“This milestone marks the convergence of crypto infrastructure and sovereign financial rails. With a Federal Reserve master account, we can operate not as a peripheral participant in the U.S. banking system, but as a directly connected financial institution,” Arjun Sethi, the co-CEO of Payward and Kraken, said in a written statement. Kraken is a Wyoming-chartered…
Wired reports that in an unexpected development as the Iran strikes began, Iranian citizens began receiving a series of unusual notifications on their mobile devices. The messages came from “BadeSaba Calendar,” an Islamic prayer-timing application that has been downloaded over 5 million times through the Google Play Store and appears to have been compromised by…
Toms Guide reports that the AI industry is experiencing a significant shift as a “QuitGPT” movement gains momentum among users concerned about OpenAI’s recent agreement with the U.S. Department of War. The controversy erupted after OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced the partnership on social media platform X, stating that his company had reached an agreement…
Reaping financial rewards from strong-arming fans into paying for streaming services has become one of the NFL’s largest revenue streams, but that may change. Senator Mike Lee (R, UT) is urging the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to investigate the NFL and other professional sports leagues, as well as the…
Tuesday on CNN’s “Anderson Cooper 360,” Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) said the U.S. military action in Iran has made President Donald Trump like “a bull who just walked into the world’s largest, most densely populated China shop.” Cooper said, “I’m wondering what your reaction is to these new details from Centcom. Nearly 2000 Iranian targets…
California Democrat Congressman Eric Swalwell took aim at Barstool Sports chief Dave Portnoy over the sportsman’s support for Trump’s actions in Iran on Saturday. Portnoy gave his full-throated support for President Trump’s military actions in Iran and described the Mullah’s regime as “a terror nation with a long history of some of the worst human…
Pope Leo XIV warned priests in a recent engagement in Rome to beware of artificial intelligence (AI) and not rely on it to prepare homilies, as AI “will never be able to share faith. The head of the Catholic Church remarked on the matter alongside other issues critical to Catholics in an event which allowed…
President Donald Trump announced that he was directing federal agencies to “IMMEDIATELY CEASE all use of” technology from AI giant Anthropic, adding there would be a “Six Month phase out period” for agencies using the company’s products. In a post on Truth Social, criticized “the Leftwing nuts jobs at Anthropic” for having “made a DISASTROUS MISTAKE trying…
The United States and several countries in the Middle East, such as Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and Qatar, issued a joint statement strongly condemning Iran’s “indiscriminate and reckless missile and drone attacks.” In a press release from the Department of State, the U.S., Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) explained that the…
The negotiating table in Geneva is affecting gas station meters worldwide. “If the talks break down, oil prices could surge to $75; if they succeed, they could plummet back to $60.” This isn’t alarmist; it’s the honest sentiment of global oil traders on February 26, 2026. Today, the US and Iran began their third…
