The US Treasury has sanctioned several digital asset exchanges linked to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, highlighting ongoing government efforts to monitor and control how bitcoin and other digital currencies are used internationally.

Bitcoin investors known as “diamond hands” are being tested as markets stay volatile, with new reports analyzing whether long-term holders might eventually sell after holding through past price drops.

Belgian startup Aikido Security became a $1 billion cybersecurity company after a $60 million funding round, as it expands its all-in-one software safety platform already used by over 100,000 development teams worldwide.

Bitcoin fell about 10% to around $75,700, its lowest level since April, extending a drop of more than 30% from its peak. Analysts say ongoing selling by early holders and less new money coming in are weighing on BTC despite earlier demand from ETFs and MicroStrategy.

Binance says the October Bitcoin price drop was caused by a broad market liquidation chain, not by any failure or problem at the exchange itself

Latin American fintech Nu has received approval to launch a digital bank in the US, expanding its services into a new market that could offer more access to Bitcoin-related products for American customers.

VPNs are being highlighted as a way for viewers worldwide to access local Australian Open 2026 streams of the Alcaraz vs Djokovic final by routing internet connections through their home country to get around location blocks.

US regulators are turning more supportive, putting the country in a stronger position to become a main global center for Bitcoin trading and financial products based on bitcoin.

OpenAI will retire its GPT-4o model from ChatGPT on Feb 13, 2026, saying newer GPT-5.2 now meets its goals. GPT-4o was briefly restored after user backlash but now accounts for only 0.1% of daily use as most users move to GPT-5.2.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says the company will still make a huge investment in OpenAI, calling it likely Nvidia’s biggest investment ever, and denies reports that he is unhappy with the ChatGPT maker.

Waymo is close to raising $16 billion in new funding, valuing the self-driving taxi company at $110 billion. Most of the money will come from parent company Alphabet, with big investors like Sequoia and Andreessen Horowitz also joining.

SpaceX has asked the U.S. FCC for approval to launch up to 1 million small, solar-powered satellites that would act as data centers in space to run artificial intelligence systems, greatly expanding its current Starlink internet network.