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More than 60 economists warned EU lawmakers that Europe could lose control of its money if the digital euro project fails, according to an open letter sent to Members of European Parliament before a scheduled hearing next week. The letter was signed by economists from universities and policy institutions across Europe, including French academic Thomas Piketty, Dirk Bezemer (Professor of Economics of International Financial Development, University of Groningen), Peter Blom (Co-chair Sustainable Finance Lab, former CEO of Triodos Bank), Arnoud Boot (Professor of Corporate Finance and Financial Markets, University of Amsterdam), and Kristof Bosmans (Associate Professor, Department of Microeconomics and…

John Deaton, a vocal Ripple advocate, has taken to his account on X (formerly Twitter) to share his take on the current discussions regarding the CLARITY Act relating to crypto and stablecoins. These discussions are taking place in the White House at the moment between top crypto companies, i.e., Ripple, Coinbase, etc, legislators, and US banks. While banks are trying hard to ban yields on stablecoins, crypto companies are striving to oppose them, hoping to see pro-crypto regulation integrated and to see the US become the global crypto hub. John Deaton trashes banks as “enemy of regular people” Deaton has…

Crypto exchange Binance accused The Wall Street Journal Tuesday of publishing “false information” in a Monday article about the exchange allegedly firing employees investigating funds moving through the exchange to sanctioned entities. Richard Teng, Binance co-CEO, accused the WSJ of “inaccurate reporting about our compliance program” in an X post. He included a letter to the news organization from the crypto exchange’s counsel in New York City, which said “The Wall Street Journal published defamatory claims,” despite the exchange’s attempts to “set the record straight.” The letter is similar to one Binance directed to Fortune last week over a similar…

Binance Founder Changpeng “CZ” Zhao has revealed the role he played in the positive shift of the United Arab Emirates as a Bitcoin miner. Reacting to a post detailing the region’s success as a $BTC miner, CZ said he has advocated for the venture, a statement that aligns with his business interests in the region. UAE goes fully into Bitcoin mining The conversations around the UAE pivot into gold started with Arkham. The data platform said the UAE has so far mined $453.6 million in Bitcoin through its partner Citadel. As confirmed, the country appears to be holding onto the…

Nym, a decentralized, open-source, and incentivized infrastructure that provides comprehensive, network-level privacy for users and the internet, has announced its landmark strategic partnership with Cardano ($ADA). Cardano ($ADA) is also a decentralized and proof-of-stake (PoS) blockchain platform for security and scalability alternatively to earlier networks. 🛡️Online privacy is the condition for digital freedom. That’s why we’re working with Midnight Network to ensure that their protections for private payments and private smart contracts extend to the network level.🔑Today, we’re excited to announce that NymVPN now accepts… — Nym (@nym) February 24, 2026 The primary purpose of this partnership is to enhance…

Three Solana-based platforms have announced they are shutting down after a Step Finance hack at the end of January that has been deemed unrecoverable. Solana portfolio dashboard and DeFi aggregator Step Finance announced on Monday that it would be winding down operations. The closure also extends to subsidiaries Solana NFT analytics and the ecosystem media outlet SolanaFloor, as well as lending and yield protocol Remora Markets. “Following the hack at the end of January, we explored every possible path forward, including financing and acquisition opportunities,” it stated, referring to a $27 million security breach of its treasury wallets in January.…

Ethereum remains in a broader corrective phase, trading below key moving averages and inside a well-defined descending structure. While short-term stabilization is visible near support, the higher-timeframe trend still favors sellers unless major resistance levels are reclaimed with strong momentum. Ethereum Price Analysis: The Daily Chart On the daily timeframe, $ETH continues to respect a descending channel, consistently forming lower highs beneath both the 100-day and 200-day moving averages. The recent breakdown accelerated the price into the $1,750–$1,800 demand zone, where buyers have stepped in to slow the decline, but the structure remains bearish overall. The $2,300–$2,400 region now acts…

Shares of major online retailers rose Friday after the US Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump’s blanket tariffs, ruling that the president lacks authority under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to impose broad import duties. Amazon gained more than 2%, while Etsy jumped near 10% and Shopify climbed over 2%. eBay, Wayfair and Pinduoduo also advanced. In a 6 to 3 ruling, the Court said IEEPA does not authorize tariffs and cited the major questions doctrine, with Chief Justice John Roberts writing that actions with significant economic impact require clear congressional approval. The decision voids a 10% levy…

Tensions are escalating between cryptocurrency exchange Binance and The Wall Street Journal. Binance Co-CEO Richard Teng stated that the recent article published in the newspaper was “defamatory” and announced that they had sent an official letter demanding the immediate correction and complete retraction of the false statements. Richard Teng, in a social media post, claimed that news reports regarding Binance’s compliance program contained serious inaccuracies. Teng alleged that the company had communicated the necessary corrections to the journalist prior to the report, but received no response to this feedback. According to Teng, the published content contains statements that do not…

Public Bitcoin miners are planning about 30 gigawatts of new power capacity aimed at artificial intelligence workloads, nearly three times the 11 GW they currently have online, as they race to offset shrinking mining margins and reposition for the next growth cycle. The buildout, compiled by TheEnergyMag across 14 publicly traded Bitcoin (BTC) miners, underscores how aggressively the industry is pivoting away from traditional hashpower amid persistently weak hashprice conditions. On paper, the planned expansion amounts to what TheEnergyMag described as “a small country’s worth of power infrastructure.” In reality, much of the 30 GW sits in development pipelines, interconnection…