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Rusia mizează pe submarine și pe arme nucleare experimentale pentru a compensa ceea ce un înalt oficial militar norvegian descrie drept un decalaj în ceea ce privește forța militară convențională dintre Moscova și țările din NATO, relatează Business Insider.

Bodø/Glimt heeft dinsdag voor een enorme stunt gezorgd door Internazionale uit te schakelen in de tussenronde van de Champions League. De Noorse club won over twee wedstrijden met 2-5 van de verliezend finalist van vorig jaar.

Bloomberg reported that Stripe — which has growing stablecoin and blockchain ambitions — is exploring a deal for the embattled fintech.

Bodø/Glimt heeft voor een enorme stunt gezorgd in de tussenronde van de Champions League. De club uit Noorwegen won dinsdagavond in San Siro met 1-2 bij Inter, de verliezend finalist van vorig seizoen. De Italiaanse topclub had de heenwedstrijd in het noorden van Noorwegen vorige week al met 3-1 verloren.

The exchange now allows US customers to trade thousands of stocks and ETFs commission-free alongside crypto, with 24/5 access and instant funding. Coinbase has opened stock and exchange-traded fund trading to all US users, allowing customers to buy and sell equities alongside crypto within the same app on a 24/5 basis. The rollout includes commission-free trading, fractional shares, and instant funding with USD or USDC.  According to a company post on Tuesday, thousands of stocks are available to trade 24 hours a day, five days a week, with approximately 6,000 securities currently supported and plans to expand that number in the coming weeks. Coinbase said it aims to introduce stock perpetual futures for non-US users through Coinbase Bermuda Ltd., subject to regulatory approval, and said it intends to offer tokenized equities in the future. Read more

Вечером 24 февраля в Кривом Роге произошла стрельба с участием двух мужчин и военнослужащих территориального центра комплектования и социальной поддержки, в результате которой пострадали и гражданские, и военные.

The US Justice Department filed a lawsuit against the University of California, alleging an antisemitic hostile work environment at its Los Angeles campus.

Northern European and Baltic countries will provide EUR 12.5 billion in defense support to Ukraine and EUR 918 million to strengthen the country's energy resilience this year.

U.S., Swedish and Norwegian EOD teams completed "Arctic Specialist 26" in early February, an annual Norwegian exercise.

Kraken’s new contracts, built on the xStocks framework, offer up to 20x leverage on tokenized benchmarks tied to US equities and gold. Crypto exchange Kraken has launched trading of tokenized equity perpetual futures on its regulated derivatives platforms, allowing eligible non-US clients to trade 24/7 leveraged exposure to major US stock indexes, gold and individual companies including Nvidia, Apple and Tesla. According to Tuesday’s announcement, the contracts are structured as perpetual futures, derivatives that trade without expiry, and are offered to eligible clients outside the United States. Kraken described the products as the first regulated tokenized equity perpetual futures to be listed on a derivatives venue. The products are built using the xStocks framework, which issues blockchain-based representations of publicly traded stocks and exchange-traded funds. Kraken said the contracts reference tokenized equity benchmarks rather than directly holding the underlying shares. Read more

Een 40-jarige Nederlander is in de Amerikaanse staat Montana veroordeeld tot twintig jaar cel voor drugshandel en witwassen, meldt het Amerikaanse ministerie van Justitie.

MoonPay debuts infrastructure enabling AI agents to transact with stablecoins onchain as both crypto and non-crypto companies race to build the “agent economy.” Crypto payments and stablecoin infrastructure company MoonPay has introduced a new software layer that gives artificial intelligence systems direct access to blockchain-based financial networks, a development that could allow AI agents to independently hold and move digital assets rather than rely on human intermediaries. The product, called MoonPay Agents, is a non-custodial tool that allows AI agents, or agentic AI, to create wallets, hold digital assets and execute onchain transactions without human intervention, once funded. The launch reflects a broader push to integrate autonomous AI systems with crypto infrastructure, potentially allowing algorithms to interact directly with decentralized finance protocols and other blockchain applications. Read more

Als uitvinder van de cvt, de Continu Variabele Transmissie, oogstte DAF zowel lof als hoon. Eigenlijk was de Nederlandse personenwagen zijn tijd ver vooruit. Tegenwoordig is het merk geliefder dan ooit, zo blijkt op een bijeenkomst van de DAF Club Nederland.

OpenAI wants to retire the leading AI coding benchmark—and the reasons reveal a deeper problem with how the whole industry measures itself.

As artificial intelligence races ahead, some crypto executives believe it could become the force that finally pushes blockchain infrastructure into widespread use. Others aren’t convinced the leap is so straightforward.

Payments giant Stripe made a tender offer valuing the firm at $159 billion as payments and stablecoin volumes rise.

It marked the first time a tactical AI model suggested a combat target to a fighter pilot independently, according to the company.

Italian Senator Carlo Calenda has urged Ukraine not to yield to pressure and not to hand over fortified territories in the Donetsk region to Russia during peace negotiations, warning that such a move would encourage the Kremlin to launch a new wave of aggression.

Techaandelen beleefden een goede dag op Wall Street, waar de drie grote indices alle drie in het groen sloten.

Ascendia (ASC.RO), a Romanian e-learning software and digital content company listed on the AeRO market of the Bucharest Stock Exchange, posted RON46.2 million total revenue and RON22.7 million net profit in 2025, up more than 700% on 2024, according to preliminary results the issuer published on bvb.ro.