Strategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor told billionaire Ray Dalio to own bitcoin after the billionaire warned the post-World War II global order is breaking down, positioning the cryptocurrency as a shield against mounting geopolitical and financial instability.
Dalio Flags Cracks in Global Order; Saylor Points Investors to Bitcoin
Strategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor shared on social…
US Government Holds 328,372 BTC as Onchain Data Confirms $23B Federal Crypto Stockpile
February 18, 2026
The U.S. government controls nearly $23 billion in bitcoin, making it one of the world’s largest holders as massive seizures and a new Strategic Bitcoin Reserve reshape America’s crypto footprint.
US Government Keeps $23 Billion in Bitcoin
Blockchain intelligence…
Bitwise CIO ‘Optimistic’—Says Crypto Collapse Fears Ignore $200 Trillion Tokenization Pipeline
February 18, 2026
Crypto’s next leg may be stronger than skeptics think as structural growth, institutional adoption, and regulatory tailwinds reshape the market cycle, Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan says, arguing today’s foundation looks nothing like past downturns.
‘Optimistic’ Matt Hougan…
Apple has announced the first iOS 26.4 beta for iPhone users with a slew of new features including full screen backgrounds for playlists and albums in Apple Music, an AI-backed playlist generator in Apple Music, a new wallpaper gallery, Video podcasts, and more. Here’s everything new the update has to offer iPhone users.
iOS 26.4 Beta: New Features
The iOS 26.4 beta 1 is limited to developers…
As AI jitters rattle IT stocks, Infosys partners with Anthropic to build ‘enterprise-grade’ AI agents
February 18, 2026
Indian IT giant Infosys said on Tuesday it has partnered with Anthropic to develop enterprise-grade AI agents, as automation driven by large language models reshapes the global IT services industry.
Under the partnership, Infosys plans to integrate Anthropic’s Claude…
Cohere launches a family of open multilingual models
February 18, 2026
Enterprise AI company Cohere launched a new family of multilingual models on the sidelines of the ongoing India AI Summit. The models, dubbed Tiny Aya, are open-weight – meaning their underlying code is publicly available for anyone to use and modify – support over 70…
All the important news from the ongoing India AI Impact Summit
February 18, 2026
With an eye toward luring more AI investment to the country, India is hosting a four-day AI Impact Summit this week that will be attended by executives from major AI labs and Big Tech, including OpenAI, Anthropic, Nvidia, Microsoft, Google, and Cloudflare, as well as heads of state.
The event, which expects 250,000 visitors, will see Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Anthropic CEO…
In what would be a “watershed moment,” Ford’s CEO, Jim Farley, reportedly spoke with the Trump Administration about partnering with Chinese EV makers in the US.
Is Ford using Chinese EV tech in the US?
China is the world’s largest electric vehicle market for a…
Merida launches ‘affordable’ new electric mountain bike range
February 18, 2026
Merida is taking aim at the more budget-conscious end of the electric mountain bike market with the launch of its new ETMO range, described as the brand’s most price-focused Bosch-powered electric mountain bikes yet.
Of course for big eMTB names like Merida, the idea of…
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