Monday February 23, 2026
US Exporting the AI Stack
The White House launched the Tech Corps, an AI-focused technical service within the Peace Corps.
Instead of traditional development volunteers, the Tech Corps will deploy engineers and STEM talent abroad to provide last mile support for implementing the American AI stack inside partner nations. The focus is practical deployment across energy, education, healthcare, manufacturing, transportation, and agriculture.
This is more than foreign aid. It is infrastructure diplomacy.
AI adoption is increasingly geopolitical. Countries are not just choosing models, they are choosing ecosystems. By embedding technical talent directly on the ground, the US is aiming to lock in standards, software layers, and long term strategic alignment. Implementation is the bottleneck in global AI adoption and the Tech Corps is designed to win that layer.
The AI race is playing out in public services worldwide and America just moved to export its stack at scale.
◾ Trump rolls out “Tech Corp” (WhiteHouse.gov)
◾ NASA delays Artemis II mission to April (NASA)
◾ Epstein email claiming he is Satoshi is fake (Reuters)
Government & NGO Actions
◾ BOK: banks only for won stablecoins (Bloomberg)
◾ ECB monitoring data center lending (Bloomberg)
◾ Netherlands blocks Polymarket (Kansspelautoriteit.nl)
◾ SEC okays 2% prop stablecoin haircut (Sec.gov)
◾ Missouri advances strategic bitcoin reserve (TheBlock)
Financial Notices & Public Company Releases
◾ Operation updates:
Bitdeer $BTDR sell all BTC (X)
◾ $MARA acquires 64% stake in French data center Exaion (Mara)
Restructuring, Hacks, Losses & Legal Updates
◾ Gemini $GEMI layoffs ongoing (Bloomberg)
◾ Munich Re $MURGY cuts 1,000 jobs in AI shift (Bloomberg)
Crypto Protocols, Applications & Business News
◾ Binance lowered sanctions exposure 97% (Binance)
◾ SBI launching ¥10B blockchain bond (CoinDesk)
◾ Bitpapa, ABCeX, Exmo, Rapira, and Aifory Pro found aided Russian sanctions evasion (Elliptic)
◾ $AMD backstops $300 Million Crusoe loan (TheInformation)
AI Models, Applications & Developments
◾ Sam Altman denies CharGPT water and energy usage claims (CNBC)
◾ OpenAI eyes $600B spend by 2030 (Reuters)
◾ SK Group boosting AI chip output (Bloomberg)
◾ OpenClaw bans “crypto” on Discord (X)
The Attention Economy, Gaming & Interactive Shifts
◾ OpenAI to release $300 smart-AI speaker (TheInformation)
◾ Phil Spncer to retire as head of Microsoft $MSFT gaming (WSJ)
Space Systems, Satellites & Cosmic Activity
◾ Rheinmetall considers Mynaric bid (Welt)
◾ NASA announces Mars GPS (Space.com)
◾ Sam Altman rejects space data centers (TheInformation)