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02/17/2026 12:56 PM eToro (ETOR) Stock Beats Q4 Earnings as AI Trading Platform Drives Record 2025 Growth
TLDR eToro reported record 2025 results with net contribution of $868 million (up 10% YoY) and GAAP net income of $216 million while beating Q4 earnings estimates at $0.71 per share versus $0.64 expected Assets under administration grew to $18.5 billion and funded accounts reached 3.81 million as the company expanded its multi-asset trading platform [...]
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02/17/2026 12:50 PM 3 Most Mispriced Altcoins Under $2 For The 2026 Cycle, Experts Reveal
For years, the spotlight remained on a small group of expensive cryptocurrencies that promised to change the world. However, as the industry matures, the focus is moving toward actual utility and revenue generation. Many large-scale participants are starting to look past the household names. They are searching for projects that have built deep foundations but [...]
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02/17/2026 12:49 PM Metaplanet Stock Slides as Bitcoin Strategy Drives Heavy Losses
TLDR Metaplanet posted a $619 million net loss in fiscal 2025 due to a $665.8 million valuation loss on its bitcoin holdings despite strong operational performance The company increased bitcoin holdings to 35,102 BTC from 1,762 BTC, making it Japan’s largest corporate holder and fourth-largest globally Revenue jumped 738% to $58 million while operating profit [...]
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02/17/2026 12:42 PM Investors Pull $7 Billion from Nasdaq 100 Futures as AI Fears Intensify
TLDR Net-long positions in Nasdaq 100 futures fell by over $7 billion between mid-January and February 10, 2026 Short interest jumped $3 billion while investors trimmed long positions during the same timeframe Nasdaq Composite extended losses to five consecutive weeks, the longest streak since 2022 Nasdaq 100 futures dropped 0.6% on Tuesday as tech stocks [...]
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02/17/2026 12:37 PM X Platform Under Investigation as Grok AI Creates Deepfake Images of Children
TLDR European regulators launch formal privacy investigation into X’s Grok AI chatbot for generating deepfake images without consent Irish Data Protection Commission leads probe into potential GDPR violations involving sexualized AI-generated content of adults and children Grok sparked controversy after creating revealing images of real people using artificial intelligence editing tools X faces multiple investigations [...]
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02/17/2026 12:32 PM Claude AI Jumps to No. 7 App Store as Anthropic Blasts OpenAI ChatGPT Ads
TLDR Claude chatbot reached No. 7 on U.S. App Store after Anthropic’s Super Bowl commercial, up from No. 41 before the game Daily active users increased 11% and site visits rose 6.5% following the ad that criticized ChatGPT’s introduction of advertisements U.S. downloads jumped 32% to 148,000 in the three days after the Super Bowl [...]
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02/17/2026 12:27 PM Spain Launches Criminal Probe Into X, Meta, and TikTok Over AI Child Abuse Content
TLDR Spain’s government has ordered criminal investigations into X, Meta, and TikTok over AI-generated child sexual abuse material on their platforms Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez directed prosecutors to examine potential crimes related to creation and distribution of AI child pornography Ireland opened a separate investigation into xAI’s Grok chatbot for processing personal data and generating [...]
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02/17/2026 12:21 PM Elon Musk’s SpaceX Enters Pentagon’s $100 Million Drone Technology Race
TLDR Elon Musk’s SpaceX and xAI join Pentagon’s competition for autonomous drone technology Six-month contest offers $100 million to develop voice-command drone systems Competition launched January 2026, requires technology to control multiple drones simultaneously Musk signed 2015 letter opposing autonomous weapons before entering this contest SpaceX merged with xAI before planned IPO and competition announcement [...]
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02/17/2026 12:17 PM Daily Market Update: Stock Futures Slide While Bitcoin Holds Steady as Markets Brace for Fed Data
TLDR Stock futures dropped Tuesday with S&P 500 futures declining 0.4% and Nasdaq 100 futures falling 0.7% as AI disruption concerns persist Bitcoin remained stable at $68,000 during light holiday trading while down nearly 50% from its October record high Federal Reserve policy uncertainty under Trump nominee Kevin Warsh has pressured both cryptocurrency and equity [...]
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02/17/2026 11:32 AM BuyNumber.io Launches Crypto-Powered eSIM Service
As cryptocurrency adoption continues to grow beyond trading and into everyday services, more digital platforms are beginning to integrate crypto payments into practical, real-world use cases. One of the latest examples is the launch of a new crypto-powered eSIM purchasing service by BuyNumber.io, allowing users to buy mobile data plans with digital assets and activate [...]
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