U.S. stocks retreated on Feb. 26 as investors reassessed the artificial intelligence trade, with the S&P 500 falling 0.9% to 6,883, the Nasdaq dropping 1.6% to 22,782 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average easing 0.3% to about 49,320.
AllUnity has launched CHFAU, a Swiss franc-pegged stablecoin backed 1:1 by CHF and initially available to institutional and professional investors.
Telegram has introduced yield-generating vaults within its in-app crypto wallet, enabling users to earn returns on Bitcoin, Ethereum and Tether directly inside the messaging platform.
US asset manager REX Shares has launched the GIF ETF, an income-focused fund that combines nine leveraged single-stock strategies including crypto-linked equities Coinbase and Strategy.
Gate has secured a Payment Institution licence in Malta under the EU’s PSD2 framework, allowing it to execute regulated payment transactions across the European Union alongside its existing crypto services.
Decentralised perpetual futures exchange Grvt has integrated the Aave lending protocol to allow traders to earn yield on margin collateral while keeping derivatives positions open.
Market analysts have pushed back against claims that Jane Street is engineering a daily 10 a.m. Bitcoin sell-off, saying available data does not support the idea of a systematic price dump.
Mastercard and MetaMask have launched the MetaMask Card in the United States marking its first availability across 49 states including New York after pilot programmes over the past two years.
Nvidia reported record fourth-quarter revenue of $68.1 billion, up 73% year-on-year, with earnings per share of $1.62 beating the $1.53 consensus estimate as AI-driven demand continued to power data centre sales.
Multiple employees at Axiom, a Y Combinator-backed non-custodial trading platform, have been accused by blockchain investigator ZachXBT of engaging in insider trading using internal company tools.
Beast Industries has suspended a video editor while it investigates insider trading allegations after prediction market platform Kalshi fined and banned the employee for two years.
American Bitcoin, the Nasdaq-listed mining firm co-founded by Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr., reported a $59.45 million net loss for the fourth quarter of 2025 as softer crypto prices weighed on performance.
