Crypto News. February 28, 2026
US-Israel strikes hit Iran nuclear and missile sites as Trump announce combat operations against Iran
Trump directed all federal agencies to stop using Anthropic technology after the company refused to remove AI safeguards on surveillance and autonomous weapons.
MoonPay and M0 launched PYUSDx, a framework that lets developers issue app-specific stablecoins backed by PYUSD.
Vitalik outlined Ethereum’s scaling plan: short-term improvements like Glamsterdam’s parallel block verification, multidimensional gas, and higher limits, then long-term zkEVM adoption by 2027 and PeerDAS blob scaling to ~8 MB/s data throughput.
Barclays is reportedly evaluating blockchain-based settlement systems to support payments and tokenized deposits
Senate Democrats, led by Sen. Chris Van Hollen, urge AG Bondi and Treasury Secretary Bessent to review Binance’s sanctions compliance over alleged trades with Iranian entities.
Mark Karpelès, former CEO of MtGox, published a proposal for a Bitcoin hard fork to recover roughly 79,956 BTC from 2011 Mt Gox hack.
Morgan Stanley filed for a de novo national trust bank charter to custody crypto
OpenAI and Amazon announced a multi-year partnership to accelerate AI innovation for enterprises, startups, and consumers.
OpenAI raised $110B at $730B valuation, with $30B each from SoftBank and NVIDIA, and $50B from Amazon.
Sofi now support Solana network deposits
Seeker Claw launch AI agent on Solana Mobile
Colossus launched a stablecoin-based credit card system on its Ethereum L2, built on the OP Stack.
Paradigm is expanding focus from crypto to AI, robotics, and frontier tech, raising up to $1.5B for the new strategy.
The UK Gambling Commission is considering permitting cryptocurrency payments for gambling.
Polygon highlighted how stablecoins and its Open Money Stack can modernize B2B payments, enabling faster, programmable, and around-the-clock settlement that surpasses traditional methods like wires and ACH.
Bags announced Bags App Store for launching tokens
Ondo Finance examined how tokenization is reshaping global financial markets, with major institutions supporting the move from stablecoins to tokenized treasuries and stocks.
Wintermute analyzed how retail traders are treating equities as substitutes for crypto, driven by volatility compression, easier capital rotation, and AI-powered advantages in stocks.
Artemis data shows Hyperliquid Strategies PURR has $356M in unrealized gains, while other DATs, including Bitmine, face multi-billion-dollar unrealized losses.
