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The Everett, Washington-based fusion energy startup Helion announced Friday that it has hit a key milestone in its quest for fusion power. Plasmas inside the company’s Polaris prototype reactor have reached 150 million degrees Celsius, three-quarters of the way toward what the company thinks it will need to operate a commercial fusion power plant. “We’re obviously really excited to be able to get to this place,” David Kirtley, Helion’s co-founder and CEO, told TechCrunch. Polaris is also operating using deuterium-tritium fuel — a mixture of two hydrogen isotopes — which Kirtley said makes Helion the first fusion company to do…

2026: THE LAST YEAR YOU STILL TRADE MANUALLY February 2026. Your primary counterparty is not the broker. It’s your own psyche. Gold has just refreshed its all-time high. The fifth time this month. Your analysis was flawless. Your entry was perfect. But you exited on the pullback because “overbought conditions can’t last forever.” They can. The market just proved it across three timeframes simultaneously. I. THE ILLUSION OF SAFETY: WHY 2026 BECAME THE TIPPING POINT We have entered the year when the very concept of a “risk-free asset” is undergoing fundamental reassessment. The U.S. Dollar is no longer a sanctuary. When…

The Zcash Foundation is pleased to announce Zebra 4.1.0, a release focused on expanding observability with comprehensive Prometheus metrics and Grafana dashboards, while strengthening mempool compliance with zcashd. This release contains no breaking changes for node operators. What’s New in 4.1.0 Observability: See Inside Your Node Zebra 4.1.0 significantly expands monitoring capabilities to give operators deep visibility into node health, performance, and bottlenecks. We want to bring Zebra’s observability on par with other modern node client implementations, so we identified critical gaps and filled them. Value Pool, RPC, and Peer Metrics We are now exposing new Prometheus metrics across three…

Creator payouts are still slow on most platforms. Even when earnings are generated instantly, access to those funds often isn’t. Payments get delayed by payout schedules, withdrawal steps, and operational processing that can take days—or longer. Wirex announced it is powering the launch of the Collective Memory Card, an example of how onchain creator rewards can be turned into real-time spending power. The goal is straightforward: creators earn rewards from content and can spend those earnings seconds later at merchants worldwide. Why Creator Payments Typically Lag On traditional social platforms, creator earnings are usually handled through batch processes. Revenue is calculated, verified, processed, and…

by Jeroslyn JoVonn February 12, 2026 Gene Simmons is doubling down on his disapproval of hip-hop acts being inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Gene Simmons of the rock band KISS is sharing his perspective on why he doesn’t think hip-hop belongs in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. During a recent interview on the LegendsNLeaders podcast, the KISS frontman doubled down on his opposition to hip-hop’s presence in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. “The fact that, for instance, Iron Maiden is not in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, when they can…

Bilt Sends Out Emails About 5X TPG Promo Denials We have seen lots of complaint about Bilt’s promotion that was offered through TPG for an extra 5X on most spend. Bilt has sent out emails to those who reached out about the promotion, giving them another chance by filling out a survey. The email comes from “notifications@alerts.biltrewards.com” and the email subject is “Important notice: The Points Guy × Bilt promotional offer”. If you applied through the TPG link and did not get the offer, once you are verified through this process you can choose one of two options to participate in…

Image Credit: Evan BlassSamsung will host Galaxy Unpacked 2026 on February 25. I expect the brand to unveil the Galaxy S26 lineup. We might see new wearables and earbuds as well. Still, Samsung seems to put most of its energy into fresh software features.Design and displaySamsung trims some thickness and weight across the lineup. The look stays close to the Galaxy S25 series. I don’t hate that move, yet I miss the S21 and S22 camera layout. Those housings had more character than the separate lens rings that came with the S23 line.Screen sizes stay the same. Samsung uses new…

Cardano is aggressively expanding the types of tokens that can operate on its network and raise the ceiling for its decentralized finance ecosystem over the next 12 to 18 months.On Feb. 12, the Charles Hoskinson-led blockchain announced it would integrate with LayerZero, a widely used cross-chain messaging system.This move represents the single largest interoperability unlock in Cardano’s history as LayerZero connects over 160 blockchains and has facilitated more than $200 billion in cross-chain volume.A pipeline into 400 tokens and $80 billion in omnichain assetsLayerZero’s core value proposition is its chain-agnostic messaging layer. This means that applications can send and receive messages…

BitGo Holdings and 21Shares said Thursday they have expanded their existing partnership to include custody and staking services supporting 21Shares’ crypto exchange-traded products (ETPs) for investors in the United States and Europe.Under the agreement, BitGo will deliver qualified custody, trading and execution services and integrated staking infrastructure for 21Shares’ US exchange-traded funds and global ETPs. The arrangement also provides 21Shares with access to liquidity across electronic and over-the-counter markets, according to the announcement.BitGo said the services will be delivered through its regulated entities in the US and Europe, including its federally chartered trust bank approved by the Office of the…

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