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White House crypto adviser Patrick Witt reportedly refocused crypto and bank lobby talks on a crypto bill to allow stablecoin rewards tied to transaction activity. The White House has reportedly refocused talks between crypto and bank lobbyists on limiting how stablecoin rewards should be paid in the third meeting between the two groups over a crypto market structure bill. Crypto and banking industry representatives met at the White House on Thursday for the third time in 16 days to discuss stablecoin provisions that have stalled the crypto bill, which the Senate is looking to pass. No agreement was reached on Thursday, but executives at Coinbase and Ripple said progress was made, as one of the White House’s crypto advisers urged a trade-off that would let third parties, such as exchanges, offer stablecoin rewards only on transaction activity, not on balances. Read more

King Charles’ younger brother Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was released from police custody on Thursday evening after being arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office over allegations he sent confidential government documents to Jeffrey Epstein. Mountbatten-Windsor, who turned 66 on Thursday, had been questioned all day by detectives from Thames Valley Police. Earlier this month, the police force said it was looking into allegations that he had passed documents to the late convicted sex offender while working as a trade envoy. The arrest of the senior royal, eighth in line to the throne, is unprecedented in modern times. “I have learned with the deepest concern the news about Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and suspicion of misconduct in public office,” King Charles said in a statement. A Reuters witness saw the former prince leaving a police station in Aylsham, eastern England, where he was met by a small group of photographers and television crews, just after 1900 GMT. A Reuters photograph taken after hi...

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Notontosaina tany Gaborone, Botswana, ny 9 hatramin’ny 12 febroary lasa teo, ny fiadiana ny tompondakan’i Afrika, taranja badminton, sokajy Senior. Nandray anjara teo amin’ny lehilahy i Madagasikara ka niray vondrona tamin’i Algerie sy i Zambie. Ratsy ny vokatra, satria tsy nivoaka vondrona ireo mpilalao niatrika izany. Teo amin’ny lalao voalohany, […]

Raha tsy misy ny fiovana farany, hiatrika lalao ara-pirahalahiana roa ny ekipam-pirenena Barean’i Madagasikara. Tafiditra amin’ny “Fenêtre Fifa” hatao ny volana marsa ho avy izao. Hiatrika lalao ara-pirahalahiana roa ny Barea, mandritra ny “Fenêtre Fifa” amin’ny volana marsa ho avy izao. Araka ny siosion-dresaka mandeha sy ny filazan’ny loharanom-baovao iray […]

Hotanterahina any Seychelles, ny 27 febroary hatramin’ny 7 marsa izao, ny fiadiana ny amboaran’ny klioba tompondaka, aty amin’ny faritra faha-7, eo anivon’ny CAVB, taranja volley-ball. Tsy ho diso anjara amin’izany i Madagasikara fa hanana solontena. Ahitana ekipa 4 (2 lahy sy 2 vavy) izy ireo. Ny GNVB, lahy sy vavy, […]

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ISLAMABAD: To salvage government credibility, Power Minister Awais Leghari on Thursday decided to honour all applicants of net-metering solar connections till the change of regulations on Feb 8 and directed electricity distribution companies (Discos), including K-Electric, for its implementation. At a meeting of the Power Division’s attached entities, the minister was informed that 5,165 consumers had applied for net-metered connections by the cut-off date of Feb 8 — the day the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) notified the Prosumers Regulations 2026, replacing the net-metering framework with net billing and negatively affecting rooftop solar economics for households and industry. All these applications entailed a net-metering capacity addition of about 250.8 megawatts. “All net metering applications received by Feb 8 be processed under the previous regulations and facilitated by all electricity distribution companies, including K-Electric, under the net metering framework,” the power mini...

At ETH Denver, Caitlin Long said the ethics controversy around Trump-linked crypto projects has complicated Senate support.

Bitdeer has launched its second-ever convertible senior note offering, which has seen its shares tumble 29% so far this year. Shares in Bitdeer Technologies Group took a hit on Thursday after the Bitcoin mining and artificial intelligence infrastructure firm announced a $300 million convertible senior note offering.  Bitdeer said that it intends to offer a “principal amount” of $300 million in convertible senior notes with an option for purchasers to buy an additional $45 million in a private placement.  It is the second convertible note offering from the firm, following a $150 million offering in April 2024 that also triggered an 18% stock slump.  Read more

Capital is rotating out of DeFi into tokenized assets as experts say the shift reflects maturing markets, not capitulation.

Minneapolis Fed President Neel Kashkari says crypto is “utterly useless” compared to AI, and that pro-stablecoin arguments are “a buzzword salad.” Neel Kashkari, the president of the US Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, says that crypto is “utterly useless” in comparison to artificial intelligence and took a swipe at stablecoins, saying they don’t have many uses. Speaking at the 2026 Midwest Economic Outlook summit on Thursday, Kashkari drew comparisons between AI and crypto, saying the latter “has been around for more than a decade, and it's utterly useless.” “AI has not been around very long, and people are using it every day,” he added. “This is demonstrating to me that this thing is real and it has real long-term potential for the US economy as opposed to crypto.” Read more

President Donald Trump said on Thursday he would direct federal agencies to begin releasing government files related to aliens and unidentified flying objects, pointing to what he described as strong public interest in the issue. In a social media post, Trump said he would order Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth and other agencies to release the information, calling the matter “extremely interesting and important.” Earlier in the day, Trump, without providing evidence, accused former President Barack Obama of improperly disclosing classified information when discussing aliens publicly, saying Obama “made a big mistake.” “He took it out of classified information … He’s not supposed to be doing that,” Trump told reporters while traveling to Georgia. During an interview with podcast host Brian Tyler Cohen released on Saturday, Obama was asked if aliens were real. “They’re real, but I haven’t seen them, and they’re not being kept in … Area 51. There’s no underground facility unless there’s this enormous conspiracy and ...

Vandaag in Dagkoers: SER pleit voor langer betaald mantelzorgverlof, Nestlé verkoopt ook hun ijstak en de pro’s en cons van ‘Europese kampioenen’.

“We are united in our commitment to America and to Jewish life," said the president and CEO of the Jewish Federations of North America, Eric Fingerhut.

Звезда сериалов "Все женщины — ведьмы", "Анатомия Грей" и "Эйфория" Эрик Дейн умер в возрасте 53 лет после борьбы с тяжелым неизлечимым заболеванием, которое ему диагностировали около года назад.

Sanctions evasion networks, guarantee marketplaces, and large-scale money laundering schemes dominated illicit stablecoin use, says TRM Labs. Illicit entities received around $141 billion via stablecoins in 2025, the highest level observed in the last five years, says blockchain analytics firm TRM Labs. TRM said in a report released on Tuesday that the increase doesn’t reflect a broader growth in crypto-enabled crime, but does show a “deeper reliance on stablecoins within specific activity types where they offer clear operational advantages.” Stablecoins have been particularly used in sanctions-linked networks and large-scale money movement services, it said.  Read more