Key Takeaways Two crypto groups are seeking a preliminary injunction. The 0.2% tax applies to covered exchanges, transfers, and storage. Plaintiffs say companies face millions of dollars in compliance costs. Crypto Groups Race to Stop Tax Before Illinois Users Pay Illinois crypto users could soon owe tax for moving or storing digital assets, even when…
Mastercard has launched Agent Connect to give merchants one integration for product discovery, cart creation and customer-approved payments across AI shopping platforms. Summary Agent Connect links merchants, AI agents, digital platforms, and payment providers through one connection. Merchants can provide current product, price, and inventory data from their existing catalogs. Agent Pay uses tokenized permissions…
Ever wonder what your camera roll would look like in 1985? There’s a ChatGPT prompt for that. The AI tool’s latest trend has social media users turning current pictures into imagined throwbacks, complete with vintage outfits, big hair and that slightly faded family-album finish. This Tweet is currently unavailable. It might be loading or has…
Bitcoin last traded at $78,900, up +0.5% today (September 9), after tumbling to lows near $77,600 in the prior session, before reclaiming $79,000 and then losing that key level again. The rebound came as renewed interest in crypto exchange-traded products, particularly Grayscale’s newly launched spot Zcash ETF, helped stabilize sentiment across crypto markets. Bitcoin still…
I think it’s basically a question of timing. A lot of people are sensing that the pace of capabilities is picking up. We’re already pushing from human to superhuman in many areas, like coding, hacking, math, and I think people are aware of this. Even if there’s a lot of talk in the press about…
Key Takeaways Iran’s crypto activity hit roughly $10 billion in 2025 as trade is increasingly moving onchain in 2026. CCAF puts Iran at 0.12% of global bitcoin hashrate, far below Elliptic’s 4.5% estimate. Bessent’s Aug. 24 Operation Economic Outcast puts Iran’s crypto channels in the crosshairs. Digital Assets Take on a Bigger Role in Iran’s…
Jump Trading’s Hyperliquid volume nears $150 billion, making the firm responsible for nearly 8% of perpetual futures activity overall. Jump Trading’s cumulative trading volume on Hyperliquid has nearly reached $150 billion since the firm made its first deposit on December 12, 2025, according to Hyperdash co-founder Hanson Birringer, who mapped the firm’s entire activity…
Massachusetts became the latest state to force data centers to bring their own power, but this time there’s a twist. A new state mandate would require developers building data centers larger than 25 megawatts to provide clean power or pay into a ratepayer protection fund. Gov. Maura Healey’s executive order is the latest example of…
Ripple Chief Legal Officer Stuart Alderoty has urged undecided and opposing senators to hear from an estimated 67 million American crypto holders before the CLARITY Act faces a 60-vote procedural test on Sep. 15. Summary Alderoty has contacted Senate offices and asked lawmakers to speak directly with crypto holders. The Sep. 15 cloture vote requires…
Good news, everyone! Apple‘s Polishing Cloth is “compatible” with the iPhone Duo. Mercifully confirmed on Apple’s website, the tech giant’s microfibre cloth is ready to wipe clean its first foldable smartphone, which was announced at Apple’s “Surprise and Shine” event on Wednesday — among many, many things. SEE ALSO: Apple Event 2026: Live updates on…
