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Weekend note: not an ideal day for video uploads Today was not an ideal day for publishing new video content , but production efforts continued throughout the day despite setbacks. Production update Technical hurdles, sc…

Iran’s Revolutionary Guard says response imminent after attack The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps announced that Iran will respond to an attack within the coming hours, the statement said. Statement from the IRGC The …

U.S. Measures May Impact Bank Deposits, Media Reports Media outlets, citing an official U.S. representative, report that proposed measures could affect certain bank deposits in affected jurisdictions. The reports do not …

Gold Remains a Defensive Asset While Bitcoin Shows Vulnerability Market commentators increasingly contrast gold ’s long-established role as a portfolio defensive asset with bitcoin ’s higher sensitivity to market swings …

Israel reports strikes on numerous targets inside Iran Israel carried out airstrikes against multiple targets across Iran, hitting a range of military and infrastructure sites, according to initial reports. Reported stri…

Who Controls Aave: Funding, Governance, and Aave Labs Role Aave has become the first on-chain lending protocol to surpass a cumulative lending volume of $1 trillion , expanding its market presence significantly. Mileston…

Pentagon seeks unrestricted access to Anthropic's AI model The Department of Defense has intensified requests to gain access to Anthropic’s Claude model for military applications, according to media reports. Officials re…

Bitcoin faces first-ever consecutive January and February losses Throughout Bitcoin's trading history, the months of January and February have never both closed the year-to-date period simultaneously in negative territor…

Google releases Nano Banana 2 image model Google has released Nano Banana 2 , an updated image-generation model in the Gemini family that brings measurable gains in speed and image fidelity. Model improvements According …

Founder of Openclaw Shares Practical Advice for People in Their Twenties The founder of Openclaw offered practical guidance aimed at people in their twenties navigating early career and skill development. His recommendat…

Bitcoin tests $70,000 as liquidations exceed $500 million Bitcoin briefly climbed to $70,000 , and ether rose above $2,100 , triggering futures liquidations that surpassed $500 mln over the past 24 hours. Market dynamics…

Seedance 2.0 Appeared Briefly in CapCut Desktop Seedance 2.0 briefly became available in CapCut's desktop application last night before access was removed the following morning. How the feature surfaced Users who encount…

China's scale in artificial intelligence is underestimated Assessments often understate the scale of China’s artificial intelligence efforts, given the combined strength of policy, industry and data resources. Government…

ETHZilla rebrands to Forum Markets and changes ticker to FRMM The company ETHZilla announced it will abandon its model of buying ETH onto the balance sheet and will rebrand as Forum Markets . Corporate changes Management…

Bitcoin briefly nears $70,000 then retreats Bitcoin briefly approached $70,000 before pulling back to roughly $68,300 , failing to clear a key resistance level on the rally. Market dynamics and altcoin performance During…

Countdown to on-chain investigation into alleged crypto insider trading Crypto researcher ZachXBT announced a major on-chain investigation scheduled for 26.02.2026 , claiming evidence of long-term insider trading. Announ…

Solo miner spent $75 to mine a Bitcoin block A solo miner rented about 1 PH/s of hash rate for 119 000 satoshis (~$75) and mined block #938092 . Block reward and payout The mined block produced 3.125 BTC , which was wort…

US Senate launches probe into Binance's Iran-related transactions Democratic senators have opened an inquiry into transactions worth $1.7 billion that may have benefited Iran, according to investigators. Senate inquiry T…

CIA warned tech firms of possible Taiwan invasion before 2027 The CIA warned technology companies in 2023 that China could attempt an invasion of Taiwan before 2027, reports The New York Times. Why Taiwan matters About 9…

Bitcoin Depot requires ID verification for every ATM transaction Bitcoin Depot has started requiring identity verification for each transaction at its ATMs, the company announced as part of a new process. Operator footpr…
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