New XAUT contracts are live on derivatives venues; data show shifts in liquidity and discovery as traders track perpetual futures, funding rate, open interest.

Analysts cite weak retail volumes, fee compression and macro headwinds as drivers behind Coinbase price target cuts, Q4 earnings miss, retail trading volumes.

decentralized identifiers (DIDs), verifiable credentials (VCs), cryptographic agent passports gain use as 5-layer standards unify verification and permissions.

TRM Labs says Monero privacy-by-default, RingCT, KYC/AML regulations shape XMR’s niche: privacy design supports demand as rules shift access offshore.

Analysts cite tariff-cut reports for pressure on NUE, CLF and AA as lower duties could ease metal prices. Trump steel tariffs, tariff rollback, steel stocks

ARK Invest buys crypto stocks, Bullish (BLSH), Robinhood (HOOD) in a 10-day dip buy; data shows $18M added while trimming Coinbase; Circle valuation flagged.

Kalshi CFTC filing, Game Point Capital hedging, Super Bowl trading volume: filing outlines rebates, scope; MLB explores prediction-market ties for integrity.

Claude AI bias allegations, Elon Musk slams Anthropic, Anthropic $30 billion funding round: Musk’s claims followed raise; valuation put at $380B; no response.

Aave Labs $50M grant proposal would route 100% of product revenue to the Aave DAO treasury; supporters cite incentive alignment, critics flag oversight.

At Consensus Hong Kong 2026, data shows 11,000 attendees and HK$300M impact as officials stress same-activity-same-risk rules, supporting RWA tokenization.

family office governance, digital assets, investment policy statement (IPS) shape cautious BTC/ETH uptake as data shows regulation driving custody controls.

KuCoin outlined trust-first infrastructure at Consensus Hong Kong, linking incident response to exchange security under cross-jurisdictional compliance.

AWS CEO says AI fears are overblown; analysts cite adoption data on hiring pipelines. Matt Garman, entry-level tech jobs, generative AI job displacement

Para’s launch lets fintechs use Web2 logins to provision wallets and run server-side payouts in apps; Para REST API, invisible wallets, stablecoin rails.

ASU 2023-08, Form 1099-DA, EY CAAT: FASB moves crypto to fair value; IRS rules tighten cost-basis reporting; EY tools support data, controls, and compliance.

Binance SAFU fund moves from stablecoins to BTC in a $1B shift, taking holdings to 15,000 BTC; data shows rebalancing thresholds and on‑chain proof of reserves.

Flow data show PEP stock, analyst price targets, institutional ownership plus options flow informing valuation and liquidity; payout ratio assessed by analysts.

Report says Tether EVO placed 4th in a Feb 12 brain-to-text BCI challenge; coverage reviews evidence, naming benchmarks and noting missing third-party validation.

Analysts cite higher AI capex guidance and mixed Q4 results as drivers of AMZN stock weakness, pressuring free cash flow and valuation despite AWS strength.

Analysts question the BLS birth-death model, nonfarm payrolls, jobs report revisions, tying disputed strength to firmer equities and Fed rate expectations.

Kalshi details surveillance and enforcement to police insider trading in prediction markets, defining MNPI boundaries and rulebooks amid SEC-focused analysis.

UK’s digital gilt (DIGIT) pilot tests tokenised issuance and settlement on HSBC’s Orion in BoE sandbox, under FCA oversight to gauge efficiency and liquidity.

Strategy plans more perpetual preferred stock to fund BTC; analysts cite impacts on mNAV discounts, dilution and dividend coverage as rating, demand set terms.

Banks warn of regulatory arbitrage as crypto firms seek OCC national trust charter; OCC notes legal limits. Analysts cite impacts on custody and stablecoins.

Rugged Catalina Foothills terrain limits coverage, slowing evidence recovery in the Nancy Guthrie disappearance; FBI and Pima Co. Sheriff use LPRs, cell data.

Coinbase links Agentic Wallets, Payments MCP, x402 protocol so AI agents transact onchain; spend limits and approvals aim to curb prompt injection risks.

Data shows stablecoin bill flows tightening liquidity and nudging short-term yields: top 10 T-bill buyer, Tether USDT reserves, GENIUS Act stablecoin regulation.

Inference Research seed round sees Avenir Group lead $20M to fund an AI-native quantitative trading model and sovereign AI infrastructure for institutional adoption.

Space and Time dashboard confirms ~9.7% pre-commission SXT staking rewards; emissions and participation drive rates, with net yield after 10% validator fee.

Data shows AI trading bots, market regime shifts, backtest overfitting drive a backtest‑to‑live gap; experts and the CFTC flag risks, outline adaptive controls.

Danske Bank Bitcoin and Ethereum ETPs, MiCA regulation, MiFID II: access via eBanking/Mobile; appropriateness tests apply; bank offers no recommendation.

LayerZero Zero blockchain, 2 million TPS, securities tokenization: launch cites four 100x gains; DTCC and Citadel backing signal institutional use, analysts say.

Bitcoin’s pullback and weak momentum meet whale buying and sentiment; analysts cite $63k–$70k levels and macro headwinds to gauge is it time to buy Bitcoin.

Bithumb cites a Cosmos Hub upgrade for a Cosmos (ATOM) deposit and withdrawal suspension. Trading unaffected; verify notices and monitor resumption status.

Guide explains how apps like Spotify enable Xbox background music; in-guide controls and sliders help mix game and chat, with notes on capture limits.

Reverse image data and Pixiv/X posts show provenance and context; includes JP search terms for Iro-chan and Koko-chan in the snow, origin and source, イロちゃん ココちゃん 雪

Discord age verification policy shifts under regulatory pressure: AI inference verifies most adults; unverified default to teen access; vendors raise data risk.

FCC approval lets Amazon expand Kuiper by 4,500 satellites, with milestones to 2029; it addresses interference and debris, shaping competition with Starlink.

Emails show Kimbal Musk, Jeffrey Epstein files, connected with at least two women; Musk says introductions were limited and denies deeper ties in public posts.

Disclosure data on Goldman Sachs crypto holdings show ~$2.05B in Bitcoin and Ether ETF exposure via IBIT and FBTC, largely client-driven with hedges, per Q4.

Analysts cite cash reserves, 2027 convertibles and no mechanical triggers, showing MicroStrategy, forced to sell Bitcoin, MSCI index exclusion fears lack basis.

Data show December retail sales, consumer spending slowdown, seasonal adjustment effects; Commerce Dept. reports flat as early deals pulled demand forward.

How burns and buybacks shape liquidity; audits by CertiK/Hacken and removed migrator code address risk for Goose Finance EGG token, Binance Smart Chain (BSC).

SwissBorg Withdrawal Protection introduces time-locked withdrawals to deter ‘wrench’ attacks; coverage cites mainstream adoption raising physical-coercion risks.

Texas Bankers Association pilot with Vantage Bank highlights tokenized deposits for deposit retention vs stablecoins, as FDIC insurance treatment lacks clarity.

Ethereum Foundation SEAL partnership funds a full-time engineer via Trillion Dollar Security; SEAL tracks drainer infrastructure and domains to cut losses.

Data shows QQQ-style beta; Bitcoin tech stock correlation, higher-for-longer interest rates, ETF flows and liquidity risk explained by Grayscale, per analysts.

Self-clearing plus OCC and FICC membership enable fractional U.S. Treasuries on Alpaca, strengthening investor protections via multi-asset clearing upgrades.