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Tether Has Blocked $3.5 Billion in Crime-Linked Stablecoins Since 2023

Tether Has Blocked $3.5 Billion in Crime-Linked Stablecoins Since 2023
Tether Has Blocked $3.5 Billion in Crime-Linked Stablecoins Since 2023
February 27, 2026  |  Blockchain

Tether has frozen $3.5 billion of its stablecoins since 2023 and a total of $4.2 billion since the company’s launch, in cases where the tokens were linked to illicit activity,...

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White House Moves to End Federal Use of Anthropic’s Claude AI
White House Moves to End Federal Use of Anthropic’s Claude AI
February 27, 2026  |  artificial intelligence

The White House is telling federal agencies to stop using Anthropic’s artificial intelligence (AI) products, a sharp escalation in a dispute that started inside the...

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AT&T Slashes AI Costs 90% by Swapping Large Models for Small Ones
AT&T Slashes AI Costs 90% by Swapping Large Models for Small Ones
February 27, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

AT&T boosted the efficiency of its internal Ask AT&T personal assistant by reworking the orchestration layer and shifting more of the work from large language...

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Morgan Stanley Wants to Build the Back Office of Tokenized Real-World Assets
Morgan Stanley Wants to Build the Back Office of Tokenized Real-World Assets
February 27, 2026  |  Cryptocurrency

Digital assets have gotten boring enough that their growth is now buried in procedural filings, not viral social media headlines. Get the Full Story Complete...

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CFOs Capture B2B Payments Digitization Value by Targeting Year-Two Gap
CFOs Capture B2B Payments Digitization Value by Targeting Year-Two Gap
February 27, 2026  |  B2B Payments

The biggest risk in B2B payments today isn’t failing to modernize. It’s assuming that modernization alone delivers value. Get the Full Story Complete the form...

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Senate’s AFFORD Act Seeks New Capital for Underserved Markets
Senate’s AFFORD Act Seeks New Capital for Underserved Markets
February 27, 2026  |  Economy

A bill introduced in the Senate Thursday (Feb. 26) would strengthen the role of the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) in improving capital...

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Dots Raises $8.9 Million to Scale Global Payout Platform
Dots Raises $8.9 Million to Scale Global Payout Platform
February 27, 2026  |  Fintech Investments

Dots raised $8.9 million in a Series A funding round to continue expanding the capabilities of its global payouts platform for marketplaces and service-based businesses....

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Burger King AI Assistant Frees Managers From Back-Office Tasks
Burger King AI Assistant Frees Managers From Back-Office Tasks
February 27, 2026  |  artificial intelligence

Burger King has equipped managers and employees with an artificial intelligence-powered tool called BK Assistant. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...

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Block Strategy Points to AI Shaping Corporate Infrastructure
Block Strategy Points to AI Shaping Corporate Infrastructure
February 27, 2026  |  artificial intelligence

It was probably one of those moments where you remember where you were when you heard it. Block announced Thursday (Feb. 26) that it will...

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