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2602, 2026
Anthropic-Pentagon clash escalates over military AI terms

|26 Feb 2026|News|

Anthropic and the U.S. Pentagon are in a high-stakes dispute over how the military can use Anthropic’s AI systems, in a confrontation that has quickly become one of the most important commercial-policy tests in the AI sector this year. Reuters reported this week that Anthropic has no intention of easing key military-use restrictions, even after a meeting between Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.

2502, 2026
Meta’s Stablecoin Comeback Is More Than a Libra Sequel

|25 Feb 2026|News|

Meta is reportedly preparing a return to stablecoins in the second half of 2026 — but this time, the company appears to be avoiding the old mistake of trying to mint a quasi-sovereign currency of its own. Instead, the reported plan is to integrate dollar-pegged stablecoin payments across Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp using outside infrastructure partners. Multiple follow-on reports say Meta has been sending requests for proposals (RFPs) to external firms, with Stripe widely mentioned as a likely partner.

2502, 2026
Open Frontier – The Coalition for Fair Crypto

|25 Feb 2026|Podcasts|

Open Frontier Executive Director Erik Balsbaugh and board member Amanda Wick join Andy Pickering for a wide-ranging conversation on crypto, politics, and the future of digital finance. The discussion explores why digital assets are too important to be left to partisan trench warfare, and why the real promise of crypto has less to do with speculation and more to do with reducing fees, expanding access, and breaking the grip of extractive financial intermediaries. Erik and Amanda make the case that this is ultimately a fight about fairness, affordability, and who the financial system is built to serve.

2402, 2026
From UI Swaps to DeFi Infrastructure: How Trading Really Happens on Stabull

|24 Feb 2026|News|

When Stabull launched, the most visible way to interact with the protocol was simple: users visited the interface, selected a pool, and executed a swap. Liquidity providers supplied assets, traders swapped against them, and fees were generated in a way that looked familiar to anyone who had used a decentralised exchange before. That model still exists. But it is no longer the full story.

2302, 2026
OpenClaw Enforces Discord Ban on Crypto Mentions After Scam Fallout

|23 Feb 2026|News|

OpenClaw, the fast-growing open-source AI agent project created by Peter Steinberger, is enforcing a strict rule in its Discord community that can result in users being removed for mentioning bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies. The policy drew attention after a user said they were blocked for referencing Bitcoin block height in a technical benchmarking context.