Jon Cuthbert

US prosecutors have issued a Valentine’s Day warning over a surge in crypto-linked romance scams that blend emotional manipulation with fraudulent investment schemes.

Decentralised finance’s expansion across dozens of blockchains is fuelling a new wave of cross-chain trading terminals as liquidity fragmentation becomes a structural constraint rather than a temporary inconvenience.

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has added executives from leading crypto firms, including Coinbase and Ripple, to its newly formed Innovation Advisory Committee.

The Decibel Foundation will launch a protocol-native stablecoin, USDCBL, ahead of the February mainnet debut of its Aptos-based decentralised derivatives exchange.

The National Credit Union Administration has proposed its first rules under the GENIUS Act, outlining how subsidiaries of federally insured credit unions could apply to become federally supervised payment stablecoin issuers.

Publicly traded Ethereum treasury firm ETHZilla has launched a tokenised aviation asset product after purchasing two CFM56 jet engines for roughly $12.2 million and leasing them to a major US air carrier.

US Securities and Exchange Commission chair Paul Atkins told lawmakers the agency may assert jurisdiction over parts of the rapidly expanding prediction market sector.

Coast Entertainment (ASX:CEH) achieved a 368.2% EBITDA surge in H1 FY26, signaling a powerful tourism comeback driven by record attendance and soaring revenue.

Cochlear (ASX:COH) booked a 9% dip in underlying profit for H1 FY26, balancing the landmark Nucleus Nexa System launch against fiscal tightening and R&D costs.

PBF Energy (NYSE:PBF) reported a fourth-quarter profit that comfortably cleared Wall Street expectations, marking a resilient end to a volatile fiscal year.