SpaceX — 2025 Launch Pace, Starlink Scale, and What Starship Means Next

Falcon 9 lifting off at dusk with contrail and illuminated plume

SpaceX is sprinting through 2025. The company hit its 100th Falcon 9 launch of the year in mid-August while preparing Starship Flight 10 for this evening at Starbase, Texas. At the same time, independent trackers count more than 8,000 Starlink satellites on orbit, cementing SpaceX’s dominance in LEO broadband. Here’s the up-to-the-minute picture: cadence, constellation, and … Read more

Peter Thiel — Deals, Donations, and the 2025 Bets Driving Headlines

Peter Thiel speaking on stage with a finance graphic in the background

peter thiel keeps finding the center of the action—venture investing, crypto, policy, and the occasional lightning-rod headline. In 2025, his name is back on the ticker thanks to a wave of ether-linked investments, a friendlier regulatory backdrop for digital assets, and ongoing debates about the right role for tech money in politics. Here’s a clean, … Read more

Current Mortgage Rates — Today’s 30-Year, 15-Year, and Jumbo (How to Read This Week’s Moves)

House keys on an interest-rate sheet with a calculator and coffee mug

Current Mortgage Rates are stabilizing after a summer drift lower. The industry’s bellwether survey shows the 30-year fixed around 6.58% this week, with the 15-year at ~5.69%. That’s still costly versus pandemic lows—but well below the highs of 2023–2024—helping purchase applications pick up from last year’s trough. Below, we explain why rates are here, what … Read more

Starlink Satellites — How Many Are in Orbit, Where Service Works, and What’s New in 2025

A Falcon 9 upper stage releasing a stack of Starlink satellites over Earth

Starlink Satellites dominate low-Earth orbit and the broadband conversation. If you just want the numbers first: multiple trackers put the active constellation well above 8,000 spacecraft in 2025, with new stacks launching weekly. Below, we break down how many are up right now, what those lasers actually do, coverage and policy headlines, and a few … Read more

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