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New York City has officially launched a guaranteed income pilot program to test whether cash handouts can help people achieve self-sufficiency and stability.
The $1.5 million initiative is giving monthly no-strings-attached payments of $1,200 to young adults aged 18 through 24 who have struggled with homelessness.
In addition to the monthly payments, participants can also choose when they want to...
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is accusing a Minnesota man of draining millions of dollars from the government’s coffers.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Minnesota says it’s charging Caesar Munir Wilson for orchestrating a multi-million dollar tax refund fraud scheme that ran from 2022 to 2023.
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Authorities allege Wilson filed more than $90 million in...
A US-based healthcare firm just disclosed a cybersecurity incident that may have compromised the data of tens of thousands of Americans.
In a new filing with the Office of the Maine Attorney General, the Ohio-based Counseling Center of Wayne and Holmes Counties says 83,354 people are affected by a network breach.
The center says an “unauthorized entity” accessed its system and may have stolen...
February 13th, 2026 – Singapore, Singapore
Ethereum-based payments settlement network Morph has integrated USDT0, the omnichain Tether liquidity network powered by LayerZero.
The move gives Morph, which aims to become the settlement layer for everyday money, direct access to unified USDT liquidity across 18+ blockchains.
For developers building payment apps, merchant tools or even DeFi...
A former International Monetary Fund (IMF) senior official is issuing a warning on US Treasuries amid reports that China is advising its banks to cut their holdings of US government debt.
Ex-IMF deputy director Desmond Lachman says there are “troubling signs” emanating from the US treasuries market as the long-term treasury bond yields fail to fall like they have historically done whenever the...
February 12th, 2026 – George Town, Cayman Islands
The Decibel Foundation today announced USDCBL, a U.S. dollar–denominated, protocol-native stablecoin designed to serve as the default collateral asset within the Decibel protocol’s trading environment.
USDCBL will be issued by stablecoin infrastructure provider Bridge, a Stripe company.
Decibel is a fully decentralized exchange built for...
Bitcoin is not looking hot in the near term, according to CryptoQuant CEO Ki Young Ju.
Ju says Bitcoin is “not pumpable right now,” with the market lacking the conditions needed for a sustained rally.
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“In 2024, $10 billion in cash could create $26 billion in BTC book value. In 2025, $308 billion flowed in, yet the market cap fell $98 billion.
Selling pressure is too heavy...
February 12th, 2026 – Victoria, Seychelles
BYDFi, a global cryptocurrency trading platform, announced its participation as a sponsor of Solana Accelerate APAC during Consensus Hong Kong 2026.
The event was held at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre alongside the broader Consensus Hong Kong conference.
The combined gathering brought together founders, institutional...
February 12th, 2026 – Dubai, UAE
Flipster, a global cryptocurrency trading platform, has received in-principle approval from Dubai’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA) under Flipster FZE.
The approval is a key milestone in Flipster’s expansion into the Middle East and reinforces its focus on building safe, compliant access to digital assets in regulated markets.
The in-principle...
The CEO and co-founder of the crypto index fund manager Bitwise believes most of the world’s financial institutions will soon utilize digital assets.
In a new interview on the Talking Tokens podcast, Hunter Horsley says that 66% of all financial institutions will enter crypto in the near term based on his interaction with top bank executives.
“I’ve spoken with a number of CEOs and presidents and...