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Foresight News reported that Mike Cagney, co-founder and executive chairman of Figure, stated on Twitter that he recently received a 1099-MISC tax form from Exchange Custody showing $1,600 in income last year, while his three accounts at the exchange have a total balance of only about $10. After multiple unsuccessful attempts to resolve the issue with customer service, he was ultimately advised to "consult a tax advisor." He also criticized the exchange for still obstructing the passage of the CLARITY Act, stating that the blockchain industry no longer needs to care about their opinions.

(1) According to Thailand's The Nation, in February 2026, Thailand’s export value of gemstones and jewelry excluding gold was USD 1.62404 billion, a year-on-year decrease of 29.32%, reversing the growth trend from January; including gold, total exports amounted to USD 2.72777 billion, down 15.59%. (2) In the first two months of 2026, the export value excluding gold was USD 3.43216 billion, a decrease of 14.88%; while total export revenue including gold increased by 18.92% to USD 7.29397 billion. Gold remained the outstanding category, with single-month exports of USD 1.10374 billion in February, a rise of 18.22%, marking the seventh consecutive month of growth. (3) Factors driving gold export growth include rising international gold prices, heightened geopolitical tensions among the US, Israel, and Iran, new US tariffs imposed under Section 122, and continuous buying by the SPDR Gold Trust. Gold exports in the first two months reached USD 3.86181 billion, up 83.76%.

Foresight News reported that Cosmos ecosystem DEX Osmosis posted on Twitter stating that it has updated its Cosmos Hub proposal based on feedback from validators and the community. The main change is that there will no longer be additional ATOM minted; instead, the required ATOM will be gradually purchased on the open market through revenue generated by the Osmosis DEX protocol, to be used for OSMO/ATOM conversions. The total acquisition amount is still capped at less than 2.5% of the total ATOM supply. The proposal is now entering the Cosmos Hub governance discussion phase.According to a previous Foresight News report, Osmosis announced it had introduced a major proposal to the Cosmos ecosystem to integrate Osmosis directly into Cosmos Hub. If governance is approved by both chains, Osmosis DEX will natively migrate to the Hub, thereby unifying liquidity, governance, and security onto a single chain.