Odaily Planet Daily reports that Nasdaq-listed GD Culture announced its board of directors has authorized the sale, exchange, or disposal of its current reserve of 7,500 bitcoins to fund a share buyback program announced on February 18, 2026. The bitcoin sale will be conducted in multiple phases, flexibly executed by management in the best interests of the company and its shareholders. Proceeds will be used to repurchase the company's common stock and cover related expenses, including brokerage commissions, fees, and taxes. (Globenewswire)

Odaily Planet Daily reports that U.S. Trade Representative Greer announced that the U.S. will issue a notice regarding the 15% tariff, with the notice expected to be released in the coming days. (Jinshi)

Huoxun Finance News, February 25th – According to GlobeNewswire, Finrob, an AI-native research platform for the financial and cryptocurrency markets, announced the completion of a $3.9 million seed funding round. Participants included Maven1PlaceholderVC, NodeCapital, Archetype, DispersionCapital, and FabricVentures. Finrob provides the financial and crypto markets with professional AI agents powered by Claude, GPT-5.2, and Gemini 3.1, supporting real-time on-chain analytics and market intelligence queries. The platform integrates data sources such as Glassnode, CoinGecko, and DefiLlama, enabling users to access complex data through a conversational interface. Furthermore, Finrob employs a pay-per-use model based on the x402 protocol and uses USDC for settlement, aiming to lower the cost barrier for institutional-level research.

Huoxun Finance reported on February 25th that, according to The Block, the Gyeonggi North Provincial Police Agency in South Korea arrested two suspects on February 25th, 2026, for allegedly stealing 22 bitcoins from the Gangnam Police Station's evidence vault. These bitcoins were initially seized in November 2021 during the investigation of the "ACoinFoundation" hack. The investigation revealed that because the police did not store the assets in an officially regulated hardware wallet at the time, but instead used a cold wallet provided by the foundation, the suspects were able to illegally transfer the assets via telecommunications networks using mnemonic phrases. Currently, the bitcoins, valued at approximately $1.5 million, have not been recovered. Furthermore, the former police officer who handled the case was sentenced to 18 months in prison in August 2024 for accepting bribes from the foundation.

Huoxun Finance News, February 25th - According to GlobeNewswire, social-native prediction market platform Kash announced the completion of a $2 million Pre-Seed funding round. Participants included BigBrain Holdings, Spartan Group, Coinbase Ventures, Kosmos Ventures, HaloCapital, MoonRockCapital, PolarisFund, and FabricVC. Kash aims to embed prediction markets directly into social media, initially supporting the X platform. Users can interact with @kash_bot to transform daily blog posts into tradable markets for real-time events, thus financializing their opinions. Kash utilizes on-chain transparent settlement, dynamic multipliers, and ranking lists to allow users to express their opinions on topics such as elections, macroeconomics, and sports without needing to switch to an external app, pricing the truth through market mechanisms.