PayPal Discloses Data Breach That Exposed User Info For 6 Months
msmash / slashdot - PayPal is notifying customers of a data breach after a software error in a loan application exposed their sensitive personal information, including Social Security numbers, for nearly 6 months last year. From a report: The incident affected the PayPal Wor…
Back to Top / Friday, February 20, 2026, 1:20 pm / permalink 19476 / 5 stories in 14 days
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.
Back to Top / Thursday, February 19, 2026, 9:21 pm / permalink 19447 / 9 stories in 15 days
Klarna Hits First $1 Billion Revenue Quarter as Banking Users Double
PYMNTS / pymnts - Klarna said in a fourth-quarter earnings report that it doubled its number of banking customers over the past year. During the fourth quarter, Klarna’s number of banking customers grew 101% year over year to reach 15.8 million, the company said in a Thurs…
Back to Top / Thursday, February 19, 2026, 11:21 am / permalink 19419 / 4 stories in 15 days
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
Peter Thiel Exits ETHZilla Investment After Ethereum Treasury Stock Craters
Logan Hitchcock / decrypt - Billionaire investor Peter Thiel and Founders Fund held a 7.5% stake in Ethereum treasury company ETHZilla last year—but not anymore.
Back to Top / Wednesday, February 18, 2026, 5:21 pm / permalink 19387 / 4 stories in 16 days
Coinbase’s Base moves away from Optimism’s 'OP stack' in major tech shift
Margaux Nijkerk / coindesk - Base launched in 2023 and quickly became one of the most widely used Ethereum layer-2 networks.
Back to Top / Wednesday, February 18, 2026, 3:21 pm / permalink 19377 / 6 stories in 16 days
Canary, Grayscale Sui ETFs Hit US Markets With Staking Rewards
Stacy Elliott / decrypt - The first Sui ETFs are now trading as Canary and Grayscale bring staking-enabled crypto exposure to traditional markets.
Back to Top / Wednesday, February 18, 2026, 1:21 pm / permalink 19372 / 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.
Back to Top / Wednesday, February 18, 2026, 12:21 pm / permalink 19364 / 3 stories in 16 days
Stripe-owned stablecoin platform Bridge wins conditional OCC approval for national bank charter
Sarah Wynn / theblock - Stablecoin platform Bridge, acquired by Stripe last year, received conditional approval from the OCC, the firm said on Tuesday.
Back to Top / Tuesday, February 17, 2026, 5:21 pm / permalink 19322 / 4 stories in 17 days
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.
Back to Top / Tuesday, February 17, 2026, 1:21 pm / permalink 19307 / 8 stories in 17 days
Airbnb (ABNB) Stock: Soars 4% as Reserve Now, Pay Later Plans Drive 70% Adoption and Record Q4 Bookings
Yasmin Werner / parameter - TLDR Airbnb’s “Reserve Now, Pay Later” surges, boosting global bookings in Q4 2025. Flexible payment option drives 70% adoption in Q4 2025, fueling Airbnb’s growth. Airbnb expands “Reserve Now, Pay Later” globally, offering more booking flexibility. Q4 20…
Back to Top / Tuesday, February 17, 2026, 11:21 am / permalink 19295 / 4 stories in 17 days
Bootstrapped And Profitable AI InsurTech Company mea Platform Secures €42.2M Funding
Kailee Rainse / startuprise - mea Platform (mea), a UK-based AI-first InsurTech company, has secured a €42.2 million ($50 million) minority growth equity investment from London-based SEP (Scottish Equity Partners) to accelerate product development and enhance customer engagement. Boot…
Back to Top / Tuesday, February 17, 2026, 6:20 am / permalink 19269 / 4 stories in 17 days
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…
Back to Top / Monday, February 16, 2026, 2:20 pm / permalink 19259 / 3 stories in 18 days
Crypto market bleeds US$44B as US$78M Bitcoin liquidations spark panic
Anndy Lian / e27 - Global financial markets navigated a holiday-shortened week with United States exchanges shuttering their doors on Monday, February 16, 2026, for Presidents’ Day. The New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq stood silent while traders worldwide turned their att…
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Institutional flows, ETF exits and investor rebalancing across markets
Leverage squeeze sparks mass liquidations and bitcoin price slide
Other: stablecoin payments and macro bearish forecasts
Public companies feel bitcoin pain, posting big valuation losses
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Back to Top / Monday, February 16, 2026, 1:20 am / permalink 19225 / 16 stories in 18 days
Prediction Markets Chip Away at Sports Betting’s Territory
PYMNTS / pymnts - Sports-related bets on Kalshi are now generating estimated annualized revenues of roughly $1.3 billion. As the Financial Times (FT) reported Saturday (Feb. 14), that figure is nearly a quarter of the total sportsbook revenue for betting giant DraftKings a…
Back to Top / Sunday, February 15, 2026, 6:20 pm / permalink 19213 / 4 stories in 19 days
X to launch ‘Smart Cashtags’ for in-timeline crypto and stock trading within ‘a couple weeks’
Zack Abrams / theblock - Bier also promised forthcoming efforts to cut down on spam posts and apps on X, a stance which has sometimes drawn the ire of crypto traders.
Back to Top / Saturday, February 14, 2026, 2:20 pm / permalink 19196 / 4 stories in 20 days
Binance France head targeted in botched home invasion as three arrested: report
Naga Avan-Nomayo / theblock - French police tracked two stolen phones to a train station and arrested the trio in Lyon, per local outlet RTL.
Back to Top / Friday, February 13, 2026, 2:20 pm / permalink 19140 / 4 stories in 21 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.
Back to Top / Thursday, February 12, 2026, 4:20 pm / permalink 19100 / 10 stories in 22 days
Bitcoin Will Fall to $50K and Ethereum Will Hit $1,400 Before Rebound: Standard Chartered
Stacy Elliott / decrypt - Standard Chartered predicts Bitcoin will hit $100K and Ethereum will rise to $4,000 by the end of 2026, but expects further drops first.
Back to Top / Thursday, February 12, 2026, 10:21 am / permalink 19063 / 10 stories in 22 days