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• It’s a simple question that now drives more than US$13 billion (£9 • 7 billion) a month on prediction markets-companies like Polymarket, PredictIt and Kalshi

• These days, transparency is a financial buzzword • Opening the curtains on the operations of financial markets is supposed to help investors and regulators make better decisions

• America’s bosses are being dragged into local politics Arise, CEO-councilmen Running a bigAmerican company today requires bosses to master the art of high politics • Matters of s

• Should AI labs unquestioningly obey the Pentagon’s orders?

• The process will be slow and politically fraught

• Will the file type survive the AI revolution?

• Bitcoin trades near $63,000, hovering above liquidation threshold. • Break below $60,000 could trigger mass liquidations. • Other major coins like BCH, APT, ATOM, SUI fall 5‑8%.

• Cloud-based tool supports regional compliance and includes AI features to streamline RFIs, submittals and site documentation. • Trimble announced that its ProjectSight constructi

• Its ghoulish reputation is ill-deserved Its ghoulish reputation is ill-deserved

• Chinese humanoid robot makers gain US-backed push into global markets amid tough challenge OpenMind is already collaborating with several Chinese firms - including Unitree Roboti

• SportFi’s next act: onchain markets built around match-day results An area of blockchain-based finance focused on increasing fans’ engagement with sports teams, SportFi uses toke

• Prediction markets will let you bet on just about anything, from how many tweets Elon Musk will post this week to the next president of the United States, with predictions someti

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• Federal Reserve researchers sing praises of prediction markets A deep look at predictions on Kalshi called such platforms valuable to policymakers and researchers, according to a

• Policy AI Column It’s MAGA v Broligarch in the battle over prediction markets Prediction: This is going to be a mess for the Trump right. • Link Share Gift If you buy something f

• The UAE hopes to emulate Las Vegas and Macau

• The choices its new leaders make could shape the future of Italian luxury

• Stop optimising.

• Polymarket’s lawsuit could decide who regulates US prediction markets Polymarket’s lawsuit challenges state authority and could redefine whether the CFTC controls US prediction m

• Crypto markets feel the chill, Base, ether.fi reorganize layer-2 landscape Your day-ahead look for Feb. • 19, 2026 What to know: You are viewing Crypto Daybook Americas, your mor

• Money is flowing into the country, but the benefits may prove temporary

• Competition enforcement in America has descended into chaos

• The market for robot dancers, alas, is limited

• Zora moves onto Solana with ‘attention markets’ for trading internet trends The creator platform’s new product lets users trade tokens linked to social-media traction, a Polymark

• Zora debuts attention markets on Solana, betting on social trends The ZORA token gained 6.2% to $0.022 over the last 24 hours as Zora announced its new attention markets product.

• The filing marks the latest move by the agency to assert federal jurisdiction over fast-growing prediction markets like Kalshi & Polymarket.

• Zora, a socialfi platform closely associated with the Ethereum Layer 2 Base, is launching its new attention market platform on Solana.

• 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

• The resulting flood of exports will be good news for consumers. • Less so for the world’s carmakers

• Buterin proposed replacing the current speculative model with AI-powered hedging tools that help users offset real-world costs like housing and food.

• Conservatives are better at trashing businesses than building them

• Erewhon is testing just how much wealthy shoppers will pay for chicken soup

• Artificial intelligence is causing the chip designer to rethink its winning formula

• Their leveraged bets on the software industry may soon cause big trouble

• A tale of territorial ambition, power dynamics and water bottles

• They cannot rely on politicians alone to fix the region’s abysmal corporate governance

• Patient care improves when people get accurate test results from an excellent diagnostic company. • Health care professionals can find the best partners in sample processing by l

• The country’s courts are inundated with intellectual-property cases

• In praise of lifelong joy

• The taint of the disgraced financier will endure

• Daniel Kretinsky, Czech billionaire, remains optimistic about Europe’s economic future despite regulatory hurdles. • He cites Europe’s fragmented markets as a barrier to large-sc

• Don’t bring me problems, bring me solutions. • Except in some circumstances

• The fates of xAI, SpaceX and Tesla are increasingly intertwined

• Josh D’Amaro has a difficult task ahead

• Musk’s proposed mega-merger lacks clear synergies, raising doubts about long-term profitability. • The deal would combine X’s social platform with AI firms, but integration costs

• A social network for AI agents is full of introspection-and threats How worried should you be about Moltbook? • At first glance, Moltbook looks like a regular online chat room. •

• AI-driven growth expectations have inflated software valuations, now facing correction. • Investors fear AI could replace software jobs, reducing demand for traditional software

• AI leaders like Musk and Altman prioritize profit over public good, reflecting traditional capitalist motives. • Their legal clash over OpenAI’s governance highlights tension bet

• And what should companies do in response?

• How IBM became an AI darling It has pulled off yet another striking turnaround Throughout its 115-year life IBM has shown itself to be a master of reinvention. • In the mid-1990s

• Governments are nudging them, but it’ll be messy

• AI rout ignited by China’s DeepSeek, sending U.S. tech stocks into a slump. • Nasdaq leads decline, falling 1.5% as AI infrastructure names tumble. • AI hardware makers suffer do

• Gold settled 1.4% lower, marking a second decline in three sessions. • Silver fell 2.5% at close, continuing a three-session downtrend. • Both metals face downward pressure amid

• DeepSeek’s rise sparks speculation about its impact on U.S. AI leaders. • Analysts argue the selloff of Nvidia and Broadcom is overstated. • Market volatility remains, but long‑t

• 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

• Arabica coffee futures surged to record highs after U.S. tariff threat withdrawal. • Traders reassessed Colombian supply risk, boosting demand and prices significantly. • The pri

• Japanese yen climbs against the dollar as investors chase safe‑haven currencies. • Swiss franc gains modestly, reflecting heightened risk aversion in global markets. • Safe‑haven

• U.S. natural gas futures dropped today amid revised weather outlooks. • Weekend updates removed some expected early February chill for heating. • Lower cold expectations reduce d

• QXO, a building-products distributor, launches a hostile takeover bid for Beacon. • The bid follows multiple rejected offers, prompting QXO to appeal directly to Beacon sharehold