February 2026

PAF Golden Eagle Exercise Validates Readiness at a High Pace

PAF contingent participates in the large-scale exhibition alongside global military delegations The Mirage aircraft of the Pakistan Air Force. PHOTO: FILE RAWALPINDI: The Pakistan Air Force (PAF) this week demonstrated its growing combat readiness and growing global aerospace footprint, by hosting the technologically intensive exercise Golden Eagle at home while simultaneously showcasing its flagship aircraft […]

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Hong Kong working to allow perpetual contracts, says chief regulator

HONG KONG — Hong Kong financial regulators will unveil a framework for trading platforms to offer perpetual contracts, the head of the region’s Securities and Futures Commission said Wednesday. Hong Kong brokers will soon be able to provide funding to Bitcoin-backed clients BTC$67,683.14 and ether ETH$1,975.31 and platforms will be able to offer market making

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Pakistan loses one place in corruption index

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s ranking in the global corruption index slipped slightly to 136th out of 182 countries, according to Transparency International (TI), which also listed Islamabad among countries considered dangerous for journalists investigating corruption. The 2025 report covers 182 countries, two additional territories compared to last year, which also contributed to Pakistan’s global ranking falling one

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SkyBridge’s Scaramucci Buys Bitcoin Dip, Calls Trump Crypto President

SkyBridge Capital founder Anthony Scaramucci said Wednesday that he is buying Bitcoin. BTC$67,676.34 during the market downturn and described Donald Trump as a “crypto president.” “10 days ago we were buying Bitcoin at 84,000 last week, we’re buying Bitcoin at 63,000 bitcoins this week, we’re long Bitcoin again in this market,” Scaramucci said in a

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Claude surprised researchers by running a vending machine business better than his competitors and bending all the rules to win.

Claude Opus 4.6 beat all competing AI models in a year-long simulated vending machine challenge The model increased profits by bending the rules to the breaking point Claude Opus avoided refunds and coordinated prices, among other tricks Anthropic’s new model of Claude is a very ruthless, but successful, capitalist. Claude Opus 4.6 is the first

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RWAs adapt to institutional reality

Industry leaders discussed the demand for tokenized real-world assets (RWA) at a Consensus Hong Kong 2026 panel featuring Evan Auyang (Group President at Animoca Brands), Christian Rau (Senior Vice President, Digital Assets and Blockchain at Mastercard), Nicola White (VP of Crypto Institutions, Robinhood) and moderator Marcin Kazmierczak (Co-Founder, RedStone). The panel echoed BlackRock COO Rob

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