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Author: Zen, PANews
“I want to do something bigger.” On February 9, Beast Industries announced the acquisition of the teenage and Gen Z financial app Step—a product focused on “credit building, savings tools, and debit cards.”
If you only see it as “another side hustle for internet celebrities,” you underestimate the scale of this move. Because before this news, the market had already seen clearer signs of preparation.
In January 2026, publicly listed company Bitmine announced an investment of $200 million in Beast Industries. Its chairman, Tom Lee, directly linked MrBeast’s future with the narrative of a “digital financial platform” in public statements. As early as October 2025, Beast had already submitted a

In "Big Ideas 2026," Cathie Wood believes that Bitcoin is a long-term hedge and store of value asset. Its scarcity and low correlation with gold give it potential in wealth transfer. The issuance of Bitcoin is strictly limited, distinguishing it from gold, which can be increased in supply.

Written by: Li Dan
Source: Wall Street Journal
Although cryptocurrencies have plummeted this year, the Trump family appears to be trying to save face. The cryptocurrency platform they support is reshaping the relationship between Wall Street and digital assets.
On Wednesday, the 19th, Eastern Time, the Trump family-involved cryptocurrency platform World Liberty Financial hosted a conference at Mar-a-Lago. The event brought together financial industry executives, government officials, and crypto industry figures, highlighting how virtual assets are both a policy priority and a family profit center during Trump's second term.
This event by World Liberty Financial attracted about 500 attendees, including Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon. The former cryptocurrency skeptic revealed at the conference that he holds .

Author: Frank, PANews
How difficult is it to find a profitable "golden key" in prediction markets?
On social media, you often see many people claiming to have discovered a clever money-making secret, but in reality, they say nothing substantial. What people can see are only the profit curves of these smart money moves, not the underlying logic.
How exactly can one build a personal trading strategy that is suitable for prediction markets?
Taking the BTC 15-minute prediction market as an example, PANews analyzed nearly 27.73 million trades across 3082 windows over the past month and arrived at some conclusions that may challenge conventional wisdom. In previous articles, we already analyzed the macro data of this market. This time, we will delve into the details to search for that possible "golden key."
Illusion shattered: The complete failure of candlestick technical analysis
Have you ever considered a strategy that...

In an interview, Cook shared his philosophy of success: following the rules will only make you an average majority; breaking the rules and creating your own rules is the way to stand out.
He believes that true education is about collaboration, thinking, and learning to set new rules. Innovators cannot stick to convention.

NBC News special revisited how Trump in the 1980s shaped his current image. He excels at creating controversy, crafting humorous personas, emphasizing his victories, and behaving unpredictably. Despite criticism, this has actually strengthened his "fighter" image, making his words and actions less surprising.

作者：Frank，PA News
Early 2026, the crypto market is filled with a sense of frustration and confusion.
Bitcoin has retraced about 36% from its all-time high set in October 2025, and the market is oscillating between bulls and bears. But what’s causing more unease among crypto investors isn’t the price itself, but the fact that their traditional indicator systems used to gauge market positions have almost all failed.
The S2F model’s $500,000 prediction deviates from reality by over three times, the four-year cycle has yet to produce a breakout after the halving, the Pi Cycle Top indicator has remained silent throughout the entire cycle, the fixed threshold of the MVRV Z-Score no longer triggers signals, and the rainbow chart’s top region seems out of reach. Meanwhile, the contrarian signals from the Fear and Greed Index repeatedly prove unreliable, and the highly anticipated "altcoin season" has yet to arrive.
Why have these indicators collectively failed? Are these temporary deviations, or

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Original Title: AI: PayPal’s $200M Wake-Up Call in AI Commerce
Original Author: LUKE SPILL, FintechBlueprint
Translation: Peggy, BlockBeats
Editor's Note: As AI agents begin to replace humans in product discovery, decision-making, and ordering, the traditional e-commerce funnel is rapidly shrinking. Payments are no longer the end point of transactions but part of embedded infrastructure. This article uses PayPal’s acquisition of Cymbio as a starting point to explore the rise of Agentic Commerce

Today's News Highlights:
Laurore Ltd becomes the largest new holder of BlackRock Bitcoin ETF, with Jane Street close behind
Market News: Silicon Valley investment giant Peter Thiel exits Ethereum treasury company ETHZilla
Strategy increases holdings by 2,486 Bitcoins, bringing total holdings to 717,131 Bitcoins
Wintermute: BTC finds support at the 200-week moving average; resuming upward movement requires macroeconomic clarity
He Yi: The crypto industry has experienced four "listing cycle" eras, with platform pricing power and market structure continuously reshaping
Dragonfly has completed its fourth fundraise, totaling $650 million
Stake has completed a Series B funding round of $31 million, led by the National Bank of the United Arab Emirates
Three executives from cryptocurrency exchange Gemini are in

CZ discussed the overheating of ICOs and the necessity of exchange regulation in early interviews, foreseeing the rise of global trading platforms and the rekindling of overseas markets, emphasizing that industry transformation accompanies migration and restructuring. Now, looking back on a decade of decisions, he realizes that the roots of many events were already planted long ago.

Stablecoin issuers have sparked intense competition among issuers, application layers, and users behind high profits. The application layer seeks profit sharing by controlling user relationships or launches its own branded stablecoins to bypass issuers. As user expectations for returns increase, the application layer faces a dilemma and may need to return some profits to users. Ultimately, users could become the main beneficiaries of this game.

If the cryptocurrency industry is compared to a set of teeth, then the path of listing (listing) over these years is like a process of "industry orthodontics." From the chaos of 2017 to the industrialized flow in 2025, each token distribution method in the market essentially represents a correction of the industry's structural deformities and a challenge to the distribution of chips.
In this process, project teams pursue top-tier liquidity, evolving from the early "volume battles" to the now high-cost "bride price model"; exchanges, in order to survive, attract traffic and fees, shifting from the early listing logic to a pricing logic.
How do exchanges, project teams, VCs, and traders destroy each other, love each other, slander each other, and achieve each other?
For you, countless times.
Introduction
Teeth are a very "magical" organ in the human body. Why do I say that? Because teeth are the only in the human body

Author: 0xKira, Arkham
Compiled by: Moni, Odaily Planet Daily
Anatoly Yakovenko (@toly) is the creator of the Solana blockchain and has become a leading figure in the blockchain industry. He is also a well-known billionaire in the field. This article will explore his personal wealth.
As one of the most influential figures in the cryptocurrency space, Anatoly Yakovenko founded one of the most widely used blockchain platforms, Solana. Based on available information, his personal holdings of tokens, and his equity stake in Solana Labs, it is estimated that his net worth in 2026 could range from $500 million to $1.2 billion. The wide range is mainly due to recent significant fluctuations in Solana's token price.
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Highlights of the Current Issue
According to incomplete statistics from PANews, there were 9 investment and financing events in the global blockchain space last week (2.9-2.15), with a total funding amount exceeding $48 million. The overview is as follows:
The Infrastructure & Tools sector announced 4 investment and financing events, including the stablecoin and on-chain foreign exchange liquidity infrastructure project Superset completing a $4 million seed round, with 7RIDGE participating;
In the centralized finance sector, 1 investment and financing event was announced, with Inference Research completing a $20 million seed round, led by Avenir Group under Li Lin;
In other Web3/blockchain application areas, 4 investment and financing events were announced, including the Web3 entertainment ecosystem project YOAKE, which announced an additional investment of approximately $3.2 million from Sony Innovation Fund;

Tom Lee mentioned in a podcast that Bitcoin has undergone 14 years of development, and early holders are beginning to sell their Bitcoin, leading to a shift in wealth distribution. At the same time, he warned that quantum computing poses a risk to certain Bitcoin wallets, as some wallets cannot be upgraded. Resolving this issue may require a Bitcoin fork.

Author: bootly, Bitpush News
The Ethereum Foundation (EF) is once again at a crossroads of personnel upheaval.
Tomasz Stańczak, Co-Executive Director of the Ethereum Foundation, announced that he will step down at the end of this month. This comes shortly after his collaboration with Hsiao-Wei