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Global investment in the energy transition hit a record $2.3 trillion in 2025, good for a 8% increase from 2024, driven by massive spending on electric transport, renewable energy, and grid infrastructure, BloombergNEF has reported. Clean energy spending exceeded total fossil fuel supply investment for the second consecutive year, highlighting accelerated efforts to decarbonize, despite slowing growth rates in some sectors like solar. Electrified Transport was the largest investment category after attracting $893 billion, up 21% from 2024, driven…

<p style="float: right; margin: 0 0 10px 15px; width: 240px;"><img alt="SocGen's FORGE expands euro stablecoin to XRP Ledger in multi-chain push" class="type:primaryImage" src="https://images.cointelegraph.com/images/528_aHR0cHM6Ly9zMy5jb2ludGVsZWdyYXBoLmNvbS91cGxvYWRzLzIwMjYtMDIvMDE5YzcxNzUtZjFkZC03YTkwLTliZmMtOWIwOTU1YWY3YmUxLmpwZw==.jpg" /></p><p>The French banking group’s digital asset unit deploys EUR CoinVertible on a third public blockchain, alongside Ethereum and Solana.</p>

<p>The Coinbase-incubated Ethereum Layer 2 is “evolving its foundational software by moving to a unified, Base-operated stack."</p>

“I have never been married, have no siblings, and both my parents have passed away.”

“We paid $3.1 million for the house and owe $1.3 million on the loan.”

<p>Rain and Uptop leaders share how stablecoin cards and onchain loyalty are reshaping payments, rewards, and fan engagement.</p>

Canada-based energy firm, Ovintiv Inc. (NYSE: OVV), has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its Oil & Gas assets in the Anadarko Basin in Oklahoma to an undisclosed buyer for $3 billion in cash. The assets include ~360,000 net acres, representing nearly all of the company's holdings in the Anadarko region.  Ovintiv currently produces roughly 90,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boepd) from these assets, consisting of 27,000 bbl/d of oil and condensate, 240 MMcf/d of natural gas and 23,000 bbl/d of natural gas liquids. The…

Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon backed Treasury Secretary Bessent, who recently had harsh words for companies like Coinbase that said no crypto legislation is better “than a bad bill.”

The Minutes of the United States (US) Federal Reserve’s (Fed) January 27-28 monetary policy meeting will be published on Wednesday at 19:00 GMT.

The Japanese Yen (JPY) weakens against the US Dollar (USD) on Wednesday, with USD/JPY climbing nearly 0.78% as renewed demand for the Greenback underpins the pair. At the time of writing, USD/JPY is trading around 154.48.

Various funds promise exposure to SpaceX and other hot private companies, but investors should be aware of the risks and nuances.

A European Commission spokeswoman on February 17 confirmed that Brussels was in touch with Ukraine regarding the Druzhba pipeline that has been damaged since late January, preventing Russian oil from flowing to Hungary and Slovakia. "We are in contact with Ukraine on the timeline for reparation of the Druzhba oil pipeline and how quickly this might be up and running," Anna-Kaisa Itkonen told journalists in Brussels, adding the EU executive was ready to call an emergency coordination group with relevant parties to discuss alternative routes to fuel…

Commerzbank’s Tatha Ghose notes Polish forwards have scaled back expected easing to under 25 bps over 3–6 months, even as dovish inflation data and MPC rhetoric point to a March cut.

Trump economist’s criticism comes ahead of possible Supreme Court ruling on tariffs this week.

<p style="float: right; margin: 0 0 10px 15px; width: 240px;"><img alt="Trump family-backed WLFI token surges 23% ahead of Mar-a-Lago crypto forum" class="type:primaryImage" src="https://images.cointelegraph.com/images/528_aHR0cHM6Ly9zMy5jb2ludGVsZWdyYXBoLmNvbS91cGxvYWRzLzIwMjYtMDEvMDE5YmRiMTctYzBiMC03ZmJlLTgwNWUtYThhODhhZDJjYjRjLmpwZw==.jpg" /></p><p>Although US President Donald Trump was not slated to appear at today's event, it will include two senators, the CFTC chair, and industry leaders.</p>

<p style="float: right; margin: 0 0 10px 15px; width: 240px;"><img alt="Modern Treasury integrates stablecoin settlement alongside ACH and wires" class="type:primaryImage" src="https://images.cointelegraph.com/images/528_aHR0cHM6Ly9zMy5jb2ludGVsZWdyYXBoLmNvbS91cGxvYWRzLzIwMjYtMDIvMDE5YzcxN2UtMDRmMC03YTdmLWE2ZDAtYjY4ODE0ZWI4M2M3LmpwZw==.jpg" /></p><p>The payment software company has integrated stablecoin settlement into its existing payments stack, combining USDG, USDP and USDC with traditional rails.</p>

The United States military has attacked three alleged drug boats in the Eastern Pacific and the Caribbean as the U.S. continues its crackdown on narcotics trade and enforces a blockade on illicit oil shipments from Venezuela.   Earlier this week, the Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted three lethal kinetic strikes on three vessels operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations, the U.S. Southern Command said late on Tuesday.  “Intelligence confirmed the vessels were transiting along known narco-trafficking routes and…

Oil prices whipsawed this week as the second round of US-Iran nuclear negotiations in Geneva dominated sentiment.