Bridge, a stablecoin infrastructure firm owned by Stripe, said Tuesday it has received conditional approval from the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) to form a national trust bank. The charter would let Bridge National Trust Bank issue stablecoins, custody digital assets and manage reserves under direct federal oversight. It’s the latest
Federal Reserve Board member Michael Barr made important statements regarding monetary policy, the inflation outlook, and the impact of artificial intelligence on the economy. Barr stated that AI investments, in particular, were “extremely indifferent” to the Fed’s interest rate targets, adding that the wave of technology-driven investment was proceeding largely independently of the current monetary
U.S. stocks are trading lower at midday Feb. 17, 2026, as artificial intelligence (AI) jitters weigh on tech giants, pulling down the Nasdaq and S&P 500 while the Dow shows relative resilience. S&P 500 Tests Support as AI Volatility Pressures Wall Street U.S. equity markets are trading with a defensive tone on Tuesday, extending last
Tether said Tether Gold XAU₮ has reached a milestone for the gold industry, becoming the first publicly listed gold company structure to offer shareholders the option to receive dividends in tokenized gold. Elemental Royalty Corporation announced that investors can elect to receive dividends denominated in XAU₮ rather than cash, linking traditional royalty payouts directly to
Amazon, the e-commerce and cloud computing giant, has shed roughly $450 billion in market value since early February during a losing streak that could match the company’s longest run of daily declines on record. Should the stock close lower, it would mark a tenth consecutive negative session, matching a streak last seen in 1997. The
David Duong, from Coinbase’s investment research team, shared his analysis for Bitcoin ($BTC), highlighting two critical levels in the short term: According to Duong, the strongest base is $60,000, and the first major ceiling is $82,000. The analysis stated that gamma exposure, which acts like a “hidden liquidity provider” in the options market, can either
Shares of eToro (ETOR) rose 14% on Tuesday after the company reported its strongest quarter of 2025, defying a broader downturn in crypto trading that has weighed on competitors like Robinhood (HOOD) and Coinbase (COIN). The Israel-based stock and crypto trading platform posted fourth-quarter revenue of $227 million, up 6% from the third quarter, and