Visa has joined MAS-led Project BLOOM with Nium to test regulated stablecoins for cross-border payment settlement seven days a week, including weekends and public holidays. The pilot will use US dollar and euro-backed stablecoins alongside Visa’s existing payment network to reduce settlement delays and give financial institutions faster access to funds.
WeatherlyAustralia will ban songs that are mostly or entirely AI-generated from its official music charts, while AI-assisted tracks can still qualify if humans wrote and performed the main parts. The new rules follow controversy over an AI-assisted Madonna cover that reached Number Two and had more than 48 million Spotify streams.
AnaisKylie Jenner’s X account was reportedly hacked and used to promote a Solana memecoin that reached a $1.21 million market cap before crashing more than 90%.
WeatherlyCosmos Labs urged public blockchains running older versions of its EVM module to halt after attacks hit MANTRA, TAC, KiiChain and Nesa, with KiiChain losing 148 million KII worth about $9.7 million.
AnaisA San Francisco jury convicted Block Bits Capital founder Japheth Dillman of wire fraud and conspiracy after prosecutors showed he raised nearly $1 million by falsely claiming a crypto trading tool was working.
AnaisRevolut launched EURR, a euro-backed stablecoin issued by Stripe-owned Bridge, and made it available to eligible customers in Denmark, Poland and Portugal through its app and Revolut X.
WeatherlyJapan plans to study a blockchain-based system that could settle stock and bond trades in real time, involving regulators, the Bank of Japan and financial institutions. A development plan could be ready in early 2027, with operations potentially starting within a few years and a wider system targeted for the early 2030s.
AnaisChatGPT Work can now log into supported password-protected websites through a secure cloud browser after users enter their details themselves. The agent can then stay signed in through cookies and complete tasks, while OpenAI says it cannot see or store the user’s login credentials.
AnaisA Tron address poisoning operator has stolen around $9.4 million from 15 victims in four weeks by using fake wallet addresses that closely matched genuine ones. The stolen funds were converted into USDD and sent to a single wallet, with two victims losing $2.5 million each.
WeatherlyAndroid 17 will hide website domains from network operators with Encrypted Client Hello, while also adding stronger app, certificate and data privacy controls. The update makes Android more secure by limiting what apps and networks can see, although ECH only works with websites and apps that support it.
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