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February 9, 2026 – Vaduz, Liechtenstein xMoney (XMN) is expanding its partnership with Domino’s, bringing its payment infrastructure to Domino’s Greece following a successful rollout in Cyprus. The collaboration focuses on acquiring services, enabling Domino’s Greece to accept card payments and digital wallets, including Apple Pay and Google Pay, across both web and mobile ordering platforms....
Institutional investors just sold an overall total of $264 million in Bitcoin in one week, according to a new update from Coinshares. The digital asset firm says the outflows are a sign of stabilization after weeks of major outflows. BTC was the only asset to record negative flows as altcoins drew fresh buying, with XRP leading the way with $63.1 million in inflows. Solana added $8.2 million, and...
Bitcoin’s quantum computing risks are far from imminent, according to a new report from CoinShares. The digital asset investment firm says we are “nowhere near dangerous territory,” and quantum computers capable of breaking Bitcoin’s cryptographic security remain at least a decade away. “As of early 2026, quantum threats are not imminent. Breaking secp256k1 would require quantum systems with...
A JPMorgan Chase customer says thousands of dollars were drained from her bank account with a debit card that was applied for without her knowledge. Dr. Andrea Kaiser says a debit card was recently sent to her via overnight mail. Shortly after the card was placed in her mailbox Kaiser says surveillance footage from her door camera showed a “random person” arriving and taking the card, reports NBC...
February 8, 2026 – Ibiza, Spain Investing Yachts today introduced its RWA (real-world asset) yacht charter model, a blockchain-based approach designed to tokenize exposure to potential double-digit revenue generated by luxury yacht charter operations via their upcoming YATE token. Being their ultimate goal to democratize access to all private equity sectors. Positioning itself at the...
The U.S. Department of Justice says an insider at a major US bank fueled a billion-dollar fraud scheme that stole the identities of over a million Americans. The DOJ says 36-year-old Renat Abramov, a dual citizen of the United States and Azerbaijan, has admitted to abusing his position as a relationship manager to open fraudulent accounts on behalf of a massive criminal enterprise. According to...
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is accusing a California entrepreneur and his companies of executing a multi-million dollar Ponzi scheme. The SEC says Satish Appalakutty and his businesses, Lorven Funds and Lorven Advisors LLC, drained $37 million from over 100 people. Prosecutors say that between the start of 2019 through March 2024, Appalakutty solicited people from a Hindu...
The owner of the dark web marketplace Incognito Market has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for running what prosecutors describe as one of the world’s largest online narcotics platforms. Rui-Siang Lin, who operated under the alias “Pharaoh,” pleaded guilty in late 2024 to conspiring to distribute drugs, money laundering and selling adulterated and misbranded medication. U.S. District...
A US lender is warning more than 100,000 users that their personal information is at risk after a third-party data breach. New filings with Maine’s Attorney General show members of Illinois-based MidAmerica Credit Union (MACU) are affected by a cyberattack that hit Marquis Software Solutions, a vendor of MACU. In total, 131,070 people are impacted. “On or about August 14, 2025, MACU was informed...
Google is preparing to pay $135 million to end a lawsuit claiming its Android software transferred users’ data without permission. The class action lawsuit alleges the Android operating system quietly initiated data transfers over cell networks even when devices were not in use. Plaintiffs say the transfers violated consumer privacy rights and forced users to unwittingly use cell data that they...