.2 billion net worth real estate tycoon talked about $USELESS on US national TV now, one of the world's biggest football clubs has just posted that USELESS will be featured on its jersey in a game vs Barcelona in a few days (on April 4)
The Australian federal court has ordered Binance's local unit to pay $6.9 million, while groups linked to Russia and Iran are using crypto to finance the purchase of low-cost military drones and components.
#PyTorchCon is packed with @AMD engineers this year including joint work with engineers from @Meta and @RedHat. Multiple sessions spanning distributed training, quantization, inference routing, and privacy-preserving fine-tuning — all on ROCm™. This is what native PyTorch
Another pill to fight obesity won US approval, pitting Lilly's Foundayo against Novo's Wegovy pill in the race to dominate a market worth billions. Patients and consumers may also be winners, as prices fall and selection expands.
Circle acquires Liquity; Liquity: no admin keys, no governance, immutable contracts; Circle owns entity but cannot modify protocol — described as 'competitive elimination' not DeFi expansion
circle just acquired the only stablecoin protocol designed to be unacquirable. liquity has no admin keys, no governance, immutable contracts. circle owns the entity but literally cannot modify the protocol. this isn't a DeFi expansion play. this is competitive elimination.
The Australian federal court has ordered Binance's local unit to pay $6.9 million, while groups linked to Russia and Iran are using crypto to finance the purchase of low-cost military drones and components.
$USELESS: Atletico Madrid limited edition jersey April 4 vs FC Barcelona; previously mentioned on US national TV by $3.2B net worth real estate tycoon; won @krakenfx trading competition
just a few weeks ago, a $3.2 billion net worth real estate tycoon talked about $USELESS on US national TV now, one of the world's biggest football clubs has just posted that USELESS will be featured on its jersey in a game vs Barcelona in a few days (on April 4)
OPEC+ is likely to weigh a further oil output quota hike at the meeting on Sunday, to prepare for any easing of Hormuz export constraints - Two OPEC+ sources
Elon Musk is ripping up Tesla again, making a hard shift from EVs to humanoid robots and self-driving cars. His friend and former Tesla president Jon McNeill has thoughts
Another pill to fight obesity won US approval, pitting Lilly's Foundayo against Novo's Wegovy pill in the race to dominate a market worth billions. Patients and consumers may also be winners, as prices fall and selection expands.
Energy trader Pierre Andurand's largest hedge fund soared in the first quarter on bullish oil bets as the conflict in the Middle East triggered a global supply shock
circle just acquired the only stablecoin protocol designed to be unacquirable. liquity has no admin keys, no governance, immutable contracts. circle owns the entity but literally cannot modify the protocol. this isn't a DeFi expansion play. this is competitive elimination.
this is extremely good news the most uncomfortable part of zcash for me had been the hashrate concentration in one pool (it was over 60% at one point) but as competition increased, it's now way better and improving every day 1,000 days for encrypted money to win before AOC
This is how every stock in the S&P 500 performed in Q1 🥇 Sandisk $SNDK +167.7%🟢 🥈 Lumentum $LITE +90.7%🟢 🥉 LyondellBasell $LYB +86.1%🟢 ... 💩 Applovin $APP -40.9%
Prior to today's massive rally in oil prices traders poured a record $977 million into levered short oil ETF, $SCO. This marked the fund's largest monthly inflow since its 2008 inception. Now, reports of President Trump "winding down" the Iran War in his address to the nation
BREAKING: France's President Macron says it is "unrealistic" to open Hormuz Strait by force. Macron also says President Trump is "contradicting" himself every day on Iran.
Liberation Day +1yr: US FDI lower; factories -89,000 workers; goods trade deficit +2%; Vietnam surpassed China as leading manufacturing origin (Bloomberg customs data)
Since Liberation Day, a year ago today: * US foreign direct investment is lower * US factories employ 89,000 fewer people * US goods trade deficit is UP 2%
Polymarket launches traditional asset markets: equity index ETFs, commodities (gold/silver/NG), single-name US equities; up/down + daily close contracts; powered by Pyth Pro
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Solana Foundation joins x402 Foundation at Linux Foundation; co-members: Amazon, Amex, Circle, Cloudflare, Coinbase, Fiserv, Google, Mastercard, Microsoft, Shopify, Stripe, Visa
this is extremely good news the most uncomfortable part of zcash for me had been the hashrate concentration in one pool (it was over 60% at one point) but as competition increased, it's now way better and improving every day 1,000 days for encrypted money to win before AOC
flying tulip on sonic just crossed $1m in ftUSD minted. irrelevant number in isolation. but every protocol that won the DeFi consolidation war built a native stablecoin first. DAI made maker. crvUSD made curve defensible. USDe scaled ethena to $3b. the integrated platform meta is
IMF: US GDP 2025 actual 2.0%; projected 2026 growth 2.4%; fiscal deficit 7-7.5% of GDP; debt >140% of GDP by 2031; US employment growth <0.5x pre-pandemic pace
The software supply chain has become the most critical and least-defended attack surface in modern software development. This week, someone hijacked one of the most popular packages on the internet and used it to install a backdoor on every machine that ran npm install.
Ford's vehicle deliveries fell 8.8% in the first quarter, driven by a 16% decline in its top-selling F-Series pickup that continues to be constrained following fires last year at a key supplier of the truck's aluminum body panels
Since Liberation Day, a year ago today: * US foreign direct investment is lower * US factories employ 89,000 fewer people * US goods trade deficit is UP 2%
Polymarket + Pyth Pro: major US equity index ETFs, commodities (gold, silver, natural gas), single-name US equities; up/down + daily close contracts; powered by Pyth on-chain price feeds
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x402 Foundation at Linux Foundation; members include Amazon, AmEx, Circle, Cloudflare, Coinbase, Fiserv, Google, Mastercard, Microsoft, Shopify, Stripe, Visa, Solana Foundation
BREAKING: @SolanaFndn joins the x402 Foundation at @linuxfoundation [QT @SolanaFndn: Solana Foundation is now a member of the x402 Foundation, joining Amazon, American Express, Circle, Cloudflare, Coinbase, Fiserv, Google, Mastercard, Microsoft, Shopify, Stripe, Visa, and more. The x402 protocol now has a neutral, open-source home at @linuxfoundation]
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Ford's vehicle deliveries fell 8.8% in the first quarter, driven by a 16% decline in its top-selling F-Series pickup that continues to be constrained following fires last year at a key supplier of the truck's aluminum body panels
Solana Foundation joins x402 Foundation at Linux Foundation; members include Amazon, Amex, Circle, Coinbase, Google, Mastercard, Microsoft, Shopify, Stripe, Visa
BREAKING: @SolanaFndn joins the x402 Foundation at @linuxfoundation [QT @SolanaFndn: Solana Foundation is now a member of the x402 Foundation, joining Amazon, American Express, Circle, Cloudflare, Coinbase, Fiserv, Google, Mastercard, Microsoft, Shopify, Stripe, Visa, and more. The x402 protocol now has a neutral, open-source home at @linuxfoundation]
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this is extremely good news the most uncomfortable part of zcash for me had been the hashrate concentration in one pool (it was over 60% at one point) but as competition increased, it's now way better and improving every day 1,000 days for encrypted money to win before AOC
Ford's vehicle deliveries fell 8.8% in the first quarter, driven by a 16% decline in its top-selling F-Series pickup that continues to be constrained following fires last year at a key supplier of the truck's aluminum body panels
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The CFTC sued Illinois officials over state efforts to regulate prediction markets, as the multi-billion-dollar industry continues to surge despite some efforts to limit the exchanges
another all time high in shielded zcash so, now we have: - zec hashrate ATH & distribution ATH - more miners on the way - zec shielded ATH - the best quantum proofing for an L1 & privacy - reduced blocktimes and sync times + scaling work underway - new dev team backed by
Fed Logan: Iran war raises risks of "both higher inflation and weakness in the labor market"; producers need "extend higher prices" to boost output; not hearing dramatic US energy production increase
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas President Lorie Logan says the war in Iran is raising risks of both higher inflation and weakness in the labor market during an event in Dallas
ChatGPT is now available in CarPlay. The voice mode you know, now available on-the-go. Rolling out to iPhone users running iOS 26.4+ where CarPlay is supported.
Congratulations @realSharonZhou on your new role as AI Chief of Staff! This appointment reflects AMD's continued commitment to scaling our AI leadership, deepening strategic partnerships, and accelerating customer impact.
Ford's vehicle deliveries fell 8.8% in the first quarter, driven by a 16% decline in its top-selling F-Series pickup that continues to be constrained following fires last year at a key supplier of the truck's aluminum body panels
President Donald Trump fired Attorney General Pam Bondi on Thursday. Bondi's dismissal comes after reports that Trump was increasingly unhappy about her handling of Department of Justice files related to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, and the DOJ's failure to
Zcash: shielded transactions ATH, hashrate ATH, hashrate distribution ATH; single-pool concentration reduced from 60%+; reduced block times in progress
another all time high in shielded zcash. so, now we have: - zec hashrate ATH & distribution ATH - more miners on the way - zec shielded ATH - the best quantum proofing for an L1 & privacy - reduced blocktimes and sync times + scaling work underway - new dev team backed by
Amazon will start charging sellers who use its shipping services a 3.5% "fuel and logistics" surcharge later this month, joining the ranks of shipping companies raising prices as the war in Iran pushes oil prices higher.
OpenAI has acquired the online technology talk show TBPN, an unusual purchase for the artificial intelligence model developer aimed at driving the conversation around AI
India's homegrown AI startup, Sarvam AI, is close to raising $300 million to $350 million as it seeks to build a domestic player that can compete with leaders from the US and China.
S&P 500 Q1 2026 Performance. High-growth tech stocks hurt the most. The Mag 7 faced negative YTD returns. The highest percentage YTD returns came from energy, materials, consumer staples, utilities, and AI infrastructure. The outlier is SanDisk, an AI memory storage company.
Continental Resources: first major US oil producer to publicly announce output ramp-up amid Iran war; Baker Hughes US oil rig count: 411 (prev 414); total rigs: 548 (prev 552)
Continental is the first prominent US oil producer to say publicly that it plans to ramp up output amid the Iran war, which has crippled supplies from the Persian Gulf and sent crude futures soaring 50% in four weeks to more than $100 a bar
Citadel's Global Fixed Income Fund last month fell 8.2%, the worst performance among the hedge fund firm's major strategies, as war in the Middle East shook global markets
Another milestone for crypto adoption. What do you think is driving the 19% growth in trading volume? CME Group reports 19% rise in crypto trading volume, hitting $7.98B daily average in March.
another all time high in shielded zcash. so, now we have: - zec hashrate ATH & distribution ATH - more miners on the way - zec shielded ATH - the best quantum proofing for an L1 & privacy - reduced blocktimes and sync times + scaling work underway - new dev team backed by
ChatGPT is now available in CarPlay. The voice mode you know, now available on-the-go. Rolling out to iPhone users running iOS 26.4+ where CarPlay is supported.
India's homegrown AI startup, Sarvam AI, is close to raising $300 million to $350 million as it seeks to build a domestic player that can compete with leaders from the US and China.
Continental is the first prominent US oil producer to say publicly that it plans to ramp up output amid the Iran war, which has crippled supplies from the Persian Gulf and sent crude futures soaring 50% in four weeks to more than $100 a bar
40+ US allies meeting on Hormuz reopening; Trump: 'biggest bridge in Iran comes tumbling down'; Ukraine offers Hormuz security support; EU calls to scale up Aspides naval mission
More than 40 US allies met Thursday to discuss plans to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, in a signal to President Donald Trump of the deep concern across the international community about the crisis in the waterway
US lawmakers unveiled legislation that seeks to crack down on exports of chipmaking tools to China, especially from allies including the Netherlands and Japan
Another milestone for crypto adoption. What do you think is driving the 19% growth in trading volume? Explore our Crypto offerings ⬇️ [QT @Cointelegraph: 🔥 BIG: CME Group reports 19% rise in crypto trading volume, hitting $7.98B daily average in March.]
19 vault operators marketed 'diversified strategies' and every single one routed through drift as their execution layer. $150m in JLP deposits just got vaporized. that's 15-20% of jupiter's entire perp liquidity pool gone in 12 minutes. jupiter perps volume already down 40% week
Didn't know phishing attacks are possible with a hardware wallet. Stay SAFU! [QT @Cointelegraph: 🚨 UPDATE: US Authorities seize $600K in crypto linked to hardware wallet phishing attack targeting Ledger users.]
Williams: 'months or a year for energy prices to work through economy'; monetary policy 'well positioned'; risks 'increased in both directions'; 'inflation will show up in statistics as time goes on'
Continental is the first prominent US oil producer to say publicly that it plans to ramp up output amid the Iran war, which has crippled supplies from the Persian Gulf and sent crude futures soaring 50% in four weeks to more than $100 a bar
President Donald Trump announced Thursday that Pam Bondi is stepping down as attorney general. "Pam Bondi is a Great American Patriot and a loyal friend, who faithfully served as my Attorney General over the past year," Trump wrote in a Truth Social post.
Microsoft's $MSFT Commercial Business leader Judson Althoff told employees Company leadership set and essentially hit "some pretty big audacious goals" for selling Copilot in the quarter that ended in March - Bloomberg
Prediction: This is gonna kill some oss projects. "On the kernel security list we've seen a huge bump of reports. We were between 2 and 3 per week maybe two years ago, then reached probably 10 a week over the last year with the only difference being only AI slop, and now since
JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon just said at the Hill and Valley forum: "Our head count in Manhattan when I got to JPMorgan was 35,000 and now is 26,000. Our head count in Texas started at 11,000, now it's 33,000."
We're honored to be named the Exclusive Prediction Market Partner of LALIGA — the 1st major European soccer league to strike a deal with prediction markets. The official event contracts for teams like Real Madrid & FC Barcelona now live exclusively on Polymarket.
US household exposure to the stock market has never been higher: Equities now make up 25.63% of total US household net worth, the highest since data began in the 1940s. This surpasses the 2000 Dot-Com Bubble peak of 19.56% and the 1968 high of 22.01%.
Bond traders are the least bearish in 10 years ahead of tomorrow's jobs report: BMO survey. Just 24% of respondents saw the next 15 bp move in 10-year yields as being higher, the lowest since Nov. 2010. Most see the oil-price surge as being a hit to growth more than inflationary.
US government job openings dropped -51,000 in February, to 701,000, the 2nd-lowest since December 2020. Since the 2022 peak, available vacancies in the government have dropped -524,000 and are now in-line with the pre-pandemic levels.
Microsoft's $MSFT Commercial Business leader Judson Althoff told employees Company leadership set and essentially hit 'some pretty big audacious goals' for selling Copilot in the quarter that ended in March - Bloomberg
You can really just do things now. [QT @TheRundownAI: Sam Altman predicted in 2024 that a one-person billion-dollar company 'would have been unimaginable without A.I., and now it will happen.' He just emailed the NYT saying he won a bet with tech CEO friends over when it would arrive, and that he 'would like to meet the guy.']
JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon just said at the Hill and Valley forum: 'Our head count in Manhattan when I got to JPMorgan was 35,000 and now is 26,000. Our head count in Texas started at 11,000, now it's 33,000.'
IRGC claims: downed US jet over Qeshm/Hormuz + struck Oracle Dubai data center; CENTCOM: all US aircraft accounted for; IRGC false claims 'at least half a dozen times'
🚫 CLAIM: Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) says it downed an 'enemy' fighter jet over Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz. ✅ FACT: All U.S. fighter aircraft are accounted for. Iran's IRGC has made the same false claim at least half a dozen times.
Everything is onchain [QT @gumsays: Due to the Drift hack, I just made this Solana DeFi Multisig Dashboard → Multisig Addresses → Approval Threshold → List of Multisig Members → Link to Docs of each protocol]