On February 18, 2026, it was reported that SunTrust Bank, now operating as Truist Bank, agreed to a settlement of up to $240,000,000 over allegedly unlawful overdraft fees charged to Georgia customers. After an estimated $84,200,000 is allocated for legal and administrative costs, about $155,800,000 from the class-action case filed in 2010 will be distributed on a claims-based, pro rata basis to eligible account holders who paid overdraft fees between July 12, 2006, and April 15, 2014.

On February 14, 2026, researchers at iVerify reported a mobile spyware platform called ZeroDayRAT that can fully compromise Android and iOS devices. The tool is reportedly sold on Telegram and lets attackers control phones, capture GPS data, access notifications from banking and crypto apps, and intercept SMS one-time passwords. Victims are infected through links in smishing texts, phishing emails, fake app stores, and messaging apps.

New York City has launched a $1.5 million guaranteed income pilot program providing $1,200 per month to residents aged 18 to 24 who have experienced homelessness. The initiative, which runs from December through June of 2026, also offers participants a one-time $5,000 lump-sum payment option. A 22-year-old participant living in a Bronx shelter says the cash allows her to build skills and plan for renting an apartment, highlighting the program's focus on stability and self-sufficiency.

On February 9, 2026, Coinbase placed Superform’s UP token on its listing roadmap, signaling a possible path toward trading. The team says the token is slated to debut Tuesday and, per co‑founder Blake Richardson, UP will support governance, pay in‑app gas and steer protocol rewards, and be required for vault managers and validator staking tied to PPS updates.

In the week referenced by CoinShares, institutional products tied to Bitcoin recorded $264,000,000 in outflows, while several major altcoins attracted fresh capital. XRP led inflows with $63,100,000, followed by Solana with $8,200,000 and Ethereum with $5,300,000, as total assets under management fell to $129,800,000,000 and exchange-traded product volumes hit a record $63,100,000,000. CoinShares says the slowdown in outflows under price pressure may indicate a potential sentiment turning point.

On February 9, 2026, CoinShares said Bitcoin faces no immediate quantum computing threat, noting we are "nowhere near dangerous territory." The analysis indicates that reversing a public key in one day would require about 13 million physical qubits with fault-tolerant performance, and that truly threatening systems remain at least a decade away.

On February 2, 2026, Bed Bath & Beyond said it acquired Tokens.com to build a unified gateway for tokenized real estate and other real world assets. The platform is planned to let users tokenize public and private securities, access cryptocurrencies including stablecoins, and manage portfolios in one place. Tokens.com is targeted to launch by July 1, 2026, pending closing conditions.

Institutional investors withdrew $1.7 billion from digital asset investment products in a single week, pushing year-to-date flows to a net outflow of $1 billion. The United States led with $1.65 billion in redemptions as Bitcoin products lost $1.32 billion; Ethereum, XRP and Solana products also saw weekly outflows.

In a CNBC interview on January 28, 2026, Fundstrat's Tom Lee said faster earnings growth and a softer US dollar could push equities toward his 7,700 year-end target. He argued that valuations remain compressed relative to improving fundamentals, and highlighted cyclical sectors, financials and the so-called Mag 7 as key areas of focus despite potential volatility.