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Trump said Iran has 'already developed missiles that can threaten Europe and our bases overseas, and they're working to build missiles that will soon reach the United States of America,' warning Tehran not to 'ever doubt America's resolve'

Coinbase, World Liberty Financial and Laser Digital are also in line for a banking charter in the US, after Crypto.com received conditional approval for a charter on Monday. Global financial services firm Payoneer is the latest in a growing number of companies to file for a national trust bank charter in the US, which could enable it to issue a stablecoin and provide various crypto services. Payoneer said on Tuesday it filed with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to form PAYO Digital Bank, a week after it partnered with stablecoin infrastructure firm Bridge to add stablecoin capabilities to its platform, which is mainly focused on cross-border transactions. Payoneer said that it is seeking to issue a GENIUS Act-compliant stablecoin, PAYO-USD, to serve as the holding currency in Payoneer wallets, in addition to allowing customers to pay and receive stablecoins. Read more

Vandaag in Dagkoers: een investering van $250 mln in het Eindhovense Axelera, een Brussels offensief voor de energietransitie en het prestigieuze W hotel in Amsterdam moet op last van de rechter dicht.  

Bitcoin Depot is moving to require ID for all transactions as regulators have cracked down on crypto ATM operators over scams and money laundering concerns. The biggest Bitcoin ATM operator in the US has begun phasing in a new requirement for users to provide identification for every transaction at its crypto ATMs amid increasing pressure from regulators and lawmakers for operators to curb illicit activity. Bitcoin Depot said on Tuesday that it began the rollout earlier in February across the company’s US network ATMs, with the goal of helping to detect suspicious activity in real time and eliminate misuse by bad actors, such as account sharing, identity theft, and account takeover. “Continuous verification allows us to detect suspicious activity based on customers, locations, or transaction amount before a transaction is approved,” Bitcoin Depot CEO Scott Buchanan said in a statement. Read more

The Jews at the heart of Among Neighbors, from California-based filmmaker Yoav Potash, died six months after the end of Nazi occupation.

Bloomberg reports that Stripe is in early acquisition talks with PayPal as the payments giant has battled competition, leadership turmoil and an 85% stock drop from its peak. Payment processing firm Stripe is reportedly considering an acquisition of all or parts of its rival PayPal Holdings. Stripe is in early talks and has expressed preliminary interest in PayPal or parts of its business, though no deal is guaranteed, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter. Stripe, which enables enterprises to accept payments, make payouts, and automate financial processes, said on Tuesday that it was valued at $159 billion in a tender offer to shareholders and employees, a 74% jump from a year ago. Read more

Никакого мирного соглашения между Украиной и РФ никогда не будет, если украинцы не будут иметь ощущения, что российская агрессия не повторится снова.

The deal could combine two major payments firms already expanding into stablecoin and crypto infrastructure.

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) in Zaporizhzhia detained and served a notice of suspicion to an agent of Russian intelligence services who attempted to get a job at a Ukrainian defense industry enterprise.

Российские шпионы покупают недвижимость вблизи военных и гражданских объектов по всей Западной Европе, а затем превращают это имущество в пункты координированного наблюдения или штабы для тайных атак.

Râul Crișul Alb capătă o înfățișare stranie în zona fostelor centre miniere Brad și Crișcior. De mai multe decenii problemele de mediu din zonă, reclamate de localnici, nu au putut fi rezolvate.

Israel's National Security Minister sought to stay a ruling ordering him to promote the senior officer who testified in Prime Minister Netanyahu's corruption trial, but the court rejected the request. Also on Monday, another officer whose promotion is blocked by the minister also petitioned the Jerusalem District Court

Anthropic alleges Chinese AI companies DeepSeek, Moonshot and MiniMax made 24,000 accounts and 16 million Claude exchanges to scrape its AI bot for training.  Artificial intelligence firm Anthropic has accused three AI firms of illicitly using its large language model Claude to improve their own models in a technique known as a “distillation” attack. In a blog post on Sunday, Anthropic said that it had identified these “attacks” by DeepSeek, Moonshot, and MiniMax, which involve training a less capable model on the outputs of a stronger one. Anthropic accused the trio of generating “over 16 million exchanges” combined with the firm’s Claude AI across “approximately 24,000 fraudulent accounts.”  Read more

Specialiștii în energie au anticipat că prețurile benzinei și motorinei vor crește alarmant, explicând că motivele nu țin doar de evoluția petrolului Brent, ci și de fiscalitatea ridicată din România și tensiunile geopolitice din regiune.

Baz Luhrmann heeft bevestigd dat er een musical komt over Elvis Presley. In een interview op de Britse zender Magic Radio verklapte hij dat er aan het theaterstuk wordt gewerkt. De regisseur van de film Elvis uit 2022 en de nieuwe concertfilm EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert hintte eerder al eens op de komst van een theaterversie.

Pentagonul a transmis avertismente președintelui Donald Trump cu privire la riscurile unei campanii militare extinse împotriva Iranului, potrivit unor oficiali actuali și foști citați de presa americană.

Ukraine’s recovery and reconstruction needs for the next decade exceed USD 587.7 billion, having grown by 12.2% over the past year.

The 'Bishop's House' is a 19th-century stone villa on one of Jerusalem's historic streets. Built as the residence of an Anglican bishop, it later served as a World War II glass factory, a Finnish-run kindergarten and in the 1970s was home to the family of publisher Robert Maxwell