Cumberland has received a full Major Payment Institution licence from Singapore's central bank, allowing it to offer regulated digital payment token and cross-border money transfer services.
WeatherlyThe US government transferred 3,940 Bitcoin and 30,014 Ether worth nearly $300 million from seized assets to Coinbase Prime. The cryptocurrency came from several federal seizure cases, while government-linked wallets still hold about $20.6 billion in digital assets.
AnaisAnthropic is providing C$10 million (around US$7.3 million) in Claude AI credits to eight Canadian research institutions to support AI projects.
WeatherlyGermany has ruled that Google AI Overviews and Perplexity AI must follow the country's media laws and are responsible for the content their AI systems produce.
AnaisDeepSeek has started preparing for a mainland China IPO that could be filed in late 2026 or early 2027 while seeking another funding round at a valuation of about US$71 billion.
WeatherlyStripe and Advent International have offered to buy PayPal for more than US$53 billion, offering US$60.50 per share backed by US$50 billion in financing. The proposal would see both firms jointly own PayPal, but there is no guarantee the takeover will go ahead.
AnaisCircle won an arbitration case after blocking Tether-backed Heka Funds from its USDC platform over suspected market manipulation and avoided paying a US$49 million damages claim. The ruling also ordered Heka to pay about US$166,000 in legal costs, with the dispute becoming public through court filings in July 2026.
WeatherlyTether invested $20 million in Argentine digital bank Ualá as part of its $197 million funding round to support expansion across Argentina, Mexico and Colombia. Ualá said USDT will not be added to its platform in the short term, with Tether joining only as a financial investor.
WeatherlyxAI has sued a South Carolina man, alleging he used its Grok chatbot to create sexually explicit deepfakes involving adults and minors by trying to bypass its safety systems.
AnaisJapan has approved new laws that classify cryptocurrencies as financial products, bringing stricter rules on insider trading, disclosures and unregistered crypto businesses. The reforms also create the legal basis for lower crypto taxes from 2028 and could pave the way for Japan's first domestic crypto ETFs as early as 2027.
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