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New subsidiary of Sparkcorpnet delivers comprehensive incorporation, market entry, and international trade solutions in Canada and USVANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / February 25, 2026 / Platform Expand, a subsidiary brand of Sparkcorpnet, an international business and technology consulting firm focused on scalable growth strategies, today announced the launch of three premium business expansion services designed to support international companies pursuing incorporation in Canada, structured market entry, and international trade operations within the Canadian jurisdiction.As global enterprises seek stable and trusted jurisdictions for corporate structuring and North American market access, Canada continues to attract technology companies, manufacturers, exporters, and international…

Morgan Stanley wants to expand its digital asset offerings, including a native custody and exchange solution for crypto, the firm said during a conversation at Strategy World. Phong Le, President and CEO of Strategy, spoke with Amy Oldenburg, Head of Digital Asset Strategy at Morgan Stanley, about the firm’s upcoming products.  Morgan Stanley will first allow clients on its E-Trade platform to buy and sell spot cryptocurrencies through a partnership. Last year, the bank said it was pursuing a spot Bitcoin ETF and planning to enable direct trading for clients via E*Trade. Over the next year, the bank intends to…

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 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…