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Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan said his bank will be “fine” if stablecoins become a larger part of mainstream finance, but warned that the broader banking system could be harmed by the “possibility of $6 trillion in deposits” moving into stablecoins and stablecoin-linked products offering yield-like returns, as these could reduce lending capacity and push up borrowing costs. Moynihan spoke about stablecoins during a Bank of America investor conference as the financial institution presented its Q4 2025 results. RBC Capital Markets analyst Gerard Cassidy asked whether U.S. lawmakers would close what he called a “looming loophole,” one that could…

In a revealing operational disclosure, South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Korbit announced plans to sell approximately 3.2 billion won ($2.37 million) worth of Bitcoin to fund essential business costs, including labor expenses. This strategic Korbit Bitcoin sale, scheduled between February 5 and March 31, 2025, provides a rare, transparent look into how digital asset firms manage treasury assets to ensure business continuity and workforce stability. The move underscores the evolving maturity of crypto exchanges as they navigate complex financial planning in a dynamic market. Analyzing the Korbit Bitcoin Sale Strategy Korbit’s corporate disclosure, reported by News1, details a plan to sell…

ai.com has announced the launch of its autonomous AI agent offering for consumers, according to a statement released on February 6. The platform is set to officially debut on February 8, alongside ai.com’s Super Bowl LX commercial. Founded by Kris Marszalek, co-founder and CEO of Crypto.com, ai.com allows users to create a private AI agent that can operate on their behalf, carrying out tasks across applications while remaining fully permission-based and under user control. Each agent runs in a secure, dedicated environment, with user data encrypted and segregated using individual keys. Official launch scheduled during Super Bowl LX broadcast on…

Mike Novogratz’s Galaxy Digital (GLXY) shares are up 4% in U.S. trading Thursday morning after the firm secured approval to add 830 megawatts of power capacity at its Helios data center campus in West Texas. The expansion, approved by Texas’s electric grid operator ERCOT, follows the completion of a required large-load interconnection study and more than doubles the site’s total approved load to over 1.6 gigawatts. It marks an additional step in Galaxy’s long-term plan to build out infrastructure for artificial intelligence and high-performance computing (HPC) workloads, the company said in a press release. The company, which offers crypto financial…

Introduction Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ripple are the names that strike our minds when someone mentions blockchain technology, but it is only a partial truth that the technology came into existence with the advent of Bitcoin in 2008. However, it is true that digital money has perpetuated the blockchain technology and almost made it a household name in 2026. The history of blockchain technology is the story of evolution not only in the fields of computer science but also in cryptography. The evolution of the technology has transformed it into the very backbone of digital money, a new financial system, and many…

Key Takeaways US initial jobless claims came in at 198K, beating expectations of 215K and marking a drop from the prior week’s revised 207K. Markets climbed on the report, with the S&P 500 up 0.5% and the Nasdaq gaining over 1%, as the labor data reinforced bets on steady Fed policy. US initial jobless claims dropped to 198K for the week, coming in below the expected 215K and the revised prior reading of 207K, according to the latest data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The weekly claims figure reflects the number of individuals filing for unemployment benefits for the…

The UAE federal government has recognized the regulated AED stablecoin, AE Coin, powered by MBank (Al Maryah Community Bank), for government-fee payments. UAE businesses and individuals will be able to pay government service fees using AE Coin and its associated AEC Wallet. To ensure that AE Coin can be utilized by a wide range of individuals and businesses for governmental payments, banks such as the Commercial Bank of Dubai, Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank and the payments infrastructure provider Network International have all signed MOUs with Mbank, to establish the payments infrastructure required across federal ministries, authorities and government service channels.…

4AI, an AI marketplace based on $BNB Chain and operated in a decentralized manner, has reported a strategic alliance with Unibase to enhance infrastructure to support autonomous AI agent economies. The partnership focuses on providing long-term memory, unified interoperability and real-time coordination of AI agents that operate in Web3 ecosystems. 4AI X Unibase 🤝We’re partnering with @Unibase_AI to power autonomous agent economies with infrastructure that enables memory, interoperability, and real-time coordination across ecosystems.🔸 Decentralized long-term memory for autonomous agents🔸 Cross-platform… pic.twitter.com/2XtTtWByFn — 4AI 🔶 $BNB (@4aibsc) February 6, 2026 The news was distributed via the official social feeds of 4AI,…

Key Takeaways BlackRock reported $14 trillion in assets under management (AUM) for 2025, driven by a record-breaking $698 billion in net inflows. BlackRock CEO said that the firm is at the forefront of high-growth areas, including private markets, wealth management, active ETFs, and digital assets. In its fourth-quarter earnings release on Thursday, BlackRock announced that total assets under management surged to $14 trillion by the end of 2025, spurred by a record $698 billion in annual net inflows. BlackRock’s shares (BLK) rose 5% following the report, per Yahoo Finance. Digital assets AUM stood at around $78 billion at year-end, with…

Hyperliquid’s token, $HYPE, climbed 10% over the past 24 hours after the decentralized exchange detailed HIP-4, a proposal to bring “outcome” trading to its platform. The new contract type would support prediction markets and options-style derivatives, both long-requested features, according to the team. “There has been extensive user demand in both of these areas, and builders will likely think of novel applications as well,” Hyperliquid wrote in a post on X. Outcomes are fully collateralized contracts that settle at a fixed price within a specified range. They introduce dated markets and non-linear payoffs to Hyperliquid’s system, which until now has…