Goldman Sachs: BOJ's New Board Member Nomination May Reduce Likelihood of Near-Term Rate Hike

On February 26th, India’s market regulator permitted actively managed equity funds—with a combined $384 billion in assets under management (AUM)—to increase their investments in gold and silver. (Golden Ten)

February 26 — Binance has announced that as part of its ongoing spot API optimization efforts, all !ticker@arr market data streams will be deprecated on March 26, 2026 (UTC+8). This update references the exchange’s November 18, 2025 (UTC+8) announcement, and users are advised to use @ticker or !miniTicker@arr as alternatives. Additionally, the split count for Iceberg Orders (ICEBERG_PARTS) will be increased to 100 starting March 12, 2026, at 15:00 (UTC+8).

**Onchain Lens Monitoring: Whale Swaps BTC for ETH, Deposits to Aave, Uses Flash Loan to Accumulate More ETH** As of February 26th, Onchain Lens data shows: - A whale address yesterday swapped 240.44 BTC (≈$15.7M) for 8152 ETH via THORChain at a rate of 0.02945. - Today, the same address deposited the 8152 ETH into Aave, secured a $36M USDT flash loan, and bought 17,283 ETH at an average price of $2083. - The whale now holds a total of 25,434.5 ETH (≈$52.45M). ### Notes on U.S. English Adaptation: 1. **Concise structure**: Uses bullet points for readability (common in U.S. crypto/finance briefs). 2. **Natural phrasing**: "data shows" (casual yet professional), "secured a flash loan" (common U.S. industry jargon). 3. **Unit shorthand**: "$15.7M" / "$36M" (standard U.S. financial notation for millions). 4. **Clarity**: Explicitly links "the same address" to avoid repetition, aligns with U.S. news style for brevity.

On February 26, official sources confirm that Hyperliquid—an on-chain perpetual futures DEX (decentralized exchange) branded as Trade.xyz—has rolled out cross-margin trading support for the "MAG7" U.S. stock giants (GOOGL, AMZN, AAPL, META, MSFT, NVDA, TSLA) on its mainnet. To unlock the full cross-margin benefits, users need to use a unified account or portfolio margin setup. For standard accounts, cross-margin is only shared across positions within the same DEX.

As of February 26, per the Coinbob Popular Address Monitor (https://t.me/Coinbob_track_CN), the Hyperliquid-monitored address tied to Continue Capital (0x3e3) currently holds ~$20.6 million in long positions across leading U.S. storage stocks and Nvidia (NVDA), signaling a potential bet on the AI supply chain. The address’s floating profit now stands at $1.33 million, with a 29% return on investment (ROI). Key position details follow: - 5x NVDA (Nvidia): ~$10.12 million position, average entry price $190.18, ~$340k floating profit; - 7x MU (Micron): ~$7.29 million position, average entry price $383.42, ~$770k floating profit; - 5x SNDK (SanDisk): ~$3.21 million position, average entry price $600.96, ~$200k floating profit;

February 26: Mumbai-based digital payment processor Billdesk is set to acquire the Indian business of French payments giant Worldline, with the equity value estimated at approximately $70 million. In a statement, Worldline noted it will enter into a long-term technology and software cooperation agreement with Billdesk, enabling Worldline’s software stack to continue operating in India.