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DMPD launches first-ever strategic plan. A look at what is in the plan

10-year-old me would have loved these Star Wars-esque computer speakers — and adult me absolutely loves the powerful sound quality

The Creative Pebble Nova are powerful computer speakers, sporting a sci-fi design and boasting fantastic audio quality. But they have a couple of flaws.

Galaxy S25 Edge vs. iPhone Air: Thin Phones Head-to-Head

Do you need to carry so much phone with you? Here's how the two top slim phones compare.

10 Clever Home Appliance Innovations You'll See in 2026

I got a glimpse at the next generation of home appliances at a sprawling showcase in Orlando. These were the standouts from KBIS 2026.

Our Favorite 65-Inch Samsung S90F OLED 4K TV Just Dropped by $1,200, but the Discount Wraps Up Tonight

If your entertainment setup is in need of a refresh, this discount makes the upgrade easy on your wallet.

MOL Group reports profit before tax of 1.3 billion USD, down 11 percent in 2025

MOL Group announced its financial results for the full year as well as the fourth quarter of 2025. Profit before tax reached USD 1.3 billion in 2025, representing a 11 percent decrease compared to 2024. MOL sets 2026 profit before tax guidance at around USD 1.5 billion. Chairman and CEO Zsolt Hernádi commented the results: “The [...]

Not All Cars Are Money Pits: 10 Cars That Are Worth More Used Than New

The car market can often defy logic. As we are aware, buying used saves money in general, as new cars lose a potential 30% of their value within two years...

Excessive litigation is a hidden tax on California households

California has largely doubled down on permissive litigation practices that encourage inflated claims and excessive verdicts.

Gaia Detected an Entire Swarm of Black Holes Traveling Through The Milky Way

This is fine.

OTC Markets Group Welcomes Chemtrade Logistics Income Fund to OTCQX

NEW YORK, Feb. 20, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — OTC Markets Group Inc. (OTCQX: OTCM), operator of regulated markets for trading 12,000 U.S. and international securities, today announced that Chemtrade Logistics Income Fund (TSX: CHE.UN; OTCQX: CGIFF), a diversified operator and producer of industrial chemicals and services, has qualified to trade on the OTCQX® Best Market. [...]

Altcoin Liquidity Crunch: 83% Of Crypto Tokens Slip Into Bear Trend

Altcoin breadth on Binance has deteriorated sharply, with a large majority of tokens now trading below a widely watched long-term trend level, an exhaustion signal that CryptoQuant contributor Darkfost frames as a liquidity problem as much as a price problem. In a post on X, Darkfost (@Darkfost_Coc) shared a CryptoQuant chart tracking the share of Binance-listed altcoins trading below their 50-week moving average alongside Bitcoin’s price. His headline claim: “LIQUIDITY CRUNCH PUSHES 83% OF ALTCOINS INTO BEAR TREND,” arguing that most investors exposed to non-Bitcoin, non-stablecoin assets are “now in significant difficulty,” particularly those still holding positions. Altcoin Breadth Breaks Down On Binance Darkfost’s chart, titled “Altcoins performance (Binance)”, shows the percentage of altcoins below the 50-week moving average rising back into historically stressed territory. In his latest read, 83% of Binance altcoins are below that threshold, a sign that weakness is not isolated to a handful of names but spread across the tape. He also pointed to an even more extreme episode earlier this month. “Since the end of the bear market in 2023, a new record was set on February 7, with more than 92% of altcoins on Binance trading below this key technical support,” he wrote, describing it as a post-2023-cycle high in downside participation. Related Reading: House Democrats Urge Treasury Probe Into Trump Family’s Crypto Venture That stands in stark contrast to the conditions seen during earlier upside phases. Darkfost noted that in March 2024 only 6% of Binance altcoins traded below the 50-week line, and in December 2024 the figure was 7%. Outside of those multi-month windows, he added, at least half of altcoins remained under the threshold, behavior he characterized as meaningfully different from the prior cycle’s breadth dynamics. Darkfost framed the altcoin drawdown as inseparable from Bitcoin’s trend and the macro backdrop, suggesting that the market’s risk budget has tightened while altcoin supply has expanded. Related Reading: House Democrats Urge Treasury Probe Into Trump Family’s Crypto Venture “The market continues to be driven by BTC’s movements, which has been in a downtrend since October 2025 following an ATH at $126,000. At present, BTC’s momentum remains highly uncertain, with price still hovering at roughly 46% of its all time high. Rising geopolitical tensions, particularly between the US and Iran, alongside increasingly hawkish projections and tone from the Fed expressed in the latest FOMC minutes, are making the current environment especially challenging for highly volatile assets such as altcoins,” he wrote. The chart itself marks BTC near the mid-$60,000 range, underscoring his broader point: in a regime where Bitcoin direction is unclear and macro inputs are hostile to duration and volatility, breadth in higher-beta tokens can deteriorate quickly and then stay impaired. Why The 50-Week Line Matters Darkfost emphasized the 50-week moving average as a long-horizon filter used by market participants to separate corrective phases from structurally constructive ones. When a majority of tokens sit below it, rallies tend to be narrower, selection pressure rises, and “alt season” narratives become harder to sustain without a decisive shift in liquidity conditions. He attributed the current setup to “the increase in altcoin supply across the broader crypto market combined with still constrained liquidity conditions,” a combination that can mechanically dilute marginal flows. In that environment, he argued, outperforming becomes less about broad beta exposure and more about understanding how market structure has changed. At press time, the total crypto market cap excluding Bitcoin stood at $943.46 billion. Featured image created with DALL.E, chart from TradingView.com

Africa's Green Economy Summit 2026: Pan‐African Green Pipeline Ready For Scale And Investors Invited To Catalyse USD 3.09Bn In Climate Solutions

(MENAFN - African Press Organization)CAPE TOWN, South Africa, February 20, 2026/APO Group/ --Africa's Green Economy Summit (24–27 February 2026) will present a curated, deal-ready pipeline of ...