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February 25, 2026
WisdomTree gets SEC approval for 24/7 trading — americanbanker.com
The investment broker announced a real-time trading and settlement option for its tokenized money market fund through USDC stablecoins and the Ethereum ledger.
Stablecoins draw attention, but are still a tiny market — americanbanker.com
In this week's American Banker global payments and fintech roundup, Revolut, Tether and Circle made announcements designed to improve their standing in the stablecoin market. That comes amid new research from McKinsey that says the digital asset is growing
Circle Jumps 35% After Strong Revenue, Profit Growth — theinformation.com
Circle, the second-largest stablecoin issuer, jumped 35% Monday after reporting strong revenue and profit growth in the fourth quarter, paring most of the stock’s decline this year amid a crypto downturn. Circle’s performance shows the growing split
Circle shares surge after surprise earnings beat shows strong demand for stablecoins — fortune.com
The crypto industry, which has been slumping for months, got a jolt of good news when Circle announced earnings on Wednesday morning. The stablecoin issuer revealed its revenue increased by 77% in the fourth quarter compared to a year earlier, sending its
Iran transferred $1.7b. to terror proxies through cryptocurrency service Binance last year - NYT — jpost.com
The crypto-currency exchange site reportedly fired or suspended at least four employees involved in the internal investigation, with the company blaming “violations of company protocol.”
The Bull Case for Bitcoin Is Hiding in the $1 Trillion Wreckage — bloomberg.com
Bitcoin has been cut almost in half since its October high. By almost every measure, the selloff is the worst since the collapse of FTX. But there is a puzzle at the center of the wreckage: the institutional scaffolding that was built around the coin
ASX set to rise as Wall Street climbs: Nvidia, Qantas results ahead; Bitcoin surges — smh.com.au
Nvidia is helping to lead a split US stock market higher on Wednesday, ahead of the chip company’s highly anticipated profit report coming after trading ends for the day.
Why we must make elections cheap again — codastory.com
I like writing about the huge consequences of tiny details: a compromise made at a G7 meeting in 1989 by people who didn’t know what they were doing that now defines all anti-money laundering work; an opportunist deal among London bankers in the mid-1950s
The Download: introducing the Crime issue — technologyreview.com
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Introducing: the Crime issue Technology has long made crime and its prosecution a game of cat and mouse. But those
Traders are on edge for Nvidia earnings tonight, like a man who might ‘suddenly break down in tears in a restaurant because there’s no chilli sauce on the table,’ one analyst says — fortune.com
S&P 500 futures were up 0.14% this morning after the index closed up 0.77% yesterday, a sign that traders feel that Monday’s 1% decline on fears that AI will trigger an economic doom cycle was overcooked. Instead, the stock markets are looking forward to
Bitcoin Holders Sitting on Losses Are Selling Into Every Bounce — bloomberg.com
Bitcoin Holders Sitting on Losses Are Selling Into Every Bounce Bloomberg.com
Now is a good time for doing crime — technologyreview.com
Eons ago, in 2012, I had a weird experience. My iPhone suddenly shut down. When I restarted it, I found it was totally reset—clean, like a new device. This was the early days of iOS, so I wasn’t too concerned until I went to connect it to my computer to
My Bags Are Big by Tibor Fischer review – how to make it in crypto — theguardian.com
Amusing oddballs populate a wise-cracking wheeler-dealer’s tale of leaving London for Dubai in search of loot and laughs The narrator of Tibor Fischer’s eighth novel, My Bags Are Big, is a walking anachronism. Dan is “an old school crypto geezer” who hails
Trump’s State of Disunion — unherd.com
At Tuesday night’s State of the Union Address, President Trump touted an American comeback. “Tonight, after just one year,” he declared, “I can say with dignity and pride that we have achieved a transformation like no one has ever seen before, and a
Bitcoin Jumps Above $66,000 Ahead of Trump’s Address to Congress — bloomberg.com
After a plunge earlier in the week, crypto traders were again pushing prices higher during early Asia trading on Wednesday.
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