Day: 16 February 2026

Crypto exchange Binance is firmly denying claims that its internal compliance team uncovered more than $1 billion in Iran-linked Tether transactions on the Tron blockchain and that staff were dismissed after raising concerns. The allegations come from a recent report by Fortune, which cited unnamed sources who claimed Binance investigators ...

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has announced a significant crackdown on artificial intelligence chatbots to close legal loopholes that allow the generation of vile, illegal content.  In a Substack post on Sunday, February 15, 2026, the Prime Minister announced to parents and young people a forthcoming amendment to the Crime ...

The mobile app of global crypto exchange Binance has reportedly disappeared from the Philippine version of the Google Play Store. This has raised new questions about the platform’s status in the country. Users looking for the app are being redirected to alternatives like Coins.ph or region-specific versions such as Binance ...

Adam Back has pushed back against a growing effort within the Bitcoin community to reduce so-called Ordinals-related “spam,” arguing that proposed changes could damage trust in the network more than the problem itself. The debate centres on Bitcoin Improvement Proposal 110 (BIP-110), a draft plan introduced by pseudonymous developer Dathon ...

The founder of Aave believes decentralized finance could unlock trillions of dollars in new onchain collateral by expanding tokenization beyond traditional assets and into what he calls “abundance assets,” such as solar energy infrastructure. In comments shared on social media over the weekend, Kulechov argued that while tokenized real-world assets ...

Michael Saylor has indicated that Strategy plans to convert roughly $6 billion in convertible bond debt into equity, a move aimed at easing balance-sheet pressure and strengthening the company’s long-term financial position as Bitcoin prices remain volatile. The decision to “equitize” debt would allow bondholders to receive company shares instead ...

Web3 investment firm Animoca Brands has obtained a Virtual Asset Service Provider (VASP) licence from Dubai Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA), opening the door for broader operations across the Middle East’s growing digital asset sector. The approval allows the company to offer broker-dealer and investment management services related to virtual ...

Bitcoin is showing new signs of a bear market, according to recent market analysis. This analysis highlights an increase in sharp 30-day drops and weaker upward momentum. Data tracking Bitcoin’s 30-day rate of change shows that drops over 20%, which were rare during the 2023 to 2024 bull phase, are ...