Fintech

• Quantoz gains Visa nod to issue stablecoin-linked debit cards in Europe The Dutch electronic money issuer will act as a BIN sponsor for fintech partners, linking regulated dollar

• HIVE Digital posts 219% revenue jump as miner-AI hybrid strategy gains traction Third-quarter results show revenue growth despite lower Bitcoin prices, alongside new AI computing

• New Bitcoin whales are trapped underwater, but for how long? • The gap between new and old Bitcoin whales continues to widen as BTC trades below $68,000. • Will young whales cont

• Traders pinpoint three price targets for Bitcoin if $70K holds as resistance Traders map out their desired price targets for Bitcoin if the $70,000 level continues to function as

• Kraken integrates with ICE Chat to expand institutional OTC access The integration gives ICE Chat users direct access to the exchange’s OTC crypto liquidity, embedding digital as

• CFTC chair doubles down on defending prediction markets from state lawsuits Michael Selig said the US financial regulator had filed an amicus brief against what he called an ‘ons

• CFTC chair doubles down on defending prediction markets from state suits Michael Selig said that the US financial regulator had filed an amicus brief against what he called an ‘o

• Amid crypto VC shakeout, Dragonfly closes $650M fund with focus on real-world assets Dragonfly’s raise comes as crypto venture capital shifts toward tokenized real-world assets,

• Bitcoin stays pinned below $70K as BTC’s negative funding rate flashes warning sign Bitcoin’s negative funding rate and a cooling tech sector in the US add pressure to markets an

• Top crypto treasury companies Strategy and Bitmine add to BTC, ETH stacks The buys lift Strategy holdings to 717,131 BTC and Bitmine to 4.37 million ETH, expanding corporate cryp

• Bitcoin stalls below $70,000 as macro fears hit critical threshold. • Rising VIX at 22.50 signals heightened market volatility and risk‑off sentiment. • US 10‑year Treasury yield

• Gemini Space Station announces departure of COO Marshall Beard, CFO Dan Chen, and CLO Tyler Meade. • Co‑founder Cameron Winklevoss to assume additional revenue‑generating duties.

• South Korea lifts 9‑year corporate crypto ban, allowing listed firms to trade under regulated framework. • Corporate investments capped at 5% of annual equity and limited to top

• Bitcoin price ignores $168M Strategy buy, and falls as Iran tensions escalate BTC price fell below the key $70,000 level as tensions between the US and Iran ramped up and a broad

• Starknet adds EY Nightfall to enable private payments on Ethereum rails StarkWare is integrating EY’s Nightfall privacy protocol into Starknet to give institutions private paymen

• Starknet taps EY Nightfall to bring institutional privacy to Ethereum rails StarkWare is integrating EY’s Nightfall privacy protocol into Starknet to give institutions private pa

• Monad hires former FalconX, BVNK and Optimism executives The appointments add traditional finance and institutional crypto experience as the layer-1 blockchain scales its post-la

• Binance holds 65% of CEX stablecoin reserves as outflows cool: CryptoQuant Stablecoin outflows slow to $2 billion as Binance consolidates 65% of CEX liquidity, signaling capital

• Africrypt founders back in South Africa years after platform collapse: Report Investigators say Raees and Ameer Cajee are back in South Africa years after Africrypt’s collapse, w

• Poland president vetoes MiCA bill again as crypto companies look to license abroad President Karol Nawrocki vetoed a second MiCA crypto bill, saying it was ‘practically identical

• Monero transaction volume stays above 2022 levels, even after major exchanges delist the privacy coin. • 48% of newly launched darknet markets in 2025 support only XMR, signaling

• SBI Holdings targets majority stake in Singapore crypto exchange Coinhako Japan’s SBI Holdings has signed a letter of intent to buy a controlling stake in Singapore-licensed cryp

• Stablecoins gain ground for paychecks and daily spending: BVNK report A global survey of 4,658 crypto users found 39% receive income in stablecoins and 27% use them for payments,

• Polygon surpassed Ethereum in daily transaction fees for first time, driven by Polymarket activity. • Friday fees: Polygon $407k vs Ethereum $211k, a significant gap. • Saturday

• DeFi lender ZeroLend shuts down, blames illiquid chains ZeroLend founder ‘Ryker’ says several blockchains the lending protocol operates on are now ‘inactive,’ leading to periods

• Crypto sentiment hits extreme fear as Matrixport flags possible bottom With Bitcoin sentiment at four-year lows, analysts have flagged historic oversold signals and potential sel

• Kraken sponsors Trump Accounts in Wyoming, citing crypto alignment The Wyoming-based crypto exchange said it wanted to give back to the state it calls home, which it chose for it

• Crypto.com receives ISO/IEC 42001 AI certification as it expands its AI business Crypto.com is expanding AI services as one of its three core business lines, amid broader industr

• Crypto phishers are sending letters to Trezor, Ledger users again It’s not the first time scammers have used snail mail to target victims of hardware wallet company data breaches

• Logan Paul sells Pokémon card for $16.5M, years after fractional NFT row Paul once fractionalized ownership of the rare Pokémon card on Liquid Marketplace in 2022 before the webs

• Germany’s central bank president touts stablecoin and CBDC benefits for EU Joachim Nagel said euro-pegged stablecoins would offer the bloc more independence from US dollar-pegged

• ETH chart pattern projects rally to $2.5K if key conditions are met: Data Ether is down 20% in February, but a developing bullish setup below $2,000 and growing upside liquidatio

• Paradigm reframes Bitcoin mining as grid asset, not energy drain The cryptocurrency investment firm says Bitcoin mining is being unfairly lumped with AI data centers, arguing min

• Price predictions 2/16: SPX, DXY, BTC, ETH, BNB, XRP, SOL, DOGE, ADA, BCH The relief rallies in Bitcoin and several major altcoins are stalling near their respective overhead res

• Hong Kong regulator adds Victory Fintech to list of approved trading platforms The addition is the first crypto company to be licensed by the Securities and Futures Commission si

• Bitcoin accumulation wave puts $80K back in play: Analyst Demand from Bitcoin accumulation addresses reached a new high, with analysts citing a futures market CME gap as a predic

• Bitcoin weekly RSI echoes mid-2022 bear market as BTC plays liquidity games Bitcoin round-tripped gains after a spike to $70,000 as liquidity traps began to characterize BTC pric

• GS7 group exploits Fortune 500 brand trust, creating near‑perfect corporate portal replicas. • Targeted U.S. financial institutions, luring employees into credential theft. • Att

• Harvard endowment reduces stake in Bitcoin ETF, adds Ether exposure The management company behind the university’s $56.9 billion endowment opened a new position in BlackRock’s sp

• Tokenized RWAs climb 13.5% despite $1T crypto market drawdown Tokenized real-world assets added 13.5% in 30 days, led by increasing activity on Ethereum, Arbitrum and Solana, eve

• How South Korea is using AI to detect crypto market manipulation South Korea’s regulators are deploying AI systems to monitor crypto trading, flag manipulation and strengthen dig

• Institutional crypto adoption is accelerating, driving larger VC checks, bank-led custody, and lending. • Stablecoins are emerging as the internet’s dollar, backed by clearer reg

• Stripe acquires Metronome, boosting its usage‑based billing capabilities. • New platform supports thousands of SKUs, multidimensional metering for AI infrastructure. • Enables sa

• 60% of banking leaders cite slow digital transformation as a customer loss factor. • Redis boosts mobile banking speed by 76%, enhancing loyalty and retention. • Real‑time fraud

• Yelp’s expanding revenue streams demanded automated recognition beyond manual processes. • The REVREC SaaS solution offers real‑time reconciliation, faster book‑closing, and inst

• DeepSeek launches AI-driven search platform, targeting enterprise data retrieval globally. • SoFi expands fintech services, integrating crypto and wealth management tools. • Mark

• Experian’s Q2 earnings beat expectations, driven by rising credit card debt and data analytics services. • SoFi Technologies reports record loan origination volume, fueled by low

• PayPal VS Code extension streamlines checkout integration directly inside the IDE. • Pre‑written samples let developers clone ready‑made PayPal integration code. • Code snippets

• Meet PayPal executives and technical leaders for insights on fintech strategy. • Discover PayPal Complete Payments (PPCP) unifying Checkout and card processing. • Learn how a sin

• Shift from cost‑driven KPIs to experience‑centric metrics boosts loyalty. • AI powers 24/7, empathetic support, replacing rigid 9‑5 scripts. • Unified digital, mobile, and physic