Written by: Ada, Deep Tide TechFlow Tuesday, February 24. Washington, Pentagon. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei sat across from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. According to multiple media outlets including NPR and CNN, the meeting was "polite," but the content was far from courteous. Hegseth issued a final warning: by 5:01 PM Friday, lift the military restrictions on Claude and allow the Pentagon to use it for "all lawful purposes," including autonomous weapon targeting and domestic mass surveillance. Otherwise, cancel the $200 million contract. Initiate the Defense Production Act, enforce compulsory requisition. List Anthropic as a "supply chain risk," which is equivalent to placing it on the blacklist of hostile entities from Russia and China.

This article explores the impact of different execution methods of the dual-coin winning strategy on returns through backtesting of Bitcoin and Ethereum from 2020 to 2026. The study shows that the standard dual-coin winning approach (dynamic selling of call options) performs excellently in balancing risk and reward, while the breakeven strategy (fixed strike price) results in significantly lower returns due to anchoring effects. The data emphasizes the importance of psychological factors in trading decisions, indicating that maintaining dynamic adjustments and discipline is far more crucial than blindly pursuing breakeven.

Host: Mr. Z, 168X Guest: Dovey Wan, Founder of Primitive Ventures "Bitcoin can no longer keep up with ARKK — AI is draining global liquidity, and the crypto market hasn't even reached true dead silence yet." Dovey Wan, founder of Primitive Ventures, shared her insights in an interview on the East-West Capital Dialogue program "168X." With years of practical experience spanning the Chinese and American tech and finance circles, she deeply analyzed how AI is disrupting the global liquidity landscape, the survival crisis faced by white-collar workers, and the philosophy of "dullness" for survival during the crypto bear market. With a technical background, Dovey Wan holds a master's degree in Information Systems from Carnegie Mellon University. She previously served as Managing Director at Danhua Capital (DHVC), where she led investments in

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei refused the U.S. Department of Defense's ultimatum in 2026, prohibiting Claude AI from being used for military purposes, as it crossed the red line of autonomous weapons and surveillance. This incident highlights the potential threats of the Defense Production Act, which could impact the technology and cryptocurrency industries. Anthropic faces the risk of losing military contracts, and the broader supply chain exclusion could have more far-reaching effects, testing the resilience of decentralized architectures.

Circle reported strong fourth-quarter results, and it widened the measurable gap in the regulated stablecoin market. The company posted sharp revenue growth, and USDC circulation reached new highs. Meanwhile, Ripple’s RLUSD operates from a far smaller base, and the contrast highlights shifting

NVIDIA's latest quarterly financial report showed impressive results, with Q4 revenue reaching $68.1 billion, setting a new record, and non-GAAP EPS of $1.62, also far exceeding market expectations. After the earnings release, NVIDIA's stock rose slightly by 0.19% in after-hours trading, reaching $195.94. For the next quarter (Q1 FY27), NVIDIA provided a very confident financial outlook and progress update. Q1 revenue is estimated to be around $78 billion, significantly higher than the market's original estimate of $72.8 billion. The gross margin is projected at 75%. During the conference call, analysts asked questions about whether the cloud giants' capital expenditure of up to $700 billion can continue, whether the long-term $4 trillion data center capital expenditure framework still holds, the significance of acquiring Groq, and issues related to space data centers and gross margin. The following news summary compiles Jensen Huang's responses to these individual topics.

XRP and Hedera both carry strong narratives and loyal communities. Each project targets a different layer of the future financial system. That difference makes the comparison far more complex than a simple price chart battle. XRP, powered by Ripple, focuses on cross border payments and

Mizuho Securities analysts believe that Stripe's acquisition of PayPal and its Venmo app could fill its consumer brand gap and strengthen its payment ecosystem. The report states that Stripe is valued at $159 billion, far exceeding PayPal's market capitalization of approximately $43 billion, making it financially feasible. After the merger, it is expected to enhance the global payments market position and influence in the stablecoin business.

Financial services firm River released its annual Bitcoin adoption report on Tuesday, noting that despite BTC prices dropping more than 50% from all-time highs, the adoption rate of Bitcoin among institutions, banks, merchants, and sovereign governments is still experiencing significant growth in 2025. The report explicitly states: "Bitcoin's mainstream adoption has not entered a bear market," emphasizing that the speed and breadth of adoption growth have far exceeded market expectations for price movements, and Bitcoin is solidifying its position as a mature global asset class.

Author: Climber, CryptoPulse Labs In the past few years, DeFi has spawned countless trading products, but the projects that truly bring professional trading on-chain are few and far between. The emergence of Hyperliquid has, to some extent, changed this landscape. It’s not just creating a contract DEX on Ethereum, but rather building a Layer1 designed specifically for trading. It aims to handle order books, matching, execution, and clearing as much as possible on-chain, while refining the user experience to be close to that of centralized exchanges. As a result, a huge market traditionally belonging to CEXs—perpetual contracts—has begun to be genuinely disrupted by on-chain forces. Hyperliquid is regarded as the king of on-chain contracts, but it is also highly controversial due to concerns over risk control, decentralization, and systemic risk. Is it truly representing the next leap for DeFi, or is it a more complex risk experiment?