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GameStop, a U.S.-based gaming retailer, has announced giving its CEO, Ryan Cohen, performance-based stock options. The award will serve as an incentive to motivate the CEO to create long-term value for shareholders. GameStop’s Board of Directors has issued a high-performance stock option to the company’s chairman and CEO, Ryan Cohen. The award consists of a package worth approximately $3.54 billion if Cohen can lead the company to a tenfold increase in market value and a significant boost in profits. Cohen will only receive the award if the company’s market capitalization grows to $100 billion. The company will also need to…

President Nawrocki of Poland has once again halted the adoption of a contentious law designed to regulate cryptocurrency transactions in the EU nation. The legislation, drafted by Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s cabinet, has been criticized for imposing much stricter rules on Polish crypto firms than the European standards it’s supposed to introduce. Polish president vetoes controversial crypto bill for second time Poland’s head of state, Karol Nawrocki, has imposed another veto on the government-proposed legal framework for the country’s crypto market, arguably the largest in Eastern Europe. On Thursday, the president returned the document again, which saw little change since…

Stablecoin outflows from centralized exchanges have slowed sharply even as CryptoQuant’s indicators continue to flag weak market conditions, a sign that investor capital is consolidating rather than leaving the sector, the market data provider said. Flows on centralized exchanges (CEXs) have stabilized, with outflows totaling just $2 billion over the past month, CryptoQuant said in a statement to Cointelegraph on Tuesday. By contrast, late 2025 saw $8.4 billion in outflows at the start of the bear market, highlighting the moderation in redemptions, CryptoQuant’s marketing head Nick Pitto told Cointelegraph. “Capital isn’t rushing out of crypto right now; it’s consolidating, particularly…

Table of Contents When Is Midnight Launching?How Does Midnight Work?What Makes Midnight Different From Other Privacy Blockchains?What Is The $NIGHT Token?What Can You Build On Midnight?How Does Midnight Connect To Cardano?ConclusionResourcesFrequently Asked Questions Midnight is a privacy-focused blockchain developed by Input Output Global (IOG) and Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson that uses zero-knowledge proofs to enable selective disclosure of data. The platform operates as a partner chain to Cardano and allows users to prove facts about their data without revealing the data itself, addressing a fundamental problem in blockchain adoption: how to use distributed ledgers while maintaining privacy required for regulated…

$USDC and Circle’s Cross-Chain Transfer Protocol are set to launch on the Morph network, expanding dollar-denominated stablecoin settlement for payment-focused infrastructure. Circle to Issue $USDC on Morph, Expanding Stablecoin Settlement The rollout introduces canonical $USDC on Morph, issued by Circle’s regulated affiliates, establishing the stablecoin as a digital settlement asset across the network. The issuance framework is designed to provide uniform behavior across applications and clear onchain provenance. According to the announcement shared with Bitcoin.com News, developers building payment applications will be able to simplify dollar settlement without managing bridge risk or fragmented liquidity. Institutions operating treasury systems, merchant platforms…

An early Ethereum investor has returned to the spotlight after more than a decade of silence. According to on-chain tracker Lookonchain, a wallet funded during the 2014 Ethereum ICO. It has recently attempted its first transaction in 10.6 years. The wallet originally invested just $443 and received 1,430 $ETH at the time. Today, that same amount is worth about $2.8 million. It represents a staggering 6,335x return. The Ethereum ICO wallet, identified as 0xcBfa…0317. It is tried to send 1 $ETH to the Gemini exchange. But the transfer failed because the gas fee was set too low. From ICO Bet…

Crypto SIP use in India climbed over 60 percent as small monthly investing spread. CoinDCX, CoinSwitch, and Mudrex reported strong growth in recurring crypto plans nationwide. Bybit and Binance saw higher demand for automated buying tools among users nationwide. India’s retail crypto market shifted in 2025 as systematic investment plans grew more than 60% year on year. Major platforms reported rising participation as investors used small, regular buys. Moneycontrol reported about 572,000 new SIP registrations on CoinDCX alone, far above 2024 levels. As more users adopt rupee cost averaging, this discipline is expected to reshape India’s retail crypto cycle. INDIANS…

The Institute of International Finance (IIF) formally responded to the Bank of England (BoE) regulatory consultation in a comment letter submitted on Tuesday. The letter covered topics such as capital norms, cross-border supervision, and reserve-asset requirements. The response came as UK policymakers considered rules for sterling-denominated stablecoins. The Bank of England launched a consultation late last year to determine how systemic sterling-backed stablecoins should be regulated if used extensively for payments. According to the BoE, stablecoins could enable faster, cheaper, and more efficient payments if widely adopted in the UK. The Bank’s mandate was expanded under the Financial Services and…

What To Know: Binance will distribute 235 million $WLFI tokens to users holding $USD1 through an airdrop campaign running from Feb. 20 to March 20, 2026. Rewards will be issued weekly to eligible $USD1 holders across Spot, Funding, Margin, and Futures accounts, with bonus multipliers for collateralized holdings. Moreover, $WLFI ecosystem is also holding an upcoming World Liberty Forum, which is set to feature prominent global finance and crypto leaders. Crypto exchange Binance has announced a new airdrop campaign that will reward users holding World Liberty Financial USD ($USD1), with a total distribution pool of 235 million World Liberty Financial…

Decentralized perpetual futures exchange (perp DEX) Grvt said it has integrated the Aave lending protocol to let traders earn yield on collateral posted for margin while keeping their derivatives positions open. The company said Thursday that the feature is designed to reduce the opportunity cost of margin collateral that typically sits idle on trading venues. Perpetual futures are crypto derivatives that track an asset’s price and do not expire. “On most platforms, your capital can only do one thing at a time,” Hong Yea, CEO of Grvt, told Cointelegraph. “Your stablecoins are either earning yield or available to trade, but…