Day: February 27, 2026

PayPal USD to Power App-Specific Stablecoins via PYUSDx

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Payment giant PayPal is expanding access to its stablecoin through a new platform it says will allow devleopers to create their own US dollar-pegged tokens backed by PayPal USD. PayPal, MoonPay and stablecoin platform M0 on Friday announced PYUSDx, a product aimed at helping developers launch PayPal USD (PYUSD)-backed stablecoins for use within applications, or tokens designed for use inside a particular app, platform or ecosystem, according to a joint announcement shared with Cointelegraph. The companies said the rollout is planned for next month. “The next phase of stablecoin adoption…

Would Bitcoin really be at $200K if not for Jane Street? Trade Secrets

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Bitcoiners are debating whether Bitcoin’s price would already be at $200,000 if not for the quantitative investment firm Jane Street messing around in the market. “If only Jane Street wasn’t manipulating the markets, Bitcoin would have fully followed M2 money supply & we would be over $200k,” Coin Bureau CEO Nic Puckrin said in an X post.  It didn’t take much scrolling in the thread to know that he was being tongue-in-cheek. (Nic Puckrin) Puckrin was making fun of the fact that plenty of Bitcoiners genuinely seem to think that’s…

Bitcoin is in a ‘crypto winter,’ says Strategy founder

▶ Coinbase Website: Coinbase.com ▶ CEX Website: cex.io Strategy founder and executive chairman Michael Saylor discusses the current ‘crypto winter’ for Bitcoin, financial stability and the cryptocurrency market on ‘The Claman Countdown.’ #fox #media #breakingnews #us #usa #new #news #breaking #foxbusiness #theclamancountdown #bitcoin #crypto #cryptocurrency #digitalassets #blockchain #michaelsaylor #saylor #markets #investing #finance #economy #stocks #technology #business #trading #wallstreet #inflation #financialnews Subscribe to Fox Business: Watch more Fox Business Video: Watch Fox Business Network Live: FOX Business Network (FBN) is a financial news channel delivering real-time information across all platforms that…

UK Gambling Watchdog May Allow Crypto Payments Under New FCA Framework

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The United Kingdom’s Gambling Commission is exploring how cryptocurrency could be used for payments at licensed online casinos, as the country prepares to bring more crypto activity under a new regulatory regime led by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). Tim Miller, the commission’s executive director for research and policy, said Thursday that the regulator wants to examine “the potential path forward” for allowing “cryptoasset to be used as a consumer payment option for licensed and regulated gambling in Great Britain.” Miller made the remarks at the Betting and Gaming Council’s…

Expert Trader Who Correctly Predicted Bitcoin Top Just Shared A Chart Pointing Below $4,000

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Expert trader Tony Severino, who correctly predicted Bitcoin’s top, has raised the possibility of a crash to $4,000. This comes as BTC continues to struggle to break key resistance levels, signaling that it could be at risk of a deeper decline.  Expert Trader Raises Potential Bitcoin Drop To $4,000 In an X post, Tony Severino questioned the possibility that the next Bitcoin bull market is a lower high followed by a lower low. His accompanying chart showed BTC may be forming a Head-and-Shoulder pattern, which could spark a crash to…

Pantera, Franklin Join Sentient Arena AI Agent Testing Initiative

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Pantera Capital and Franklin Templeton’s digital assets unit have joined the first cohort of Arena, a new testing environment from open-source AI lab Sentient that is designed to evaluate how AI agents perform in enterprise-style workflows. In a Friday announcement shared with Cointelegraph, Sentient positioned Arena as a production-style benchmarking platform rather than a static model test. Instead of scoring agents on fixed datasets alone, it runs them through standardized tasks modeled on enterprise conditions, including long documents, incomplete information and conflicting sources.  “In this initial phase, participation refers to…

Solo Bitcoin Mining Odds — February 2026 Update

▶ Coinbase Website: Coinbase.com ▶ CEX Website: cex.io Everyone says solo Bitcoin mining is dead. But the numbers just changed — and most people didn’t notice. In this February 2026 update, we break down the real probability of solo mining Bitcoin using current network difficulty, hashrate and block production math. No hype, no fantasy profits — just real expectations. Subscribe if you want calm, data-driven crypto mining content. #bitcoin #mining #solomining #crypto 🎥 What this video covers: 00:00 Everyone says solo mining is dead 00:30 Intro 00:58 What changed in…

Bitcoin Sell-Off Slows Down, But The Road To Recovery Is Long — Analyst

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It has been a rough stretch for Bitcoin. Prices have been pinned between $60,000 and $70,000 for weeks, and a brief dip below $67,000 on Thursday did little to ease investor nerves. Related Reading Now, a handful of analysts are saying the worst of the selling may finally be over — though what comes next is far from exciting. No Crash, No Boom — Just Patience Crypto analyst Willy Woo put it plainly on X. The wave of bearish selling by investors “seems to have exhausted,” he said, giving Bitcoin…

Opening a Gemstone Mine in Canada (Part 2)

▶ Coinbase Website: Coinbase.com ▶ CEX Website: cex.io I’ve teamed up with Chris Robak from Silver Cove to open Canada’s first and only Peridot gemstone mine! While we work through the permitting process to bring in large-scale mining equipment, I’m running small-scale tests to fine-tune our gem recovery methods. In this video, I’m testing our crushed basalt in a mineral jig to see if the slight difference in specific gravity between basalt and Peridot is enough to separate the gems from their host rock. Peridot is a gem-quality Olivine crystal,…

Bitcoin integration push sees Citi build $30t custody rails for 2026

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BTC integration plans lift Citigroup’s 2026 crypto custody launch, driven by institutional demand and ETF flows. Summary Citigroup, with about $2.5t in assets, is building BTC infrastructure to link the coin into its existing $30t traditional asset framework for institutional clients. BTC services, including custody, key management, reporting, collateral and portfolio integration, are slated to roll out in 2026 after 2–3 years of internal development and testing. Citi’s move answers growing institutional BTC demand, especially from ETF participants, and aligns with peers exploring stablecoin rails, tokenized deposits and 24/7 blockchain…