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The UK House of Lords examined Coinbase and Innovate Finance over stablecoin regulations. The hearing focused on their impact on financial stability.

Visa and Stripe's Bridge are expanding their stablecoin payment card program globally, aiming to reach over 100 markets by year-end.

Kalshi voided trades on its market tied to Khamenei's death, citing policy against 'death markets.' Users can't directly profit from someone's death.

Sam Bankman-Fried's endorsement of a major crypto bill has drawn bipartisan condemnation. Lawmakers warn his backing could damage the legislation's prospects.

Circle's fourth-quarter earnings sparked a broad crypto market rally. The stablecoin issuer reported USDC circulation of $75.3 billion.

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has sold approximately 17,000 ETH in February. His holdings dropped from 241,000 to 224,000 ETH, according to Arkham Intelligence.

Ethereum's slide hasn't deterred BitMine Immersion Technologies, which doubled down on its holdings, despite $8.1 billion in unrealized losses.

Karin, a Texas mother, turned to cryptocurrency to survive financial abuse during her divorce. Traditional banking shut her out completely.

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse believes the crypto industry will produce at least one $1 trillion company, and Ripple has a shot at that milestone.

Sam Bankman-Fried wants a new trial. The former FTX CEO is serving 25 years for fraud. He's pushing for another shot in Manhattan federal court.

Crypto PACs have amassed significant funds heading into the 2025 election season, with Fairshake leading by raising roughly $133 million.

Hyperliquid is expanding into prediction markets with a new trading mechanism to dodge regulatory heat. The decentralized derivatives exchange just dropped HIP-4.

A heated debate among prominent thinkers has laid bare the deep divisions over artificial general intelligence. Experts are split on its impact.

Ethereum is transforming 75,000 ETH into a long-term security endowment, valued at $220 million, to strengthen network defenses through community initiatives.

Stablecoins could finally bridge crypto and traditional finance. Compliance needs to be embedded directly into blockchain protocols.

Iranian crypto exchanges saw $10.3 million in outflows after US-Israeli airstrikes. Users reacted to escalating military conflict.

Backpack is proposing a token-to-equity conversion program built around VIP status, aiming to bypass securities law by separating equity rights from token holding.

Samsung just dropped the Galaxy S26 series. It's calling them the first "agentic AI phones." The tech? Google's Gemini. It can autonomously control apps.

Anthropic accuses three Chinese AI companies of stealing technology through large-scale distillation attacks against Claude. DeepSeek, Moonshot, and MiniMax allegedly created 24,000 fake accounts.

Oobit, a Tether-backed crypto app, launched a new service allowing users to send crypto from self-custody wallets to bank accounts via local payment networks.

Curve Finance founder Michael Egorov calls for DeFi protocols to abandon inflationary token emissions for real economic activity.

World Liberty Financial Token dropped sharply on October 10, 2025, five hours before the broader market collapsed. It may have signaled the crash early.

Crypto markets remain structurally fragile despite improved regulations. The October 2025 crash exposed critical liquidity weaknesses.

OpenAI might launch a cryptocurrency token to finance its massive AI infrastructure needs. The company faces a $1.4 trillion capital mismatch.

The NFT market cap has fallen below $1.5 billion, returning to pre-2021 levels amid a broader crypto market crash. Total crypto market cap plunged.

Jeffrey Epstein invested $3 million in Coinbase back in December 2014. The disgraced financier and convicted sex offender got in early.

AI industry leaders warn their technology could outpace human control within two years, with significant implications for society's future.

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission is moving to launch crypto perpetual futures contracts domestically within the next month.

Tether has partnered with Anchorage Digital to launch USAT, a U.S.-regulated dollar stablecoin backed by Deloitte's attestation. This marks a strategic shift.

A bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced legislation to protect blockchain developers from prosecution as unlicensed money transmitters.

MetaMask has launched its Mastercard-powered crypto debit card nationwide in the United States. Users can spend digital assets directly from self-custody wallets.

Bitwise Asset Management has acquired Chorus One, a crypto staking infrastructure provider managing over $2.2 billion in staked assets.

Coinbase's Ethereum layer-2 network Base leads the L2 ecosystem, riding waves of SocialFi, memecoins, and AI agents. But can it maintain momentum?

Apollo Global Management partners with Morpho, potentially acquiring a significant governance stake in the DeFi protocol to enhance its infrastructure.

Coinbase has launched Agentic Wallets on its Base layer-2 network. AI agents can handle financial transactions autonomously without human approval.

LayerZero Labs unveiled Zero, a new blockchain targeting 2 million transactions per second. Backed by major institutions, Zero launches in fall 2026.

Trend Research dumped over 400,000 ETH in seven days to avoid liquidation as prices crashed. The fund's leveraged bets have gone sideways.

Donald Trump's nominee for Federal Reserve chair has deep crypto ties. Kevin Warsh advised Anchorage Digital, central to Tether's stablecoin push.

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has earned roughly $70,000 on Polymarket. He's betting against extreme market sentiment.

Google is bringing agentic AI directly into Chrome, transforming it into an assistant that can navigate websites, fill forms, and complete various tasks.