Lawson will test payments using the yen-backed stablecoin JPYC at one Tokyo convenience store in early August through its checkout system. The pilot will assess how stablecoin payments work in everyday shopping, with no nationwide launch announced yet.
WeatherlyBonzo Lend lost $9.05 million after attackers manipulated a faulty oracle price feed to inflate SAUCE token prices. The flaw was traced to Supra's oracle verifier, prompting the lending platform to suspend its lending services.
AnaisHackers hijacked the X accounts of SpaceX and Starlink to promote a fake meme coin, making about $135,000. The token briefly topped a $2 million market value before crashing after a rug pull.
AnaisKraken has launched a debit card for eligible customers in the UK and EEA, allowing them to spend crypto and cash balances anywhere Mastercard is accepted.
WeatherlyJupiter has launched Jupiter Gacha, offering tokenised real Pokémon and One Piece trading cards on its Solana DEX. The beta launch with Collector Crypt includes up to $100,000 in rewards.
AnaisCumberland 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.
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