In a wide-ranging interview aired on February 9, 2026, billionaire investor Ray Dalio issued a blunt warning about the future of money, state power, and financial freedom.

Tether is quietly remaking itself. Long known as a tightly run stablecoin issuer, the company is now moving toward a much broader corporate identity - one that looks less like a crypto utility and more like a diversified global group spanning finance, energy, AI, and infrastructure.

The European Central Bank is pushing ahead with plans for a digital euro not as a tech experiment, but as a response to what it sees as a growing strategic weakness in Europe’s payment system.

Erebor Bank has officially entered the U.S. banking system after receiving final approval for a national bank charter, marking the first newly created bank to gain authorization during the second administration of Donald Trump.

The European Union is moving to shut down what it sees as Russia’s last remaining financial escape routes, arguing that the war in Ukraine can only continue as long as money keeps flowing to Moscow.

Stablecoin inflows have surged sharply, doubling in recent weeks even as the broader crypto market sells off, signaling that capital is not leaving the ecosystem but instead moving to the sidelines.

Circle has announced a strategic partnership with Polymarket, aiming to accelerate the next phase of onchain financial markets by bringing regulated stablecoin infrastructure into prediction-based trading.

Tether Investments has announced a $100 million strategic equity investment in Anchorage Digital, deepening an existing partnership and underscoring a shared commitment to building secure, regulated infrastructure for the next phase of digital asset adoption.

Banks are quietly rebuilding themselves around artificial intelligence, and the shift goes far beyond chatbots or simple automation.

Spain’s second-largest bank BBVA has joined the QiValis consortium alongside 11 major European banks to launch a MiCA-regulated euro stablecoin in the second half of 2026, marking another step in Europe’s push to build regulated digital money infrastructure as the United States simultaneously accelerates its own stablecoin framework.