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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

2026/02/17

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

2026/02/17

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

2026/02/17

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

2026/02/17

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

2026/02/17

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

2026/02/17

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

2026/02/17

Monero Activity Holds Steady Despite Exchange Delistings, TRM Labs Reports

TLDR: TRM Labs found that 48% of newly launched darknet markets in 2025 accept only Monero as payment. Nearly 14–15% of reachable Monero network peers displayed

2026/02/17

Harvard Flips the Script: Trims Bitcoin by 20%, Enters Ethereum Market With $86.8M Buy in Q4 2025

TLDR: Harvard Management Company trimmed nearly 1.5 million Bitcoin ETF shares, reducing its position by roughly 21 percent in Q4 2025. HMC purchased nearly 4

2026/02/17

Binance Disputes Fortune Claims of Iranian Sanctions Breaches and Wrongful Terminations

TLDR: Binance conducted internal review and found no evidence of sanctions violations tied to Iranian transactions Exchange operates under Abu Dhabi Global Market

2026/02/17