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Trump family-backed crypto venture World Liberty Financial (WLFI) has proposed new measures to boost participation in governance through a staking system and incentivize the use of its stablecoin USD1.In its latest proposal on Wednesday, the team suggested governance votes should require holders to stake their tokens for at least 180 days to ensure “voting power is held by participants with long-term alignment to the protocol,” instead of “short-term holders or speculators.”Stakers would earn an annual percentage rate of 2% provided they participate in at least two governance votes during the lock-up period. Governance power would be based on the amount…

Ethereum (ETH) is seeing renewed buying interest amid its latest recovery rally, which has pushed the price back above $2000.On-chain data shows whales accumulating the second-largest cryptocurrency. At the same time, the Coinbase Premium Index has moved above zero for the first time since early January.Ethereum Reclaims $2000 as Crypto Market Extends Midweek Rally The crypto market extended its gains today, continuing the upward trajectory that began on Wednesday. Ethereum’s price has risen about 8% during the same period. At press time, the altcoin was trading at $2054.Ethereum (ETH) Price Performance. Source: BeInCrypto MarketsOn-chain analytics platform Santiment noted that the 30-day…

Financial technology firm Stripe says blockchains may need to process up to 1 billion transactions per second to support the future of artificial intelligence agents. In an annual letter posted to X on Tuesday, Stripe CEO and co-founder Patrick Collison and co-founder John Collison gave a rundown of the firm’s performance over 2025, while also making some predictions for the near future. One of the key talking points was the adoption of AI agents and what widespread use could look like in the future. The duo argued that blockchain transaction activity will soon skyrocket as AI agents gradually become the primary conductors…

The world’s leading broker continues its journey with the back-to-back Constructors’ Championship-winning Formula 1 team. LONDON, Feb. 25, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — FxPro, a globally recognised leader in online trading, is proud to announce the extension of its successful partnership with the McLaren Mastercard Formula 1 Team, further cementing their decade-long alliance. This renewed commitment follows a historic 2025 season, where McLaren secured the coveted Constructors’ Championship for a second consecutive year and the Drivers’ Championship with Lando Norris. The partnership, which began in 2018, has grown alongside the team’s remarkable journey to the pinnacle of motorsport. FxPro is immensely proud…

APIA, Samoa, Feb. 25, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Phemex, a user-first crypto exchange, unveiled the AI Bot, a tactical milestone of the Phemex AI-Native Revolution, following its landmark transition into an AI-native organization. This launch evolves artificial intelligence from a strategic vision into a high-performance “Intelligent Trading Partner,” shifting the industry paradigm from emotional manual execution to a disciplined “Human + AI Collaboration” model for its 10 million users worldwide. Earlier this year, Phemex introduced its AI-Native Initiative, committing to integrate artificial intelligence across internal operations and external product architecture. The launch of AI Bot serves as a live demonstration of that…

The U.S. Department of the Treasury has sanctioned a Russian exploit brokerage network accused of purchasing stolen U.S. government cyber tools with crypto and reselling them to unauthorized buyers, marking the first use of new authorities under the Protecting American Intellectual Property Act. In an announcement Tuesday, the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control designated Russian national, Sergey Sergeyevich Zelenyuk, and his company, Operation Zero, along with several associates and affiliated firms.  The action blocks any property or interests in property of the designated parties that fall under U.S. jurisdiction and bars U.S. persons from transacting with them. Treasury alleges…

Tony Kim Feb 24, 2026 20:48 Anthropic releases third version of Responsible Scaling Policy, separating company commitments from industry-wide recommendations after 2.5 years of testing. Anthropic has released the third iteration of its Responsible Scaling Policy, marking a significant restructuring of how the AI company approaches catastrophic risk mitigation after two and a half years of real-world implementation.The update, published February 24, 2026, introduces three major changes: a clear separation between what Anthropic can achieve alone versus what requires industry-wide action, a new Frontier Safety Roadmap with public accountability metrics, and mandatory external review of Risk Reports under certain conditions.What…

Debate is raging in the crypto community as Justin Bons, founder and CIO of Cyber Capital, argues that Ripple’s XRP Ledger (XRPL) is “centralized.”Meanwhile, Ripple’s CTO Emeritus, David Schwartz, has firmly defended its architecture. This raises crucial questions about what makes a blockchain genuinely decentralized. Justin Bons Labels XRP Ledger “Centralized” In a recent post on X (formerly Twitter), Bons criticized what he calls “centralized blockchains.” He argued that several networks rely on permissioned validator structures, pointing to XRP Ledger’s Unique Node List (UNL) as an example. “Ripple: Has a “Unique Node List”, which makes the validators effectively permissioned. Any divergence from this…

Market participants are weighing what a modest investment in XRP could become as regulatory and banking narratives strengthen. XRP is trading at $1.40 today.Visit Website

By staking treasury ETH, the Ethereum Foundation now directly participates in consensus while generating native, ether-denominated yield. The Ethereum Foundation announced that it has begun staking a portion of its treasury funds, following the Treasury Policy it released last year. The latest move represents a formal step into direct participation in Ethereum’s proof-of-stake consensus. Treasury Staking As part of this initiative, the Foundation deposited 2,016 ETH on Tuesday and stated that it plans to stake approximately 70,000 ETH in total, with all staking rewards directed back to the Foundation’s treasury. The staking setup relies entirely on open-source infrastructure, and the…