February 2026

Stripe considers acquiring some or all of PayPal: Report

Stripe considers acquiring some or all of PayPal: Report 2026-02-25 at 05:44 By Cointelegraph by Martin Young Bloomberg reports that Stripe is in early acquisition talks with PayPal as the payments giant has battled competition, leadership turmoil and an 85% stock drop from its peak. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original […]

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Crypto lobby Blockchain Association pitches tax plan to Congress

Crypto lobby Blockchain Association pitches tax plan to Congress 2026-02-25 at 05:44 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea The Blockchain Association released its tax policy positions, saying “low-dollar” crypto transfers should be exempted, but mining and staking should be taxed. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

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Orbital datacenters are a pie-in-the-sky idea: Gartner

Orbital datacenters are a pie-in-the-sky idea: Gartner 2026-02-25 at 05:44 By Simon Sharwood Analyst firm bemoans ‘peak insanity’ among those who think circling servers can replace down-to-earth server farms Analyst firm Gartner thinks talk of placing datacenters in space has reached “peak insanity,” because orbiting facilities can’t be run economically or satisfy demand for compute

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Anthropic says it’s been targeted in massive distillation attacks

Anthropic says it’s been targeted in massive distillation attacks 2026-02-25 at 03:33 By Cointelegraph by Brian Quarmby Anthropic alleges Chinese AI companies DeepSeek, Moonshot and MiniMax made 24,000 accounts and 16 million Claude exchanges to scrape its AI bot for training.  This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

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Bitwise acquires Chorus One, potentially paving way for more staked ETFs

Bitwise acquires Chorus One, potentially paving way for more staked ETFs 2026-02-25 at 03:33 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea Bitwise’s acquisition of Chorus One expands the company’s staking capabilities to more than 30 blockchains, including Solana, Hyperliquid, Monad, Avalanche and Sui. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

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Workday CEO’s AI talk can’t shake off weaker sales forecast

Workday CEO’s AI talk can’t shake off weaker sales forecast 2026-02-25 at 03:33 By O’Ryan Johnson Claims HR company can escape the SaaSpocalypse with its core expertise Workday CEO Aneel Bhusri has used the first quarterly earnings announcement since he returned to the big chair to reassure investors the company is building more capable agentic

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Meta frees React to live in its own foundation

Meta frees React to live in its own foundation 2026-02-25 at 03:33 By Thomas Claburn Organizations using the front-end JavaScript framework can expect vendor-neutral governance Meta has turned over control of React, React Native, and associated projects like JSX to the newly formed React Foundation, fulfilling a commitment made last October.… This article is an

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It’s only Tuesday and AI chip startups have already soaked up $1.1B in funding

It’s only Tuesday and AI chip startups have already soaked up $1.1B in funding 2026-02-25 at 03:33 By Tobias Mann Fears of an AI bubble haven’t tempered vulture capitalists’ enthusiasm for silicon AI chip startups collectively walked away with more than a billion dollars of new capital on Tuesday, showing that venture capitalists are still

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ETH bounces off $1.8K as multiple Ether price metrics point to prolonged weakness

ETH bounces off $1.8K as multiple Ether price metrics point to prolonged weakness 2026-02-25 at 01:46 By Cointelegraph by Marcel Pechman Ether faces a bearish trend as onchain fees and network deposits hit multiyear lows. Until derivatives metrics stabilize, ETH price remains at risk. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

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ESMA warns crypto perpetual derivatives likely fall under CFD rules

ESMA warns crypto perpetual derivatives likely fall under CFD rules 2026-02-25 at 01:46 By Cointelegraph by Turner Wright The EU authority tracking compliance under the MiCA framework issued a warning to those marketing crypto derivatives as “perpetual futures or perpetual contracts.” This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

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AI has gotten good at finding bugs, not so good at swatting them

AI has gotten good at finding bugs, not so good at swatting them 2026-02-25 at 01:46 By Thomas Claburn Discovery is getting cheaper. Validation and patching aren’t What good is finding a hole if you can’t fix it? Anthropic last week talked up Claude Code’s improved ability to find software vulnerabilities and propose patches. But

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Defense Sec. Pete Hegseth gives Anthropic Friday deadline to remove military AI restrictions or face potential blacklisting

Defense Sec. Pete Hegseth gives Anthropic Friday deadline to remove military AI restrictions or face potential blacklisting 2026-02-25 at 00:00 By Thomas Barrabi Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth warned Anthropic boss Dario Amodei that he has until Friday evening to remove restrictions on how the US military can use its Claude AI chatbot – or potentially

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Coinbase opens stock and ETF trading to all US users in multi-asset push

Coinbase opens stock and ETF trading to all US users in multi-asset push 2026-02-25 at 00:00 By Cointelegraph by Nate Kostar The exchange now allows US customers to trade thousands of stocks and ETFs commission-free alongside crypto, with 24/5 access and instant funding. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

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Kraken debuts tokenized stock perpetual futures for non-US traders

Kraken debuts tokenized stock perpetual futures for non-US traders 2026-02-25 at 00:00 By Cointelegraph by Nate Kostar Kraken’s new contracts, built on the xStocks framework, offer up to 20x leverage on tokenized benchmarks tied to US equities and gold. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

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MoonPay launches ‘Agents,’ giving AI systems wallets and onchain cash flow

MoonPay launches ‘Agents,’ giving AI systems wallets and onchain cash flow 2026-02-25 at 00:00 By Cointelegraph by Sam Bourgi MoonPay debuts infrastructure enabling AI agents to transact with stablecoins onchain as both crypto and non-crypto companies race to build the “agent economy.” This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

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Millions of iPhone users under threat of fake calendar app scam — here’s how to shut it down

Millions of iPhone users under threat of fake calendar app scam — here’s how to shut it down 2026-02-24 at 23:33 By Marissa Matozzo Your iPhone calendar should track brunch — not broadcast cyber scams. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | New York Post View Original Source

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Longest Ether dip since 2022 ignored by whales: What’s next for ETH?

Longest Ether dip since 2022 ignored by whales: What’s next for ETH? 2026-02-24 at 22:20 By Cointelegraph by Biraajmaan Tamuly Ether whale order sizes are shrinking, while a $2 billion short cluster near $2,000 frame a tightening liquidity scenario for ETH after a sixth week of red price action. This article is an excerpt from

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Discord drama delays age verification debut until the second half of 2026

Discord drama delays age verification debut until the second half of 2026 2026-02-24 at 22:20 By Brandon Vigliarolo Cofounder promises transparency and full technical explanation of plans, which aren’t actually changing Discord is delaying age verification checks for a little while after its plan inspired a lot of hand-wringing among the community. But it’s not

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Patch these 4 critical, make-me-root SolarWinds bugs ASAP

Patch these 4 critical, make-me-root SolarWinds bugs ASAP 2026-02-24 at 22:20 By Jessica Lyons SolarWinds + file transfer software = what attackers’ dreams are made of If you run SolarWinds’ Serv-U, you should patch promptly. Four critical vulnerabilities in the file transfer software can allow attackers to execute code as root.… This article is an

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