Day: 18 February 2026

Exchange-traded fund issuers Bitwise Asset Management and GraniteShares have filed proposals with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to launch a new category of investment products tied to U.S. election outcomes. According to filings submitted on Tuesday, Bitwise plans to introduce six ETFs under the “PredictionShares” brand on NYSE Arca. ...

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Elemental Royalty Corp (Nasdaq: ELE) has made history by becoming the first public gold company to offer shareholder dividends payable in tokenized gold. The Nasdaq-listed royalty firm announced on Tuesday, February 17, 2026, that it will provide investors the option to receive their payouts in Tether Gold (XAUt) rather than ...

Asset management giant BlackRock and crypto exchange Coinbase have disclosed how staking rewards will be distributed in their proposed staked Ethereum exchange-traded fund, according to a newly amended filing submitted to the U.S. regulator. NEW: updated filing for BlackRock’s @iShares staked Ethereum ETF. Ticker $ETHB. Filing includes expense ratio which ...

Circle is widening the global reach of its Circle Payments Network, adding new local currency payout corridors across Asia, the Middle East, Europe and the United States as it pushes deeper into cross-border stablecoin payments. The expansion allows banks, payment providers and digital asset firms to move funds using stablecoins ...

Shares of eToro rallied more than 20% on Tuesday after the trading platform posted stronger-than-expected fourth-quarter earnings, even as crypto trading volumes declined. The company reported Q4 net income of $68.7 million, up 16% year over year, translating to earnings per share of $0.71 that topped analyst estimates of $0.60 ...

Blockchain advocacy organization The Digital Chamber has launched a new initiative aimed at shaping policy around prediction markets in the United States, as legal and regulatory tensions surrounding the sector continue to grow. In a statement shared on X on Tuesday, the group introduced its new Prediction Markets Working Group, ...

Bitcoin could be at serious risk from future advances in quantum computing, raising questions about the security of millions of coins, including Satoshi Nakamoto’s estimated 1 million BTC.  Ki Young Ju, founder of CryptoQuant, highlighted that protecting Bitcoin may require freezing old coins or risk theft from quantum attacks. https://t.co/7oGUyY4wtM ...

Bridge, the stablecoin infrastructure firm owned by payments giant Stripe, has secured conditional approval from the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) to organize a federally chartered national trust bank.  The decision, announced on Tuesday, February 17, 2026, marks a transformative step for the fintech sector, allowing ...

Decentralized SocialFi platform Zora has unveiled a new “attention markets” feature on Solana, allowing users to speculate on which ideas, hashtags, and internet trends will gain traction online.  According to the platform’s creators, users can deploy a “Trend” by paying 1 SOL, valued at around $85 at launch, a pricing ...