World Cup games in Mexico at risk after crypto-laundering drug lord killed

Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes — known as El Mencho — led one of the most powerful cartels in Mexico before he was shot dead by police. The post World Cup games in Mexico at risk after crypto-laundering drug lord killed…

Andre Cronje’s Flying Tulip Token Trades Near $1B FDV Floor

The FT token arrives after the project raised close to $300 million in funding.

OpenClaw Creator Bans Bitcoin, Crypto Chatter After Joining OpenAI

OpenClaw creator Peter Steinberger is enforcing a zero-crypto rule on the project’s Discord as he joins OpenAI. Here’s why.

Bitcoin Bulls Trapped: $238 Million in Longs Vaporized as BTC Hits $64,161

Bitcoin wiped out its weekend gains, plummeting from a high of $68,600 to a low of $64,161. The reversal was fueled by macroeconomic instability following U.S. President Trump’s announcement of a 15% blanket tariff on imports. The Sunday Slump…

Vitalik Buterin is trying to fix crypto’s biggest blind spot: ‘The goal is to…’

From trustless executors to seamless interpreters, there’s a long path ahead.

Lending Market ‘Blend’ Suffers $10M+ Exploit

The Stellar-native lending market was victimized by oracle manipulation over the weekend.

Human Existence Is Just as Wasteful as AI Data Centers, Sam Altman Suggests

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman went to India with a bold new defense of AI energy use: Humans are less efficient than data centers, when you really think about it.

XRPL Metrics Drop 50–80%: Analyst Explains Why and Can It Hurt XRP’s Price

Analyst says public XRPL metrics are down 50–80%, but private institutional flows may explain the apparent decline.

Solana Company to Develop Staking Infrastructure in Asia

DAT firm Solana Company has unveiled a roadmap for establishing high-speed infrastructure in the Asia-Pacific region for the Solana ecosystem, dubbed Pacific Backbone. https://t.co/WlKu3MX7f4— Solana Company (NASDAQ: $HSDT) (@Solana_Company) February 23, 2026   The initiative aims to develop a…

NVIDIA NVFP4 Training Delivers 1.59x Speed Boost Without Accuracy Loss

NVIDIA’s NVFP4 4-bit training format achieves 59% faster AI model training than BF16 while matching accuracy on Llama 3 8B benchmarks, per new research. (Read More)