Inside the meeting: White House favors some stablecoin rewards, tells banks it's time to move
Jesse Hamilton / coindesk - Sources familiar with the talks on stablecoin yields say the White House urged bankers to get on board with a deal that lets the market structure bill advance.
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Stacks Raises $23M in Series A Funding
FinSMEs / finsmes - Stacks, a London, UK-based provider of an agentic platform for enterprise finance, raised $23M in Series A funding. The round was led by Lightspeed, with participation from EQT Ventures, General Catalyst, and S16VC. The raise followed its the $12M seed fi…
Back to Top / Thursday, February 19, 2026, 7:21 am / permalink 19410 / 5 stories in 15 days
Vilnius’ Copla bags €6M to swap Excel chaos for automatic DORA compliance
Abhinaya Prabhu / techfundingnews - Vilnius-based Copla has secured €6 million in Series A funding as European financial institutions brace for a sweeping…
Back to Top / Thursday, February 19, 2026, 3:20 am / permalink 19400 / 3 stories in 16 days
Hyperliquid Launches Policy Center With $29 Million Backing to Advocate for DeFi in DC
André Beganski / decrypt - The organization is led by industry veteran Jake Chervinsky and backed with $29 million worth of HYPE.
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Saudi Arabia’s AI venture Humain invests $3bn in Elon Musk’s xAI
ft - Investment that deepens ties with billionaire is part of country’s goal to diversify economy
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Crypto venture capital firm Dragonfly raises $650 million despite 'gloom of a bear market'
Olivier Acuna / coindesk - The firm’s fourth fund positions it alongside a16z and Paradigm even as blockchain VC fundraising contracts and investors pivot toward stablecoins and tokenized finance.
Back to Top / Tuesday, February 17, 2026, 3:21 pm / permalink 19315 / 3 stories in 17 days
CFTC's Selig opens legal dispute against states getting in way of prediction markets
Jesse Hamilton / coindesk - Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Mike Selig fired a legal warning shot defending his agency's jurisdiction over the event contract space.
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Nexo Brings Crypto Business Back to US
PYMNTS / pymnts - Three years after battling with regulators, crypto platform Nexo has returned to the U.S. The company announced in a new release Monday (Feb. 16) that this return is being carried out in collaboration with “regulated partners,” giving Nexo’s investment an…
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Bedfordshire biotech Tozaro secures £6M from Mercia to scale gene therapy platform
Vignesh R / techfundingnews - Modern medicine is facing a significant pricing crisis. While breakthrough gene therapies offer potential cures for rare genetic…
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AI Cloud Infra Startup Neysa To Raise $1.2 Bn In Blackstone-Led Round
Anjali Jain / inc42 - AI cloud infrastructure startup Neysa has entered into a definitive agreement with US-based Blackstone for a $600 Mn (about ₹5,443…
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CFTC Chair Selig appoints crypto heavyweights to 35-person innovation advisory panel
Daniel Kuhn / theblock - CFTC Chair Selig said the IAC will help shape the watchdog's oversight of "breakthrough" technologies like AI and blockchain.
Back to Top / Thursday, February 12, 2026, 8:20 pm / permalink 19112 / 3 stories in 22 days
Coinbase swings to $667 million loss as crypto slump drags Q4 revenue
Kyle Baird / theblock - Coinbase’s institutional and subscription businesses helped cushion the impact of weaker retail trading in the fourth quarter.
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Israel charges two over Polymarket bets on classified military operations
ft - Civilian and reservist charged with security offences, bribery and obstructing justice after ‘red line’ crossed with online gambling
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Uniswap Token Jumps Following BlackRock Investment as BUIDL Goes DeFi
André Beganski / decrypt - Uniswap’s governance token jumped after the decentralized exchange’s creators announced an integration with BlackRock's tokenized fund.
Back to Top / Wednesday, February 11, 2026, 11:20 am / permalink 19027 / 5 stories in 23 days
Porters Raises €2.7M Pre-Seed Funding For Banking Back-Office Software
Kailee Rainse / startuprise - Porters has raised €2.7 million in a pre-seed funding round to develop AI-powered software for banking operations. The investment was led by Earlybird, with additional backing from Seedcamp, fintech founders, and industry professionals. Angel investors in…
Back to Top / Wednesday, February 11, 2026, 2:20 am / permalink 19006 / 3 stories in 24 days
Sam Bankman-Fried wants a re-trial for fraud charges
Anna Washenko / engadget - Former cryptocurrency poster boy Sam Bankman-Fried is trying to get another chance in court. He has filed a request that for a new trial on claims that new witness testimony could alter the case made against him by prosecutors, according to Bloomberg. His…
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Man sentenced to 20 years for role in $74 million crypto investment fraud
Brian Danga / theblock - Daren Li received a 20-year sentence after admitting involvement in a $73.6 million crypto laundering conspiracy but remains a fugitive.
Back to Top / Tuesday, February 10, 2026, 5:22 am / permalink 18970 / 6 stories in 24 days
Paris-based EventTech Startup Naboo Secures €58.7 Million In Series B Round
Kailee Rainse / startuprise - Paris-based EventTech startup Naboo has raised €58.7 million ($70 million) in a Series B funding round to expand its AI-powered procurement platform beyond events to include companies’ “tail spend” (Class C spending). The round was led by Lightspeed Ventu…
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MrBeast’s company buys Gen Z-focused fintech app Step
Amanda Silberling / techcrunch - YouTube megastar MrBeast announced on Monday that his company, Beast Industries, is buying Step, a teen-focused banking app.
Back to Top / Monday, February 9, 2026, 5:20 pm / permalink 18957 / 8 stories in 25 days
$44B bitcoin blunder puts South Korea regulators on alert over local crypto exchanges
Shaurya Malwa / coindesk - The watchdog said it plans to build tools that automatically extract suspicious trading patterns by the second and minute.
Back to Top / Monday, February 9, 2026, 1:20 am / permalink 18920 / 3 stories in 26 days