Bitmine’s $9.6 B Crypto Treasury and MAVAN Staking Network Signal a Bold Institutional Bet on Ethereum
Bitmine Immersion Technologies (NYSE AMERICAN: BMNR) disclosed a sweeping update to its digital‑asset balance sheet that places the firm at the forefront of institutional Ethereum stewardship. As of February 22, 2026, the company’s crypto…
CME Group Extends Crypto Futures to 24‑Hour, 7‑Day Trading Starting May 29
The world’s largest derivatives exchange will keep its regulated cryptocurrency contracts live around the clock, signaling a shift toward continuous market access for institutional traders. CME Group, the pre‑eminent global…
Avalara Secures Fourth Straight Spot in G2’s 2026 Best Accounting & Finance Software Awards
Avalara, the Durham‑based tax‑automation specialist, has been listed among the top five solutions in G2’s 2026 Best Accounting and Finance Products category. The recognition marks the company’s fourth consecutive appearance…
DBS and Visa Pilot AI Agent Payments in Asia’s First Real-World ‘Agentic Commerce’ Rollout
AI chatbots can already draft your emails and plan your trips. Now they may soon pay for them—securely, and with your bank’s blessing. Southeast Asia’s largest lender, DBS Bank, has…
Truist Launches First Open‑Banking Integration Powered by Mastercard’s Open Finance Platform
Truist Financial Corporation announced on February 12, 2026 that it has completed its first open‑banking integration, partnering with Mastercard’s open finance technology. The new API‑based platform gives Truist’s retail and small‑business customers a centralized, tokenized gateway to their financial data, enabling them to connect directly with a curated ecosystem of fintech applications without exposing login credentials.
Cerity Partners Merges With Verus, Expanding Institutional Reach Across $1.2 Trillion in Assets
Cerity Partners is making a decisive move into the institutional arena. The independent U.S. wealth and investment management firm announced plans to merge with Verus Investments, an institutional investment consulting and advisory firm serving clients representing approximately $1.2 trillion in assets. The combined firm will operate under the Cerium Partners brand, uniting private‑wealth and institutional advisory capabilities at a time when the two sectors are increasingly overlapping.
Daloopa Study: AI Finance Agents Hit 90% Accuracy With Structured Data—But Web Retrieval Still Fails
Daloopa, which positions itself as a financial data layer for the “agentic era,” has published new research benchmarking leading AI agent systems on real‑world financial retrieval tasks. The headline finding: when powered by structured financial databases instead of public web inputs, top‑tier agents saw accuracy jump to roughly 90%—an improvement of up to 71 percentage points.
Fireblocks and Thales Double Down on Institutional Crypto Security With HSM‑Native Architecture
For banks and financial institutions flirting with digital assets, security isn’t just a technical hurdle—it’s the gating factor. Fireblocks, the enterprise platform securing more than $5 trillion in digital‑asset transfers annually, is addressing that reality head‑on by expanding its collaboration with Thales, the cybersecurity heavyweight behind Luna Hardware Security Modules (HSMs).
KuCoin Brings Risk, AI, and Regulation to Center Stage at Consensus Hong Kong 2026
The global crypto exchange announced it will participate in the flagship event, held February 10–12 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, joining the featured panel “Turning Intelligence Into Action.” The session will focus on one of the industry’s most pressing challenges—how to translate vast amounts of market data, on‑chain signals, and emerging AI tools into practical risk controls and governance frameworks that actually work.
Bitpanda Adds MiCA-Compliant USDG Stablecoin, Expanding Regulated Digital Dollar Access Across Europe
Global Dollar Network (GDN) has announced that Bitpanda will roll out trading, deposits, and withdrawals for its USDG stablecoin starting February 5, 2026. For Europe’s increasingly regulation‑conscious crypto sector, this isn’t just another token listing—it’s a calculated move into the post‑MiCA era of compliant digital dollars.
