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Binance, one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, has announced it will list new pairs to expand its trading options on the spot market. According to the announcement, the $ADA/U, $DOGE/U, $PEPE/U, and $TAO/$USD1 trading pairs will be available for trading on February 25, 2026, at 11:00 AM. The exchange will also activate its Trading Bots services for these pairs at the same date and time. The Spot Algo Orders feature will be available for the $ADA/U, $DOGE/U, $PEPE/U, and $TAO/$USD1 pairs. This step aims to enable users to implement automated and algorithmic trading strategies more effectively. Binance will also…

Policymakers across North America are worrying about what the energy usage of crypto, artificial intelligence and other data centers might mean for the affordability of regular customers, but crypto investment firm Paradigm argues that the government should leave bitcoin mining operations out of it. Mining bitcoin does take a tremendous amount of electricity. But the business model only works when that energy is particularly cheap — such as when it’s provided by off-peak renewable sources — and can be given back at the times when it’s most needed by the public, according to a report produced by Paradigm, which has…

Flux ecosystem, a decentralized cloud infrastructure that provides advanced computational resources for developers to build Web3 applications, today announced a strategic partnership with CZR Exchange, a cryptocurrency exchange that simplifies and secures people’s crypto trading journey. The collaboration enabled CZR Exchange to integrate Flux’s cloud computing infrastructure into its crypto trading platform, a move that aims to support developers in the CZR network. CZR Exchange is a cryptocurrency exchange and wallet whose headquarter is based in the Cayman Islands. The exchange combines cutting-edge financial products, powerful trading tools, and institutional-level security features into a single unified platform serving the interests…

When questions began swirling across social channels about whether Aave’s latest upgrade would force users and integrations off the current stack, Kolten, Aave Labs’ Marketing Director for DeFi, sought to put doubts to rest. In a measured thread on X, he laid out the company’s position that Aave V3 will continue to operate “for the foreseeable future,” even after V4 lands, and there is “no rush” to deprecate the existing version. The post reads like a careful reassurance to the protocol’s large ecosystem of builders, integrators and institutional partners, some of whom have voiced concern that a hard pivot to…

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has pushed back against suggestions that the original Ethereum blockchain should be left to wither away in favor of a new, from-scratch network. Instead, Buterin has unveiled a highly ambitious strategy to rebuild the network from the inside out with the help of radical upgrades while keeping the existing system fully operational. An X user has argued that Buterin should allow the current iteration of Ethereum to “die a slow and painful death by fragmentation” with a highly sophisticated web of layer-2 rollups (L2s), app chains, and institutional involvement. The user claimed that Buterin should start…

The S&P 500 does not stay the same. It never has. Companies enter, companies leave. Some grow fast and earn a spot, while others shrink, merge, go private, or collapse. Stability is not how this index works. So perhaps this churn helps explain how the market behaves over time. Prices can rise while the lineup behind them shifts quietly. The S&P 500 today is not the same index from ten years ago. It is not even close. The market keeps replacing its own parts. Turnover changes leadership and investor outcomes Goldman Sachs analyst Ben Snider put numbers to this change.…

Democrats in the US House of Representatives are pressing Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent over how regulators are handling World Liberty Financial’s bid for a national trust bank charter to issue a dollar-backed token. In a Feb. 19 letter, 41 House Financial Services Committee Democrats led by Representative Gregory Meeks cited systemic risk, foreign ownership and potential political pressure on the bank chartering process. They asked Bessent to explain what safeguards exist to prevent foreign government officials or politically connected investors from using the charter process to gain leverage over the US financial system. ​The lawmakers pointed to reporting that a…

The crypto market rarely reacts without reason. When traders shift probabilities on prediction platforms, they usually follow hard signals. Recently, Polymarket traders pushed one name to the top of an insider investigation discussion, Meteora. That shift did not happen randomly. It reflects growing debate around the Meteora insider trading controversy. The spotlight intensified after a well known on chain investigator hinted at a deeper probe. Traders quickly connected the dots between recent meme coin activity and liquidity behavior on Solana. They began pricing Meteora as the most likely venue where informational advantages could have existed. This reaction reflects market logic,…

The rapid buildout of AI data centers has revived a long-running debate over energy consumption, with critics arguing that large computing operations, including Bitcoin mining, strain power grids and drive up electricity prices. As Cointelegraph previously reported, the surge in AI data center construction has fueled local resistance in several US regions, with residents and lawmakers raising concerns about power demand and rising electricity costs. Bitcoin (BTC) mining has increasingly been linked to the broader debate over high-density computing infrastructure. In a recent research note, crypto investment firm Paradigm pushed back on that narrative, arguing that Bitcoin mining is frequently…

Funton.ai, a major “Tap-to-Earn” (T2E) multi-game platform on Telegram and LINE, has announced its landmark strategic partnership with LF Wallet, a multi-chain, non-custodial wallet for storing assets and interacting across the ecosystem. The primary objective of this collaboration is to secure the multi-chain wallet in Web3 gaming for seamless flow. 🤝 https://t.co/UZaXmZkMH0 is partnering with @LFWallet!LF Wallet is a secure, non-custodial, multi-chain wallet built as the access layer between users and the #Web3 ecosystem, empowering users to safely manage digital assets and interact with decentralized applications… pic.twitter.com/t55PNzyWjX — Funton.ai (@funton_ai) February 23, 2026 LF Wallet has a successful history of…