US removes all enriched uranium from Venezuela reactor, ships materials to SC in major nuclear security op

The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration announced Friday that the United States and partners have completed the removal of all remaining enriched uranium from a legacy research reactor in Venezuela. “The RV-1 reactor has supported physics and nuclear research for decades. When this work was completed in 1991, uranium enriched above the…

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S&P 500 call options volume surges to record $2.6 trillion. Here’s what it means for bitcoin

The rise in U.S. stocks points to a speculative frenzy. This matters for Bitcoin as analysts have linked the cryptocurrency’s recent gains to increased risk-taking on Wall Street. Overheating signals come from options related to the S&P 500 Index. These derivatives contracts allow traders to bet on or hedge against index movements. A call option…

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Bitcoin (BTC) price just plunged to 2-cents for some Revolut users

Some Revolut users saw Bitcoin briefly show well below market prices on Friday, with app charts showing Bitcoin suddenly plummeting before rising back to near prevailing levels in what appeared to be a pricing display issue or a liquidity-related dislocation. Revolut’s official Bitcoin page shows that BTC briefly stalled around £29,414 on Revolut’s single-day chart…

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Stablecoin card spend is growing 100% year over year, Rain exec says

In some Latin American markets, stablecoin-based cards could soon account for double-digit percentages of all cards, said John Timoney, head of strategic partnerships at payments infrastructure platform Rain. Timoney said at the Consensus Miami Conference 2026 that retail stablecoin card spending has increased by approximately 105% to 106% over the past year. Cards can be…

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