The FCA has opened an investigation into Visa, Mastercard and PayPal over whether their digital wallet agreements may be limiting competition in the UK. At the same time, Mastercard is also involved in a separate pilot with banks and crypto firms to test faster cross-border settlement using tokenised US Treasuries.
WeatherlyBank of America warned that huge IPOs from SpaceX and Anthropic could pressure major tech stocks as investors shift money into the new listings. Anthropic also signed a compute deal with SpaceX to expand Claude’s AI capacity using more than 220,000 Nvidia GPUs.
AnaisSamourai Wallet co-founder Keonne Rodriguez is seeking donations after saying he has over $2 million in legal debt and a $250,000 fine following his conviction. He is serving a five-year prison sentence and says he now expects to serve it fully, despite ongoing debate over developer responsibility in crypto privacy tools.
WeatherlyTON finalises transactions in about 0.6 seconds, making it faster than most major Layer 1 blockchains. By comparison, Solana takes around 13 seconds, Ethereum about 13 minutes, and Bitcoin roughly an hour, while Cardano can take up to a day.
AnaisOpenAI launched three new realtime voice AI models for live reasoning, translation, and transcription. The tools are designed to power smarter voice assistants for customer service, travel, meetings, and multilingual conversations.
WeatherlyThe U.S. Treasury has privately urged Binance to fully follow its 2023 court-ordered monitoring programme after reports of over $1 billion in funds allegedly linked to Iran moving through the exchange.
AnaisAWS overheating at a Northern Virginia data centre disrupted cloud systems in one zone, affecting platforms like Coinbase and FanDuel. Coinbase users faced trading delays while AWS worked to restore cooling and recover services gradually.
WeatherlySouth Korea has confirmed that a tax on cryptocurrency gains will start on 1 January 2027 after multiple delays and political debate.
AnaisA former Taiwanese news anchor has been accused of taking cryptocurrency from a suspected foreign agent to produce politically influenced news content and scripts. He is also alleged to have helped bribe military personnel to leak classified information in exchange for crypto payments, leading to multiple espionage-related charges.
WeatherlyMarlon Ferro, a 20-year-old from California, was sentenced to more than six years in prison for helping steal over $250 million in cryptocurrency through hacking, scams, and home break-ins. US prosecutors said the group targeted wealthy crypto holders, stole hardware wallets, and spent the stolen money on luxury goods, travel, and nightclub parties.
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