This is not FUD, this is a warning for people who have their whole life savings in BTC. At the moment if you look at the tracking of government spending and inflation, the S&P 500 is doing a better job than BTC. Something happened to BTC after Binance was bought out and their ability to sell to everyone outside of US control ended, Coinbase got the monopoly on custodial services of BTC through ETFs and Three arrows capital went bust.

🇷🇺🇺🇸🇺🇦🇨🇭"New round of trilateral negotiations is scheduled for February 17-18 in Geneva" — Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov The Russian delegation will be headed by presidential assistant Vladimir Medinski, who led the team in earlier negotiations

🇧🇫 JNIM terrorists have captured the village of Bilanga in the Gnagna province of Burkina Faso, reportedly facing no resistance from the army and pro-government militia.

🇪🇺 Mark Rutte claims NATO is a "coalition of democracies... voted in full sovereignty by their national populations," unlike the Warsaw Pact. Reality shows EU/NATO elites overriding public will on key issues: ➡️EU Referendums Overridden - Denmark (1992 Maastricht Treaty): 50.7% rejected; renegotiated opt-outs led to 1993 re-vote passing 56.7% - Ireland (2001 Nice Treaty): 53.9% rejected; "guarantees" prompted 2002 re-vote passing 62.9%. - France (2005 EU Constitution): 54.7% rejected; repackaged as Lisbon Treaty (no French re-vote). - Netherlands (2005 EU Constitution): 61.5% rejected; became Lisbon without re-vote. - Ireland (2008 Lisbon Treaty): 53.4% rejected; legal reassurances led to 2009 re-vote passing 67.1%. ➡️EU Policies via Von der Leyen Commission (No Direct Vote) Von der Leyen leads the Commission (re-elected 2024 by Parliament, not voters); proposes sanctions/mandates, Council approves unanimously—no public say despite impacts like energy crises. - Russia sanctions (2022-26): Commission drafts packages (e.g., oil caps); Council unanimity overrides dissent (e.g., Hungary veto threats). - Ukraine aid mandates: Commission allocates €100B+; no referendums, despite public fatigue. - Green Deal mandates: Commission enforces without direct election, sparking farmer protests ignored. ➡️NATO: Policy vs. Polls Gaps No referendums; governments decide, but polls show divides. - Most 2023-25 polls show 40-60% opposition or low support in Germany/France/Italy for Ukraine NATO entry; Rutte escalates anyway - 2% GDP target: 24/32 allies met 2025, up from 3 in 2014; Rutte pushes 5% by 2035 despite wariness (60%+ in polls oppose "blank checks"). - Slovenia 2025: Government floated NATO referendum amid expansion debate; quickly dropped, public discourse quashed by pro-alliance media/politics.

🇺🇸🇮🇷 USS Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group will be redeployed from SOUTHCOM to CENTCOM according to the New York Times. The USS Gerald R. Ford is America and the world's largest aircraft carrier, and two aircraft carriers will be in CENTCOM once it arrives.

🇺🇦🇷🇺 Ukraine attacked the 117th GRAU arsenal in the Volgograd region last night, which stores large quantities of rockets, artillery shells, and other explosive materials. ➡️ At least 6 FP-5 "Flamingo" cruise missiles were launched at the GRAU. ➡️ Large secondary explosions have been reported at the site.

🇺🇸❌🇵🇰 — The Pakistani Defense Minister: One hundred to one hundred and twenty million Muslims were killed by America over the past quarter of a century.

'Niger Will Go to War With France:' 🇳🇪 General Ibro Amado made this declaration before thousands of young people gathered at the stadium in Niamey, once again accusing Paris of seeking to destabilize Niger. He emphasized that the government decree on mobilization, previously approved, was intended to prepare the country for war against France. This declaration follows the attack on Niamey airport on the night of January 29. The Nigerien president had at that time accused France, Benin, and Côte d’Ivoire of financing the attackers, promising retaliation. 🇫🇷 For its part, the French general staff rejected these accusations.

German carmaker Mercedes-Benz’s profits nearly halved in 2025 due to U.S. tariffs, weak China sales, currency headwinds, and a tough luxury car market. Net profit: €5.3B (–49% YoY)

In case you missed it Major World Events by Morning of February 12 🟠The Nigerian army successfully thwarted an attack on oil facilities near the Chadian border; 🟠The Russian and Burkinabe foreign ministers will sign an agreement on the foundations of relations on Thursday in Moscow, the Russian Foreign Ministry announced; 🟠The attempted assassination of General Alekseyev demonstrated Kiev's intention to disrupt the peace process, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova stated; 🟠Madagascar's second-largest city was 75% destroyed by Cyclone Gezani, President Randrianirina announced; 🟠The Pentagon is considering sending a second aircraft carrier to the Middle East due to the situation in the region, media reported.

Border Czar Tom Homan on Minnesota (can we take a sec to recognize his name is "homan") : I have proposed, and Trump has concurred, that this surge operation conclude. A significant drawdown has already been underway this week and will continue.

Perfect example of weaponized propaganda According to Bloomberg an internal Kremlin memo reviewed by Bloomberg outlines proposals for a broad U.S.– Russia economic partnership tied to a potential Ukraine peace deal, including a dramatic return by Russia to dollar-based transactions. The wording here is what's important, the headline and word choice implys Russia has decided to abandoned the idea of a multicurrency, multipolar transaction system that cedes control to the US but the actual details portrays the reality. Russia doesn't decide to return to the dollar, the US itself proposed sanction "relief", and Russia proposes economic deals that uses Russian resources to sell to the US. It's not implying Russia would prefer US dollars it simply means Russia will contain the BRICS mandate on trading amongst nations in national currencies and Gold/BTC.

🇩🇪The International Auschwitz Committee is calling for a ban on Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) and has urged Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt to begin legal proceedings. ➡️ Eva Umlauf, an Auschwitz survivor and the committee’s president, said the AfD undermines democracy and uses rhetoric reminiscent of the Nazi era, which she described as intolerable for Holocaust survivors. Dobrindt stated that there is currently insufficient legal grounds to pursue a ban.

🇮🇱An Israeli civilian and an IDF reservist have been charged after they used classified military intelligence to place bets on the online prediction platform Polymarket. The suspected Polymarket user ricosuave666 placed several bets in June 2025 with striking accuracy regarding Israeli military operations in Iran, wagering tens of thousands of dollars and making a profit of around $150,000.

🇺🇸⚡️Gallup will end its 88-year practice of tracking presidential approval ratings, shifting its focus toward broader, long-term research. ➡️ The firm said the move is a strategic decision and not influenced by the White House. ➡️ Beginning this year, Gallup will stop publishing approval and favorability ratings for individual political figures.

Europe can't be saved when the "smartest" think like this. 🇨🇭 Switzerland will hold a vote in mid-June on a proposal to limit its population to 10 million by 2050. ➡️ The initiative would introduce restrictions on immigration, asylum, and family reunification if the population surpasses 9.5 million. Switzerland currently has about 9.1 million residents.

A surveillance app complaining about surveillance.

🇮🇷 There is a rumor about the real reason for the arrest of half a dozen radical Reformist figures in recent days by the IRGC Intelligence Organization, including Aminzadeh, Asgharzadeh, Mansouri, Emami, Karroubi and other prominent reformists Allegedly, shortly after or during the 'protests', these figures were preparing to issue a joint statement calling upon Ayatollah Khamenei to step down and hand over all his powers to a temporary leadership council composed of the President (Pezeshkian), Parliament Speaker (Qalibaf) and Chief Justice (Eje'i), and to hold a national referendum on constitutional reforms and to essentially abolish the Islamic Republic. But before this could happen, the IRGC Intelligence Organization found out about this plan because some of these figures had been bugged. Others say one of their close associates turned out to be a spy and informed the IRGC of their intentions.