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Privy, the embedded wallet infrastructure provider acquired by Stripe last year, has integrated Deframe, a DeFi aggregation API built by the team behind Pods Finance, to enable developers to offer yield strategies directly within their applications. The integration gives apps access to Deframe’s suite of yield strategies, spanning protocols such as Aave, Morpho, Lido, and Compound, across Ethereum, Base, Arbitrum, Optimism, Solana, and Polygon. The partnership comes alongside a flurry of yield-focused moves from Privy. The company recently launched an Earn feature that lets developers connect app balances to curated DeFi vaults through API calls, powered by Morpho vault infrastructure…

JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon has ruled out becoming Federal Reserve Chair. In a January 2026 CNBC interview, Dimon said: “Absolutely positively no chance, no way, no how.” 🔥 JPMORGAN CEO REJECTS FED CHAIR ROLEJamie Dimon said he would “absolutely positively no chance, no way, no how” accept becoming Fed Chair.He said he would consider Treasury Secretary, but added:“What they want and how they want to operate would be important to me.” pic.twitter.com/ciJ1fb0Qxk — Coin Bureau (@coinbureau) February 16, 2026 The comments came after speculation following Donald Trump’s inauguration. Industry observers had wondered if Dimon might step into one of the…

A California court on Wednesday dismissed a Coinbase user’s attempt to block an IRS summons for his financial records, in at least the second such case in the past year to fail to reach trial. Roger Metz filed a petition in the Northern District of California in May 2025 to quash an IRS summons ordering Coinbase to hand over his financial records in connection with an audit of his 2022 federal tax return. His lawyers argued the summons violated his privacy rights, was overbroad and failed to meet basic administrative requirements. Metz’s lawyers also contended that by the time the…

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved on Wednesday Nasdaq’s proposal to allow certain securities to trade in tokenized form, a significant milestone to integrate blockchain tech into U.S. equity markets. Nasdaq’s tokenization plan ties into a pilot run by the Depository Trust Company (DTC), which will handle clearing and settlement of tokenized trades. Nasdaq filed for regulatory permission in September, Under the framework, eligible Nasdaq participants can choose to have trades settled as blockchain-based tokens rather than through standard book-entry systems. Tokenized shares will trade alongside traditional shares on the same order book and at the same price.…

Key takeaways Open source payment systems present a transformative opportunity for the financial landscape. The integration of blockchain technology can significantly enhance payment systems. There’s a notable lack of infrastructure for stablecoin integration within fintech. Future payment systems are expected to shift towards open source models. Blockchain is anticipated to play a crucial role in the evolution of payments. Startups have significant opportunities in B2B payments and payroll via stablecoins. Stablecoins facilitate easier global expansion by reducing compliance burdens. Payment systems typically begin as neutral entities, which is key to their longevity. Blockchain governance structures mirror historical decentralized governance models.…

RealGo, an innovative Web3 gaming platform where global meme IPs are turned into real-world interactive experiences, today announced a strategic partnership with Ant.Fun, a decentralized trading platform that provides users with DeFi trading solutions. This collaboration enabled RealGo to become a network partner in Ant.Fun’s DeFi trading ecosystem to strengthen its gaming network’s competitive advantages in the Web3 landscape. RealGo is a Web3 gaming platform that combines gaming, memes, and socialFi (social Finance) experiences, turning them into interactive AR (augmented reality) and AI (artificial intelligence)-powered exploration games and real-world in-game assets. By using Web3 location-based services (LBS), this platform enables…

Key takeaways Fossil improves transaction inclusion guarantees by allowing validators to enforce transaction inclusion in Ethereum blocks. The design of Fossil aims to prevent MEV from compromising censorship resistance. MEV introduces a centralization force among validators, challenging decentralization. Block building on Ethereum is currently dominated by a few builders, undermining decentralization. MEV refers to the context in which a transaction is placed in a block, affecting transaction ordering. The extractable value from MEV dwarfs the transactions themselves, previously estimated to be around 1% of the transaction volume. Block construction involves searchers creating transaction bundles and builders compiling them into full…

A cryptocurrency trader on the popular prediction market Polymarket appears to have managed to turn his hobby into a staggering source of wealth, having made approximately $118,000 in just one month. What makes the success of the trader, designated xdd07070 on the platform, even more remarkable is that their original stake was just $170. This means that, between mid-January and February 16, they achieved a nearly 70,000% return on the investment. The Polymarket esports strategy that generated 70,000% return Additionally, the strategy itself appears not to rely on any complex model or lightning-fast trading bots, such as some of the…

The March 2026 joint framework from the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission represents the most significant regulatory development in U.S. crypto history. While most of my peers see this as “good”, I view this moment with cautious optimism. The classification of 16 major digital assets, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, and XRP, as digital commodities under primary CFTC jurisdiction finally provides the legal certainty that institutional capital has demanded. Clarity, however welcome, does not equate to perfection. The framework’s very structure reveals tensions that could undermine its stated goal of fostering innovation while protecting investors. After…

AEON Pay has taken the $SUN token as part of its worldwide payment infrastructure, which is a significant step toward connecting ordinary consumers to the decentralized finance (DeFi). This month, AEON Community announced that this development serves as a crucial catalyst for the entire TRON ecosystem. $SUN.io holders can easily spend $SUN tokens at one of the 50 million retail locations around the world, in-store or online. With this partnership, the goal is to use the AEON payments infrastructure to shift $SUN from primarily speculating and yield farming to a viable currency that can flourish in both the AI economy…