2026-07-14 19:00 UTC | BLOCK 958044 BITCOIN $64,542 | GOLD $4,042 1. US clears Nvidia H200 shipments to China with ZTE among licensed buyers -- A US official said Nvidia has begun shipping H200 AI chips to China, and documents reviewed by Reuters show ZTE, previously penalized for US sanctions violations, holds one of the purchase licenses. -- Licensing near-frontier accelerators to Chinese buyers opens a legal supply line that four years of export controls were built to block, weakening Washington's leverage over allies still enforcing their own chip-equipment restrictions. 2. US reopens Hormuz to commercial shipping while blockading Iranian ports -- President Trump declared the Strait of Hormuz open to all commercial vessels except those serving Iranian ports, hours after scrapping his proposed 20% transit fee, with US forces preparing to resume a blockade of Iran's harbors. -- Splitting the strait's traffic lets Gulf crude flow while cutting off Iran's export revenue; Brent trading near $87 shows shippers and insurers still price today's Iranian missile fire on Bahrain over any paper guarantee of safe passage. 3. Cuba's power grid collapses for the third time this month -- Cuba's national electric grid failed countrywide on Tuesday for the third time in July, a day after Washington sanctioned ten entities tied to the government's funding networks. -- Repeated total blackouts cripple water pumping, food storage and hospitals, raising security risk of unrest and new migration flows toward the US just as sanctions policy squeezes Havana's remaining hard-currency channels. 4. CFTC invokes emergency powers over Kalshi trade fulfillment -- The CFTC stayed a KalshiEX rule change on Tuesday and exercised its emergency authority to order the prediction-market exchange to fulfill pending trades. -- Emergency authority is among the agency's rarest tools, and deploying it against the largest US event-contract venue tells prediction markets they cannot alter settlement terms mid-stream as retail volume scales. 5. UN records worst month for Ukrainian civilians since 2022 -- The UN human rights mission in Ukraine said civilian casualties soared in the first half of 2026 amid escalating Russian attacks, with drones increasingly hunting civilians far from the front line. -- Documented drone targeting of civilians raises Moscow's legal exposure in European war-crimes prosecutions and strengthens Kyiv's case for expanded air-defense deliveries in upcoming allied policy decisions.

CODE WIRE | BLOCK 958039 BITCOIN $64,588 | GOLD $4,056 lightning-browser-extension v3.14.5 -- The Bitcoin Lightning Browser Extension that brings deep Lightning & Nostr integration to the web. Wallet interface to multiple lightning nodes and key signer for Nostr, Liquid and onchain use. -- GitHub:

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Release v3.14.5 🧹✨🌌 The Witch’s Broom Nebula · getAlby/lightning-browser-extension

TL;DR onboarding changes to easily get started with Alby Hub Connectors removed: LaWallet, Kollider, Citadel (all unmaintained/depricated) Deezy s...

2026-07-14 18:00 UTC | BLOCK 958037 BITCOIN $64,488 | GOLD $4,054 1. Iran fires missiles at Bahrain and Kuwait as Gulf war widens -- Air raid sirens sounded across Bahrain and Kuwait on Tuesday as Iran launched missile and drone attacks on both Gulf states, according to war monitors; Bahrain hosts the headquarters of the U.S. Navy's Fifth Fleet. -- Striking U.S.-allied capitals moves the conflict beyond shipping lanes and raises the odds of direct American retaliation on Iranian soil; gold climbed 1.6% to $4,054 and Brent touched $87 as war-risk premiums spread across energy and safe havens. 2. Buffett cuts Gates Foundation from $6 billion Berkshire donation -- Warren Buffett excluded the Gates Foundation from his annual Berkshire Hathaway stock gifts for the first time, weeks after congressional scrutiny of Bill Gates's ties to Jeffrey Epstein. -- Losing its largest outside funder forces the world's biggest private charity to cut vaccine and drug supply programs or spend down its endowment faster, and shows Epstein fallout now carries direct financial costs for Gates-linked institutions. 3. IBM sheds $70 billion in market value after AI spending warning -- IBM shares fell roughly 25% on Tuesday after the company warned second-quarter earnings fell short, with CEO Arvind Krishna saying clients diverted budgets from software toward AI servers and storage. -- The selloff warns investors that AI infrastructure budgets are cannibalizing legacy software and services revenue, pressuring valuations across the enterprise-software market as clients redirect spending toward hardware. 4. Tariff refunds swell US monthly deficit to $120 billion -- The Treasury paid out $26 billion more in tariff refunds than it collected in June, after a February Supreme Court ruling struck down most of the administration's levies, Semafor reported. -- Refund outflows land as 10-year yields have risen 14 basis points in five days to 4.62%, so a wider deficit means heavier auction supply hitting a bond market already repricing for inflation risk. 5. New York Times reporters subpoenaed over Air Force One coverage -- Multiple New York Times journalists received Justice Department subpoenas tied to the paper's reporting on the Qatari-gifted Air Force One, the Times disclosed. -- Compelling reporters to expose sourcing on unflattering but unclassified coverage weakens press-source protections and offers a template for turning national-security process against routine accountability journalism.

2026-07-14 17:00 UTC | BLOCK 958034 BITCOIN $64,760 | GOLD $4,052 1. US signals new regulatory action on chips and artificial intelligence -- A US Commerce Department official said additional regulatory action covering semiconductors and artificial intelligence is coming, Reuters reported Tuesday. -- New controls could alter chipmakers' export access and compliance costs, while widening the technology-policy divide between Washington and major trading partners. 2. EU aviation regulator restores Middle East flight warning -- The European Union Aviation Safety Agency reinstated its warning for flights in the Middle East as fighting resumed, Reuters reported. -- Renewed route restrictions can lengthen journeys, increase fuel and insurance costs, and disrupt passenger travel, cargo supply chains and airline operations through a major global aviation corridor. 3. UK adds election interference and infrastructure cyberattacks to risk register -- Britain added interference in its democratic process and cyberattacks on data, water and police systems to its National Risk Register, citing increasingly capable and widespread artificial intelligence. -- Treating these threats as national resilience risks will shape emergency planning and may bring tighter security requirements for operators of essential services. 4. Progress patches ShareFile zero-day after emergency shutdown -- Progress Software released ShareFile Storage Zone Controller versions 5.12.5 and 6.0.2 to fix a high-severity path-traversal flaw affecting every 5.x and 6.x release; the company said it found no evidence of customer compromise. -- Unpatched deployments leave sensitive on-premises data open to theft or manipulation by an authenticated administrator, creating legal exposure and operational security risk for affected organizations. 5. WHO warns Ebola outbreak may be up to four times larger than reported -- Nearly 2,000 infections and more than 700 deaths have been recorded in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda, while the WHO estimates the outbreak could be two to four times larger than official figures. -- Unknown transmission chains and substantial undercounting complicate containment, increasing the risk that health systems will face patients faster than surveillance and treatment capacity can expand.

2026-07-14 16:00 UTC | BLOCK 958032 BITCOIN $64,553 | GOLD $4,060 1. Trump drops 20% Hormuz cargo fee in favor of Gulf deals -- President Donald Trump abandoned a proposed 20% charge on cargo moving through the Strait of Hormuz, saying the United States would instead pursue trade and investment agreements with Gulf states. -- Removing the levy avoids an additional shipping cost during renewed US-Iran hostilities, but tanker attacks and the restored naval blockade leave energy supply and freight exposed to disruption. 2. Warsh pledges price stability while withholding guidance on rates -- Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh told Congress that policymakers have no tolerance for elevated inflation but gave no indication whether another rate increase is imminent. -- With Treasury yields up about 5 to 6 basis points across the curve Monday, the lack of forward guidance leaves borrowing costs and rate-sensitive assets vulnerable to each new inflation reading. 3. India moves to ban imports made with forced labor -- India plans to prohibit imports of goods produced with forced labor as the United States investigates labor practices tied to Indian supply chains, Reuters reported. -- Enforcement could raise compliance costs for importers and disrupt supply chains in sectors where raw materials or intermediate goods pass through opaque subcontracting networks. 4. UK counterterrorism police call Widdecombe killing a targeted attack -- British counterterrorism police said former government minister Ann Widdecombe was deliberately targeted at her home last week, while investigators continue to establish a motive. -- The finding shifts the case from an unexplained homicide toward a potential political or ideological threat and will intensify scrutiny of security arrangements for current and former public officials. 5. France questions Durov again in Telegram investigation -- French authorities questioned Telegram founder Pavel Durov for a fourth time in the criminal case examining alleged illegal activity facilitated through the messaging platform, according to Reclaim The Net. -- Repeated scrutiny of a platform founder tests how far governments can impose personal liability for user conduct, with consequences for encrypted services and content-moderation policy across Europe.

2026-07-14 15:00 UTC | BLOCK 958023 BITCOIN $63,923 | GOLD $4,072 1. Oil reaches $87 as Hormuz truce collapses and tanker attacks mount -- Brent crude touched $87 after renewed U.S.-Iran fighting and attacks on UAE-linked tankers disrupted shipping through the Strait of Hormuz. -- Fuel markets are already exceptionally tight, so sustained disruption could rapidly lift transport costs and reverse June's energy-led easing in U.S. inflation. 2. New York imposes one-year moratorium on new AI data centers -- Governor Kathy Hochul ordered a one-year pause on permits for large new AI data centers, making New York the first U.S. state to enact such a moratorium. -- The restriction will redirect near-term compute investment toward friendlier power markets while increasing pressure on developers to prove grid and water benefits before approval. 3. Study finds crypto wallet extensions leak addresses and enable tracking -- KU Leuven researchers testing 85 popular browser-based crypto wallets found data leakage capable of linking wallet addresses to users across websites. -- The findings weaken the privacy assumptions of browser wallets and give developers a concrete reason to isolate provider access, minimize metadata and tighten site permissions. 4. EU and UK sign Gibraltar treaty ending land-border checks -- The European Union and Britain signed a post-Brexit agreement removing checks between Gibraltar and Spain, with the territory effectively joining the Schengen travel area. -- Removing the border bottleneck protects Gibraltar's labor market and tourism economy, while Schengen-aligned airport and port checks shift practical immigration control toward European rules.

CODE WIRE | BLOCK 958017 BITCOIN $63,817 | GOLD $4,064 LocalAI v4.7.0 -- LocalAI is an open-source AI engine for running LLMs, vision, voice, media, and other model workloads locally without requiring a GPU. -- GitHub:

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Release v4.7.0 · mudler/LocalAI

🎉 LocalAI 4.7.0 Release! 🚀 LocalAI 4.7.0 is out! This release widens what LocalAI can generate and how you drive it: a UI-manag...

2026-07-14 14:00 UTC | BLOCK 958015 BITCOIN $63,756 | GOLD $4,069 1. PJM power auction prices expected to hold near record highs -- Prices in the largest U.S. power-grid capacity auction are expected to stabilize close to record levels, Reuters reported. -- Persistently high energy prices would lift household and industrial electricity costs across PJM's 13-state territory while strengthening incentives for new generation and grid investment. 2. India weighs letting funds and insurers raise bank stakes to 10% -- Indian authorities proposed easing ownership rules so funds and insurers could increase their stakes in banks to as much as 10%, according to Reuters. -- The policy could broaden bank funding and credit capacity, but it would also concentrate more financial-system risk inside large institutional portfolios. 3. ShinyHunters abuses trusted OAuth links to breach corporate SaaS -- Microsoft observed ShinyHunters-linked campaigns using voice phishing, compromised integrations and misconfigured guest access to steal data and retain access across Salesforce environments. -- Because the intrusions inherit legitimate app privileges rather than exploit a Salesforce flaw, conventional security alerts may miss the data-theft risk; enterprises need tighter consent controls and continuous audits of connected applications. 4. CleanSpark signs 20-year, $6.6 billion data-center lease -- CleanSpark shares rose 10% after the company announced a 20-year lease for its Sandersville site worth $6.6 billion and a separate Texas exclusivity agreement, Blockspace Media reported. -- The long contract shifts more of the Bitcoin miner's economics toward contracted computing infrastructure, trading mining-price exposure for customer and execution risk over two decades. 5. Frontier adds Starlink in race for airline connectivity -- Frontier joined the group of airlines adopting SpaceX's Starlink service as carriers compete for passengers with faster in-flight internet, Reuters reported. -- Wider adoption gives satellite broadband another large technology market and makes connectivity quality a more important point of competition for low-cost airlines.

2026-07-14 13:00 UTC | BLOCK 958005 BITCOIN $63,695 | GOLD $4,070 1. US consumer prices fall for first time since 2020 as annual inflation cools to 3.5% -- June CPI declined month over month and annual inflation came in at 3.5%, below the 3.8% forecast, with the core gauge flat, according to Labor Department data. -- Traders cut July Fed hike odds to roughly 20% and Treasuries rallied, though $87 oil from the renewed Hormuz conflict could reverse the energy-driven relief within a month. 2. Houthis fire missiles at Saudi airport after strikes on Sanaa -- Yemen's Houthis said they targeted Abha airport in response to strikes on Sanaa's airport they blame on Saudi Arabia, an action Axios reports Trump personally endorsed to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. -- A reopened Yemen-Saudi front alongside the Hormuz tanker war would stretch Gulf air defenses and add a second chokepoint risk for Red Sea shipping and Saudi energy infrastructure. 3. Ukraine's parliament dismisses Svyrydenko government in Zelenskyy shake-up -- The Verkhovna Rada approved Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko's resignation, automatically dissolving the cabinet, as President Zelenskyy overhauls his government before winter and ahead of a von der Leyen visit to Kyiv. -- Western donors and defense suppliers face a policy transition in the ministries that manage weapons procurement and reconstruction financing while Russian strikes on Kyiv and Kharkiv continue. 4. Sudan court sentences RSF chief Hemedti to death over Darfur atrocities -- A Port Sudan trial convicted paramilitary leader Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, known as Hemedti, centering on mass killings in West Darfur. -- The court cannot enforce the sentence while the RSF holds substantial territory, and it hardens the army-RSF military divide, narrowing the room for diplomacy toward any negotiated end to the civil war. 5. ECB recruits digital euro critics for next year's pilot -- The European Central Bank selected 36 institutions, including skeptics Deutsche Bank, DZ Bank and Groupe BPCE, to test the digital euro in a pilot planned for next year, the Financial Times reports. -- Enlisting opponents signals the ECB intends to push toward launch despite bank worries about deposit flight, putting design choices on holding limits and payment privacy under direct industry scrutiny.

2026-07-14 12:00 UTC | BLOCK 957999 BITCOIN $62,767 | GOLD $4,023 1. Ukraine strikes 11 Russian ships in Sea of Azov -- Ukraine said its drones hit tankers and cargo vessels overnight, while Moscow said it was seeking alternative shipping routes. -- Disruption to commercial shipping would complicate Russian exports and widen the war's maritime security risk beyond the Black Sea. 2. WHO warns Congo Ebola outbreak may be four times official count -- The World Health Organization said infections in the Democratic Republic of Congo could be two to four times the reported tally and that its response has less than half the funding required. -- Severe undercounting would hinder health-security policy, contact tracing and treatment planning, increasing the chance that transmission outruns local capacity. 3. IBM shares plunge more than 20% after surprise earnings miss -- IBM issued preliminary results showing second-quarter profit and revenue below expectations, attributing the shortfall to weakness in software and infrastructure as clients shifted spending toward hardware. -- The selloff shows investors that enterprise AI spending can redistribute technology budgets rather than lift every incumbent infrastructure vendor. 4. Grok Build sent entire Git repositories to xAI storage -- A researcher found that xAI's coding tool uploaded complete repositories, including commit histories, rather than only the files needed for a task. -- Undisclosed bulk collection can expose deleted secrets and proprietary history, creating security and privacy risks that force developers to treat coding agents as high-privilege data processors. 5. New York Times reporters subpoenaed over Air Force One coverage -- Multiple Times journalists received subpoenas tied to reporting on the administration's use of a Qatari jet as Air Force One, according to the Associated Press. -- Compelled disclosure in a politically sensitive leak inquiry can chill source communications and test legal protections for press newsgathering.

2026-07-14 09:00 UTC | BLOCK 957978 BITCOIN $62,636 | GOLD $4,013 1. Tanker attacks kill seafarer as US reinstates Hormuz blockade -- The UAE said two oil tankers were hit in the Strait of Hormuz, killing one seafarer, while the US resumed strikes on Iran and reinstated its blockade. -- Direct attacks on commercial vessels deepen supply and insurance risks for Asian refiners already seeking US crude, with oil reaching $86 and reviving inflation concerns. 2. India courts diaspora deposits after reserves fall $54 billion -- Indian authorities are pressing banks to attract more deposits from citizens abroad after foreign-exchange reserves fell $54 billion since the Iran war began, the Financial Times reported. -- Fresh hard-currency inflows could support the rupee, but richer deposit terms would raise bank funding costs and signal mounting stress among energy-importing economies. 3. Bulgaria exits coalition supporting Ukraine -- Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev withdrew the country from the coalition of nations supporting Ukraine against Russia, according to Bloomberg. -- Sofia's departure could reduce military aid coordination and complicate European security planning as governments try to sustain long-term support for Kyiv. 4. Radar adds self-custodial Bitcoin payments to Signal messaging -- Cake Wallet's Radar client launched with encrypted Signal messaging and self-custodial Bitcoin payments over Spark and Lightning, with recovery through a 12-word seed phrase. -- Linking payments to existing chats lowers the barrier to using Bitcoin, though reliance on Signal infrastructure and phone-number accounts creates platform and identity tradeoffs. 5. CISA warns Russian intelligence is exploiting vulnerable routers -- CISA said Russia's FSB Center 16 continues targeting poorly configured and vulnerable network devices across critical sectors. -- Compromised edge equipment can bypass endpoint security and expose critical infrastructure networks, making router patching, configuration review and credential rotation immediate priorities.

2026-07-14 06:00 UTC | BLOCK 957959 BITCOIN $62,652 | GOLD $4,023 1. Brent clears $85 as Hormuz conflict intensifies -- Brent crude rose above $85 a barrel after a third consecutive night of US strikes on Iran, Iranian attacks on Gulf targets and Washington's reinstatement of an Iranian shipping blockade. -- A sustained shipping disruption would feed directly into fuel and freight costs, increasing inflation risk and strengthening the case for higher interest rates. 2. Trump cuts protections for two Utah monuments by more than 90% -- President Trump reduced Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments by more than 90%, opening affected federal land to grazing, logging, motorized recreation and other development. -- The orders expose nearly 3 million acres to revised land-use rules and are likely to trigger another legal fight over presidential authority under the Antiquities Act. 3. Notarized macOS malware targets passwords and crypto wallets -- Researchers identified CrashStealer, an information stealer distributed through a notarized installer that impersonates Apple's crash-reporting interface and harvests credentials, keychain data and cryptocurrency wallets. -- Apple notarization is not proof that software is benign; bypassing that trust signal increases security risk for users who install unfamiliar software that requests passwords or elevated access. 4. Cyberattack forces Japan's largest taxi operator to shut systems -- Nihon Kotsu took part of its technology infrastructure offline after detecting a cyberattack, disrupting systems at Japan's largest taxi operator. -- The shutdown shows how an intrusion into centralized dispatch and payment infrastructure can quickly impair urban transport even when vehicles themselves remain operational.

2026-07-14 03:00 UTC | BLOCK 957947 BITCOIN $62,524 | GOLD $4,004 1. China exports post fastest growth since 2021 on AI demand and tariff rush -- China's June export growth accelerated far beyond forecasts as global demand for AI hardware rose and shippers moved goods ahead of anticipated tariff increases. -- Front-loaded trade can lift near-term factory output while leaving Chinese manufacturers exposed to a sharper slowdown once tariff policy takes effect. 2. Google and Microsoft pull ModHeader after hidden collector surfaces -- Google and Microsoft removed the ModHeader browser extension, installed about 1.6 million times across Chrome and Edge, after researchers found undisclosed browsing-history collection in its official release. -- The discovery turns an ordinary developer utility into a supply-chain risk and shows how extension updates can quietly expand access to sensitive browsing data. 3. Australia restricts China-linked investors in rare-earths miner -- Australia's government blocked three China-linked shareholders of Northern Minerals from voting or exercising other ownership rights after they defied orders to sell their stakes. -- Enforcing divestment strengthens Canberra's control over a strategic mineral supply chain as Western governments try to reduce dependence on Chinese processing and capital. 4. US sanctions VPN operator accused of enabling ransomware -- The United States sanctioned First VPN Services and two individuals in a coordinated international action targeting infrastructure used by ransomware operators. -- Financial sanctions on intermediary services increase operating costs for criminal groups, but can also push their hosting and payment infrastructure into harder-to-trace jurisdictions. 5. Bitcoin research lets pruned nodes assist initial block downloads -- Bitcoin Optech highlighted research using fountain codes to let pruned nodes contribute data to new nodes performing their initial blockchain download. -- Broader participation in bootstrap data delivery could reduce reliance on archival nodes and improve Bitcoin network resilience without requiring every user to store the full chain.

2026-07-14 00:00 UTC | BLOCK 957918 BITCOIN $62,253 | GOLD $3,991 | OIL $83.32 1. US launches new Iran strikes as cruise missiles hit tankers near Hormuz -- The United States launched a third night of strikes on Iran after Iranian cruise missiles hit two tankers transiting Omani waters near the Strait of Hormuz, according to the UAE Defense Ministry and multiple reports. -- Direct attacks on commercial shipping widen the conflict's exposure beyond military targets; Brent's 5.8% daily rise to $83.32 signals mounting fuel, freight and inflation risk. 2. Pentagon pauses cyber-audit rule after suppliers exit -- The Pentagon paused a cybersecurity audit requirement that suppliers blamed for driving contractors out of the defense industrial base, Reuters reported Monday. -- Easing compliance may preserve smaller vendors and procurement capacity, but it also leaves sensitive defense supply chains with less consistent verification against intrusions. 3. Meta expands Louisiana data-center plan to 5 gigawatts and $50 billion -- Meta expanded its planned Richland Parish, Louisiana, data-center campus to 5 gigawatts, lifting expected investment above $50 billion, according to Blockspace Media. -- Power demand at that scale will intensify competition for generation, transmission and land while testing whether grids can absorb AI infrastructure without shifting costs to other users. 4. Spain wildfire kills at least 12 as hundreds battle blaze -- At least 12 people died as hundreds of firefighters fought a wildfire in southern Spain, the Associated Press reported Monday. -- The death toll turns the blaze into a major civil-protection test, exposing evacuation and emergency-response risks as extreme heat strains infrastructure across southern Europe.

CODE WIRE | BLOCK 957913 BITCOIN $61,933 | GOLD $3,995 openclaw v2026.7.1 -- OpenClaw is a personal AI assistant you run on your own devices. It answers you on the channels you already use. -- GitHub:

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Release openclaw 2026.7.1 · openclaw/openclaw

2026.7.1 OpenClaw v2026.7.1 brings major Control UI and onboarding overhauls, major updates to the official iOS, Android, and macOS apps, expanded ...

2026-07-13 21:00 UTC | BLOCK 957905 BITCOIN $62,037 | GOLD $3,995 | OIL $83.53 1. China detains US seismologist who studied North Korean nuclear tests -- Chinese authorities detained an American seismologist whose research has included North Korea's nuclear tests, Reuters reported. -- The detention introduces a new diplomatic and security dispute into strained US-China relations and could impede independent monitoring of Pyongyang's weapons program. 2. Trump backs Senate bill to escalate Russia sanctions -- President Donald Trump will support the Russia sanctions bill previously championed by Senator Lindsey Graham, according to a White House official cited by Bloomberg. -- Presidential backing improves the bill's path through Congress and increases the likelihood of a tougher sanctions policy and new trade restrictions on Moscow. 3. New York Times reporters subpoenaed over Air Force One coverage -- Multiple New York Times reporters received subpoenas concerning their reporting on the Qatari-gifted jet retrofitted for use as Air Force One, the Associated Press reported. -- Compelling journalists to participate in a legal inquiry tied to their reporting risks exposing confidential sourcing, weakening press freedom and chilling scrutiny of executive-branch decisions. 4. US strategic petroleum reserve falls to lowest level since 1983 -- Crude inventories in the US Strategic Petroleum Reserve declined by 3 million barrels to their lowest level since 1983, Reuters reported. -- The drawdown leaves Washington with a thinner emergency buffer as the Hormuz confrontation drives oil above $83 and heightens supply-disruption risk. 5. Appeals court revives Tylenol-autism lawsuits -- A federal appeals court in New York revived lawsuits alleging a link between Tylenol and autism, finding that the trial judge wrongly excluded expert testimony before dismissing the cases. -- The ruling returns the claims to litigation without deciding their merits, reopening potential liability and legal costs for companies in the drug's supply chain.

2026-07-13 20:00 UTC | BLOCK 957900 BITCOIN $62,091 | GOLD $3,994 | OIL $83.00 1. Federal judge voids Trump IRS settlement and refers lawyer to bar -- A federal judge ruled that Trump sued the IRS for an improper purpose, voided a Justice Department settlement tied to a proposed $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund, and referred his lawyer for disciplinary review. -- The ruling adds legal risk for Trump's counsel and limits the executive branch's ability to convert litigation involving the president into a publicly financed settlement vehicle. 2. France commits 16 Rafale fighters and air defenses to Ukraine -- President Emmanuel Macron said France will provide Ukraine with 16 Rafale fighter jets, radars, missiles and an initial batch of next-generation SAMP/T air-defense batteries. -- The military package gives Kyiv a long-term Western combat-aircraft pathway while adding near-term defenses against Russian ballistic and cruise-missile attacks. 3. UK designates Iran's Revolutionary Guard as a terrorist organization -- The British government designated the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organization under new legal powers, escalating its response to Iranian-linked activity. -- The sanctions designation widens criminal and financial exposure for people or entities supporting the IRGC and further constrains diplomacy as Gulf hostilities intensify. 4. Oil tops $83 in biggest surge in six years -- Global oil prices climbed above $83 a barrel as the United States reinstated its blockade of Iranian ports and demanded a 20% charge on cargo moving through the Strait of Hormuz. -- A sustained energy shock would feed transport and production costs, reinforce expectations for tighter Federal Reserve policy and pressure rate-sensitive assets.

CODE WIRE | BLOCK 957898 BITCOIN $61,945 | GOLD $3,995 noscall v0.6.0-release -- noscall is a secure audio and video calling app built on Nostr protocol. -- GitHub:

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Release Noscall v0.6.0 release · sanah9/noscall

Changelog [0.6.0] - 2026-07-13 Added Cashu Wallet (new) Account-scoped wallet with multi-mint management and per-mint balances Wallet recovery flo...

2026-07-13 19:00 UTC | BLOCK 957896 BITCOIN $61,955 | GOLD $3,998 | OIL $82.90 1. US deploys armed sea drones in combat for first time -- U.S. forces used armed unmanned surface vessels to strike a submarine and ship-maintenance facility at Iran's Bandar Abbas naval base on Sunday, the Pentagon said. -- Operational use signals that low-cost autonomous craft are moving from trials into naval warfare, complicating military port security and potentially accelerating similar deployments by U.S. rivals. 2. CISA contractor exposed government cloud keys for six months -- A contractor left 844 MB of sensitive CISA data, including three AWS GovCloud administrative credentials and plaintext internal passwords, in a public GitHub repository for nearly six months. -- CISA said no mission or customer data was accessed, but unanswered alerts and a 48-hour credential-rotation delay expose security weaknesses in the cyber agency's own secret-management and incident-reporting systems. 3. Microsoft makes passkeys the default for Entra ID -- Microsoft will begin prompting eligible Entra ID users to register passkeys on September 1 and will retire its native SMS and voice authentication delivery on February 1, 2027. -- Enterprise security teams must inventory legacy authentication before the transition; moving to phishing-resistant credentials reduces SIM-swap and interception risk, while organizations retaining telecom factors will assume third-party costs. 4. Predator spyware victims seek €8 million from Intellexa -- Eight Greeks whose phones were infected with Predator spyware in 2020 and 2021 sued Intellexa and 13 associated people in Athens, seeking €1 million per plaintiff. -- A successful damages award would add direct financial liability to criminal penalties for commercial-spyware vendors and give other surveillance victims a model for civil recovery. 5. Radar adds self-custodial Bitcoin payments to Signal chats -- Cake Wallet's Radar client uses Signal's network for messaging and Spark for near-instant Bitcoin transfers, with Lightning interoperability and user-controlled keys backed by a 12-word seed phrase. -- Splitting identity, messages and payment settlement across separate systems limits any one provider's view of user transactions, though reliance on Signal access and phone-number accounts remains a central point of control.

2026-07-13 18:00 UTC | BLOCK 957888 BITCOIN $61,840 | GOLD $3,990 | OIL $82.01 1. DP World plans UAE port designed to bypass Strait of Hormuz -- DP World plans a new port on the UAE's east coast that would give cargo direct access to the Gulf of Oman without transiting Hormuz, the Financial Times reported. -- An operational bypass would reduce shipping exposure to the strait's blockade risk, but its capacity and completion timeline will determine whether it can materially reroute regional trade. 2. Ukraine and nine European states launch anti-ballistic missile coalition -- Ukraine and nine European countries announced an integrated missile-defense coalition, with Kyiv saying the FREYJA system could become operational within a year. -- Linking national sensors and interceptors could improve military coverage against Russian ballistic attacks, while creating new procurement and interoperability demands for European forces. 3. Bangkok bar fire kills at least 28 and critically injures 25 -- A fire engulfed a bar in Bangkok's Chatuchak district, killing at least 28 people and leaving 25 critically injured, according to the BBC. -- The scale of casualties is likely to prompt policy scrutiny of venue inspections, emergency exits and enforcement of Thailand's fire-safety rules. 4. FDA seeks tighter infant-formula supplier controls after recalls and botulism outbreaks -- The US Food and Drug Administration urged infant-formula manufacturers to strengthen supplier oversight following product recalls and botulism outbreaks, Reuters reported. -- More stringent controls could raise testing and compliance costs, but would reduce contamination risk in a market where prior supply disruptions produced nationwide shortages. 5. Sony ends physical game discs, weakening durable ownership -- Sony's decision to discontinue physical PlayStation game discs shifts customers further toward licensed digital access, the Electronic Frontier Foundation reported. -- Users become more exposed to delisting, account restrictions and remote service shutdowns because resale and permanent offline possession largely disappear with disc distribution.