
Japan finance firms add AI translation and QR payments
PayPay has added UnionPay QR at Japanese merchants, while SMBC is deploying an OpenAI-powered interpreter for multilingual banking.

PayPay has added UnionPay QR at Japanese merchants, while SMBC is deploying an OpenAI-powered interpreter for multilingual banking.

South Korea’s opposition People Power Party has challenged CBDC adoption as the Bank of Korea expands its deposit-token pilot.

Satsuma Technology has secured High Court approval to cancel more than 11.2 billion B shares, clearing a £30.7 million capital return after the company sold its entire disclosed Bitcoin position. Satsuma said the High Court of Justice approved the cancellation…
Metaplanet approved a $1 million Hong Kong subsidiary to execute Bitcoin-linked strategies and manage investment risk during Asian hours.

The UK Financial Conduct Authority has considered exempting certain tokenized gold products from existing fund rules as regulators examine how digital bullion could be used more easily across London’s wholesale financial markets. The Financial Conduct Authority will set out the…

Senate Democrats are weighing a final 635-page CLARITY Act offer featuring revised ethics, stablecoin and developer provisions.

Cross-chain liquidity protocol Symbiosis has recovered approximately 15 BTC after an attacker exploited its Bitcoin Bridge, while its native bitcoin route remains suspended and affected liquidity providers await a compensation plan. Symbiosis said the security incident occurred on Sept. 11…

Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev says issuers should not control separate stock tokens that leave shareholder rights and official records unchanged.

Nu has entered U.S. banking through Lead Bank and launched a global account converting customer funds into interest-bearing USDC or EURC.

House tax writers may review two crypto bills Sept. 16 covering mining income deferral, wash sales, constructive sales and stablecoins.

Entropy32 Plus turns radioactive decay into offline Bitcoin seed phrases, though its entropy source remains unvalidated and unaudited.

Goldman Sachs now expects a 25bp Fed rate hike on Sept. 16 after August CPI kept annual inflation at 3.4% and futures odds reached 87%.

Mexican authorities seized 300 GPUs at a hidden Puebla crypto farm while investigating possible electricity theft and money laundering.

Three nationalist first ministers will meet in Cardiff to discuss self-determination, economic policy, energy and relations with Europe.

Chainflip lost 736,442 USDT after altered TRON memos triggered repeat payouts, prompting a network pause and planned user compensation.

Reform UK received £72 million from crypto billionaires as retrospective U.K. donation rules raise questions over the record funding.

BNB Chain led CryptoRank’s 2026 RWA growth table with a $3.62 billion gain, ahead of Solana, as onchain value passed $39 billion.

Ripple sees corporate treasury clients handling $13 trillion annually as a potential source of payments and settlement demand for RLUSD.

Solana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko has questioned the financial motives behind proposals to slow frontier AI development.

Coinbase Wallet has introduced Pulse Mode for simplified mobile perpetual futures trading following the Base App rebrand.