February 18, 2026 @ 10:44 am By JD Alois  |  

Shares of Fiserv (NASDAQ:FISV) received a bid yesterday after news that Jana Partners had purchased 2.2 million shares of the Fintech company for approximately $151 million. Jana Partners is an activist hedge fund that will push for strategic or operational changes at Fiserv. Jana was… Read More

February 17, 2026 @ 3:14 pm By JD Alois  |  

Palantir (NASDAQ:PLTR), a leading AI, data integration, and analytics firm used by large corporations and the federal government, has relocated its headquarters to Miami. The move is part of a broader migration away from high-tax, less business-friendly jurisdictions to the booming South Florida market. It has been widely… Read More

February 17, 2026 @ 2:59 pm By JD Alois  |  

A battle line has been drawn between states that want to maintain control over wagering and betting and prediction markets that offer event-driven markets for a wide range of binary outcomes. Earlier today, CFTC Chairman Mike Selig threw down the gauntlet, declaring that the Commission is ready… Read More

February 17, 2026 @ 2:47 pm By JD Alois  |  

Elemental Royalty (TSX-V: ELE, NASDAQ: ELE) is now offering its investors the option to receive dividends settled in Tether Gold (XAU₮). The  company expects to declare an annual cash dividend to its shareholders of US $0.12 per common share, to be paid in quarterly instalments… Read More

February 17, 2026 @ 2:37 pm By JD Alois  |  

Anchorage Digital and B2C2 are expanding their partnership as the latter firm joines Chanorage’s  Atlas platform. Atlas is a two-way settlement platform for institutions that supports crypto transactions on a regulated platform. B2C2 will custody assets with Anchorage and settle trades directly through Atlas. B2C2’s… Read More

February 17, 2026 @ 2:26 pm By JD Alois  |  

ZeroLend is the next DeFi platform to cease operations. In a post on X, the platform stated that its protocol is “no longer sustainable.” ZeroLend is a DeFi lending market that offers carry trades that enable yield leveraging. The website touts, Here Today. Here Tomorrow…. Read More

February 17, 2026 @ 10:53 am By JD Alois  |  

A wealth confiscation tax has never been widely successful anywhere it has ever been attempted. Yet, some policymakers and pundits continue to support the concept of taxing unrealized gains and wealth thresholds. As the Laffer Curve explained decades ago, excessive taxation will have the opposite… Read More

February 17, 2026 @ 10:06 am By JD Alois  |  

The Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is supporting the fast emerging prediction markets. Following an onslaught of state-based lawsuits, CFTC Chairman Mike Selig has issued a statement defending these marketplaces and filed a friend-of-the-court brief advocating federal oversight rather than piecemeal state regulation. Chairman Selig… Read More

February 17, 2026 @ 9:27 am By JD Alois  |  

Polynomial Chain and Polynomial Trade have issued a statement announcing their cessation of operations. The company stated they were “shutting down instead of launching a token for a dying product.” Polynomial is a DeFi platform for onchain derivatives. The company claims to have served over… Read More

February 17, 2026 @ 8:05 am By JD Alois  |  

An AI-enabled venture platform Venture capital firm Sentinel Global has issued a statement announcing an expansion of its platform, which it says is “built for today’s venture market.” Sentinel says that it is focusing on three innovation themes: AI Enterprise: The trust layer for autonomous… Read More

February 13, 2026 @ 1:25 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Netherlands is the next jurisdiction that seeks to punish investors by taxing unrealized capital gains. The state of California has been in the news quite a bit recently in regard to its possible confiscation tax that targets wealth investors and shareholders. The obtuse policy,… Read More

February 13, 2026 @ 10:28 am By JD Alois  |  

In what is being described as a first-of-its-kind tri-party custody model, Anchorage Digital, Kamino, and Solana Company are collaborating to enable institutions to stake SOL. According to a release, the service will support institutions to access onchain borrowing without moving assets out of regulated custody,… Read More

February 13, 2026 @ 9:48 am By JD Alois  |  

The US Bureau of Labor Statistics released monthly inflation data this morning, showing that price growth is slowing: January 2026 data indicated a monthly increase of +0.2% and +2.4% over the past 12 months. Core CPI, excluding energy and food, rose 0.2% and 2.6% over… Read More

February 12, 2026 @ 11:16 am By JD Alois  |  

French firm Mistral AI has committed €1.2 Billion to support Sweden’s AI infrastructure. The announcement was made during the recent Techarena 2026 conference held in Stockholm. Mistral was launched in 2023 and has since raised €1.7 billion at a €11.7 billion valuation. The amount is… Read More

February 12, 2026 @ 10:56 am By JD Alois  |  

In the Terminator film series, Skynet was the malevolent manifestation of artificial intelligence (AI) that became self-aware and then promptly sought to eliminate the human race. While the movie was a huge hit, the reality could be just as disconcerting as the world rushes to benefit from… Read More

February 12, 2026 @ 9:55 am By JD Alois  |  

Taurus and Blockdaemon have announced a deal to integrate Blockdaemon’s institutional-grade staking services into the Taurus digital asset platform. Taurus states that the partnership will enable them to support staking services while retaining full control and ownership through their in-house custody solution, built for banks… Read More

February 12, 2026 @ 9:26 am By JD Alois  |  

The UK government has selected HSBC for its Digital Gilt Instrument (DIGIT) pilot program. The selection was made following a competitive review process. The UK government published its invitation to tender in October of last year. Lucy Rigby KC MP, Economic Secretary to the Treasury, said they… Read More

February 11, 2026 @ 3:02 pm By JD Alois  |  

Blue Dot Investors has emerged from stealth to enable secondary transactions and access to capital for late-stage companies across various Fintech verticals. According to a release, Fintechs account for almost 20% of venture investments. As there are ‘hundreds” of profitable Fintch firms moving closer to… Read More

February 11, 2026 @ 11:52 am By JD Alois  |  

While the US financial markets are the deepest and most efficient in the world, there is always room for improvement. Public markets have been in decline for many years. Meanwhile, private markets have grown dramatically, which is good for many, but too often, retail investors… Read More

February 11, 2026 @ 9:45 am By JD Alois  |  

China is home to the second-largest economy in the world. It is also home to many very large Fintechs. Recently, it was reported that authorities reiterated their ban on crypto and on private firms enabling digital assets. But one observer says China is not anti-tokenization;… Read More