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Lighter reported that its upgraded liquidity pool system successfully limited ADL losses to a pre-determined threshold. On February 26, Lighter, a decentralized crypto exchange, announced that its upgraded liquidity pool system successfully resisted a $50 million ARC perpetual long squeeze attempt. This occurred after approximately 600 traders reversed a whale’s position, resulting in an $8.2 million loss, and the episode tested Lighter’s newly launched LLP Strategies, capping the downside risk for liquidity providers at just $75,000. LLP Strategies Face First Stress Event In a February 17 post on X, Lighter announced changes to its LLP infrastructure, splitting liquidity into…

Jefferies analysts just released a basket of major companies at risk of artificial intelligence disruption, providing some guideposts for investors at a fragile time for U.S. stocks. Fears have spread in the market that rapidly developing artificial intelligence models will soon disrupt an array of traditional business models, spurring a sell-off at various times this year in software-as-a-service providers, insurance services, logistics and real estate stocks. The iShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF (IGV) is down more than 23% this year, entering a bear market. The selling has sometimes been indiscriminate, many investors say, but the weakness continues to plague several…

French preliminary inflation rises more than expected in February as energy prices weigh

“You’ve got this somewhat dystopian narrative permeating the psychology of the market” with respect to AI and jobs, asset-management firm’s CIO says.

Trump says combat operations in Iran will continue until all objectives achieved

Tarek Mansour, the co-founder of prediction market Kalshi, provided an update, following the platform’s decision to void some positions that were opened after the death of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was confirmed.“We don’t list markets directly tied to death. When there are markets where potential outcomes involve death, we design the rules to prevent people from profiting from death. That is what we did here,” Mansour said in a post on X.Iranian state media reported the death early Sunday, after an attack launched by Israel and the United States a day earlier.Kalshi is reimbursing all fees from the…

This weekend was a big one for prediction markets like Polymarket and Kalshi, but allegations of insider trading and a controversy surrounding the handling of one particularly sensitive market appear to have set off a firestorm of criticism.

A cargo ship is pictured off coast city of Fujairah, in the Strait of Hormuz in the northern Emirate on February 25, 2026. Giuseppe Cacace | Afp | Getty ImagesCrude oil prices are expected to jump when trading opens Sunday evening, as market participants fear war between the U.S. and Iran will spiral out of control and lead to a major supply disruption. The massive wave of airstrikes launched by the U.S. and Israel against Iran have killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and other top leaders in the Islamic Republic. See the latest developments here.Kalshi prediction markets currently see…

The escalating Mideast war is testing global market resiliency anew as investors brace for the open of stock, bond and energy markets Sunday evening in New York.

Key PointsRichard Todd Schwartz sold 247,114 shares of Common Stock for a total transaction value of ~$4.16 million on Feb. 17, 2026.This disposition represented 26.0% of his direct holdings at the time, reducing his direct ownership to 701,934 shares post-transaction.10 stocks we like better than Rush Street Interactive ›Richard Todd Schwartz, Chief Executive Officer of Rush Street Interactive (NYSE:RSI), reported the sale of 247,114 shares of Common Stock for a total consideration of ~$4.16 million on Feb. 17, 2026, according to a SEC Form 4 filing. Transaction summaryMetricValueShares sold (direct)247,114Transaction value$4.16 millionPost-transaction shares (direct)701,934Post-transaction value (direct ownership)$11.89 millionTransaction value based…