Month: February 2026
South Korea’s Hanwha makes a $13 million bet on ‘seedless’ crypto wallets
The South Korean financial firm backs the U.S.-based blockchain company to accelerate enterprise wallet technology…
Tech firms must remove ‘revenge porn’ in 48 hours or risk being blocked, says Starmer
PM says measure, also applied to deepfake nudes, is needed owing to a ‘national emergency’…
Real estate billionaire Barry Sternlicht is ready to tokenize assets, but says U.S. regulation blocks it
The $125 billion real estate firm wants to offer blockchain-based tokens to clients but is…
Banking trade groups responsible for impasse on market structure bill, Brian Armstrong says
Coinbase CEO Brain Armstrong said updated market structure legislation may offer banks other benefits to…
Britons living in EU face repayment hikes amid Reeves student loans row
Exclusive: UK graduates in Germany, Belgium and possibly other countries informed of rises as salary…
Bitcoin sinks to $66,000, U.S. stocks lose steam as Fed minutes mention possible rate hike
Bitcoin is now on track for its fifth consecutive weekly decline, and losing this level…
Sam Altman’s OpenAI unveils ‘EVMbench’ to test whether AI can keep crypto’s smart contracts safe
Developed with Paradigm, the tool is OpenAI’s attempt to determine whether modern AI systems are…
Kraken continues acquisition streak by buying token management firm Magna ahead of IPO push
The deal adds token lifecycle infrastructure to Kraken’s growing product suite.
The Protocol: Zora moves to Solana
Also: EF’s Stańczak to leave ED role, XRPL member-only DEX and Ethereum revives the DAO.
Coinbase’s Base moves away from Optimism’s ‘OP stack’ in major tech shift
Base launched in 2023 and quickly became one of the most widely used Ethereum layer-2…
