Forrest Unfiltered

06/04/2026

06/04/2026

The U.S. Senate is considering a proposal that would cap certain election-related contributions from individuals at $5,000, an effort aimed at reducing the influence of wealthy donors and reshaping the future of campaign finance in the United States.

06/04/2026

“WORST Crypto Winter EVER” 🥶-or- “Bull Market”? 🤔

June 4th, 2026 🗞️ Bloomberg’s Joe Weisenthal just dropped news 12 reasons why this is the “coldest crypto winter ever” — and the Wall Street Journal called it the coldest crypto winter since 2022.

Meanwhile Bitcoin is down 25% this year and people are wondering - who is selling XRP? … and the stock market keeps hitting record highs. But I just watched a top influencer swear we’re still in a crypto bull market.

Here’s my honest take — we’ve seen this exact story before. Everyone called Amazon dead after the dot com crash in the early 2000’s.

Everyone said social media like MySpace was just fad before Facebook and TikTok changed the world. The “100x by Friday” era is dead. The hype is gone. But the rails, the settlement layers, the compliance infrastructure — that’s what survives every winter. And whatever AI does at scale over the next five years, it needs something to move money. Long winters are where scam projects die and real infrastructure is all that’s left standing. Not financial advice.

06/03/2026

06/03/2026

June 3rd, 2026: Why is XRP Crashing Right Now? 🫨 Did Italy Just Answer That Question? 🇮🇹

Iran just suspended ceasefire talks again, oil spiked, and Bitcoin dropped from $71,000 to $66,900 in hours — triggering a crypto cascade that force-liquidated 224,000 retail traders and wiped out $1.5 billion in leveraged longs in 24 hours.

But here’s what nobody is talking about — that entire wipeout happened on the exact same day the CLARITY Act hit the US Senate floor calendar, one step from a full vote with a July 4th White House signing target.

Italy’s largest bank just quietly filed a $26 million XRP position, SWIFT confirmed 50 major banks going live on blockchain rails with 30 already Ripple partners, and XRP exchange reserves just dropped to the lowest point of the entire year — meaning supply is drying up while retail is panic selling.

We are watching institutions vacuum up XRP from retail in real time, just 32 days before a CLARITY Act signing that could send billions flooding into the crypto market instantly. Not financial advice.

06/02/2026

JUST IN: 🚨🇺🇸CLARITY ACT NOW PLACED ON SENATE LEGISLATIVE CALENDAR

Another step closer to full Senate consideration.

06/01/2026