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Wall Street’s Goldman Sachs has revealed an expansion of its crypto holdings, reporting roughly $2.36 billion in total crypto exposure — including $1.1 billion in Bitcoin ETFs, according to financial holding disclosures. Bitcoin’s portion of the haul — the largest of any digital asset listed — highlights just how far the venerable investment bank has shifted from earlier skepticism toward meaningful exposure in the world’s largest cryptocurrency by market cap.  The $1.1 billion position was in IBIT, BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF. The SEC filings also revealed holdings of approximately $35.8 million in Fidelity’s Wise Origin Bitcoin Fund, roughly $92,000…

Bankers in the small but lucrative market for debt swaps are now struggling to complete deals.Designed to help developing nations cut their debt burdens and protect the environment in a single product, the swaps are seeing potential borrowers hit the brakes, according to bankers and consultants interviewed by Bloomberg. With emerging-market bonds rallying, such deals often no longer make financial sense, they said. At the same time, some governments are skeptical of the environmental focus the swaps have, they added.Antonio Navarro, a former Credit Suisse banker who’s now a managing partner specialized in such deals at boutique credit fund ArtCap…

Prague, Czech Republic, February 10th, 2026, Chainwire GoMining, the all-in-one Bitcoin ecosystem for mining, earning, and spending BTC, announced the launch of Simple Earn, a new feature that gives users an opportunity to earn yield on the crypto assets held in their account, with payouts delivered automatically in Bitcoin every four hours. Simple Earn provides users with support for the autonomous earning mechanisms of their assets. It is designed to remove the complexity that usually comes with earning yield on crypto. Users activate the program with a single toggle in their wallet, and GoMining handles the rest. Behind the scenes,…

 French police arrested six suspects following the escape by a magistrate and her mother, who were kidnapped by ransom seekers. The number of crypto-related crimes is increasing in France.Six individuals connected with the kidnapping were arrested by the police. Those who were victimized have relatives within the cryptocurrency industry.The arrests were confirmed by Lyon prosecutor Thierry Dran to AFP. Three suspects were held overnight. Sunday morning also witnessed two additional arrests. On Sunday afternoon, a minor was caught.Daring Escape From Captors’ GarageThe 35-year-old magistrate and her 67-year-old mother freed themselves Friday morning. They were found injured in a garage in…

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The equity tape is digesting last week’s whipsaw into the {Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI)} 50,000 milestone with a clear rotation rather than a broad risk-off flush. The Dow trades just below the big figure, off roughly 0.2%–0.5% around 50,000 after giving back about 220–240 points from Friday’s historic close. The S&P 500 (^GSPC) holds slightly green near 6,939, up about 0.1%, while the {Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC)} outperforms with gains around 0.25%–0.30% near 23,095 as buyers lean back into select growth and AI-linked names. Small caps lag: the sits near 2,660, down about 0.35%, signaling that risk appetite is still…

Vaduz, Liechtenstein, February 9th, 2026, Chainwire xMoney ($XMN) is expanding its partnership with Domino’s, bringing its payment infrastructure to Domino’s Greece following a successful rollout in Cyprus. The collaboration focuses on acquiring services, enabling Domino’s Greece to accept card payments and digital wallets, including Apple Pay and Google Pay, across both web and mobile ordering platforms. At the core of the integration is xMoney’s embeddable checkout solution, designed to deliver a seamless payment experience without redirection. Customers complete their orders faster, while all sensitive payment data is securely handled by xMoney’s compliant infrastructure. The expansion was announced in person at…

As the global energy sector accelerates its transition toward digitalization and decarbonization, improving efficiency while ensuring data integrity has become a critical challenge. Traditional energy systems rely heavily on manual oversight and centralized control, often resulting in high costs, low transparency, and delayed verification. Renewable Value Exchange (REVX) introduces an automated energy production framework in which smart contracts serve as the core execution layer. By replacing manual intervention with predefined algorithmic rules, the platform enables energy generation, data recording, and value distribution to be executed automatically and transparently on-chain. From Manual Oversight to Algorithmic Execution Conventional energy infrastructures depend on…

DALLAS, Feb. 9, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Cango Inc. (NYSE: CANG) today released a letter to shareholders highlighting its strategic transformation and roadmap to evolve from a global Bitcoin miner into an AI compute infrastructure platform. Throughout the past year, Cango executed a disciplined entry into the industry, balancing speed with operational prudence to build its position as a leading Bitcoin miner with a global footprint across four key regions. Key commitments were delivered, including acquiring and enhancing hashrate efficiency of 50 EH/s of on-rack machines, adopting a strategic treasury approach, divesting legacy operations, securing 50 MW of energy infrastructure, and…

The landscape of digital assets in Europe has reached its most significant milestone. With the 2026 full application of the Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) Regulation, the European Union has transitioned from a fragmented patchwork of national rules to the world’s first unified, sophisticated regulatory framework. For Crypto Asset Service Providers (CASPs), the era of “regulatory arbitrage” is over. Whether you are an exchange, a custodian, or an investment advisor, achieving MiCA compliance is no longer a choice; it is the prerequisite for survival in the world’s largest integrated trading bloc.  This guide by a prominent FinTech and crypto licensing firm LegalBison delves…