A Swedish court ordered Google to pay Klarna subsidiary PriceRunner nearly $2 billion in an antitrust case linked to comparison-shopping search, while Google said it is reviewing legal options.

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MiCA Deadline Forces EU Crypto Firms To Choose Licences Or Exit

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MiCA Deadline Forces EU Crypto Firms To Choose Licences Or Exit

CoinDesk reported that the EU’s MiCA framework is now fully in force, requiring crypto firms serving the 27-nation bloc to hold a licence or stop operating. Industry lawyers and executives said the rulebook improves clarity, but warned that compliance costs could shrink roughly 3,000 registered providers to 300 or 400 licensed firms.

#crypto #crypto web3 #MiCA

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UAE Gives Social Platforms 12 Months To Enforce Under-15 Rules

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UAE Gives Social Platforms 12 Months To Enforce Under-15 Rules

The UAE says social media platforms must build effective age-verification controls after a Cabinet resolution restricting under-15 access. Technology companies have 12 months before penalties apply, and officials said age-verification data must be deleted immediately rather than stored by platforms.

#UAE digital policy #social media #age verification

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Robinhood Opens Arbitrum Chain As Stock Tokens Go Live In 120 Countries

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Robinhood Opens Arbitrum Chain As Stock Tokens Go Live In 120 Countries

Robinhood has launched the public mainnet for Robinhood Chain, a Layer 2 blockchain built on Arbitrum, and made Stock Tokens available through Robinhood Wallet in more than 120 countries. The company also introduced Robinhood Earn with an estimated 7% yield on USDG, but jurisdictional availability and control settings remain central limits.

#crypto web3 #Robinhood Chain #tokenised stocks

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Meta Board Weighs Iran Influence Posts Left Online

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Meta Board Weighs Iran Influence Posts Left Online

Meta’s Oversight Board may examine whether Facebook and Instagram should have removed two pro-Iran posts that users flagged as possible co-ordinated inauthentic behaviour tied to state-sponsored influence operations.

#platform governance #Meta #Oversight Board

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OCC Public Denials Raise Charter Risk For Fintech Applicants

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OCC Public Denials Raise Charter Risk For Fintech Applicants

The OCC plans to publish charter denial decisions, giving fintech and digital-banking applicants clearer examples of why filings fail. The guidance also raises the reputational cost of applying before governance, compliance and risk systems are ready.

#fintech charters #OCC #digital banking

July 2, 2026Read More →

Taiwan Crypto Law Sets FSC Licences And 100% Stablecoin Reserves

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Taiwan Crypto Law Sets FSC Licences And 100% Stablecoin Reserves

Taiwan approved the Virtual Asset Service Act, requiring crypto platforms to obtain FSC licenses while stablecoin operators face central-bank approval and 100% reserves. The law sets penalties, but the start date and first approvals remain unnamed.

#crypto web3 #crypto regulation #stablecoins

July 1, 2026Read More →

US Lifts Anthropic Model Export Controls After Safeguards Deal

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US Lifts Anthropic Model Export Controls After Safeguards Deal

The Commerce Department is removing licence requirements for Anthropic’s Mythos and Fable models after a safeguards agreement, reopening foreign access while leaving jailbreak controls as the unresolved policy test.

#AI export controls #Anthropic #Commerce Department

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Rocket Lab Sets $8bn Iridium Deal As Satellite Network Test Awaits Regulators

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Rocket Lab Sets $8bn Iridium Deal As Satellite Network Test Awaits Regulators

Rocket Lab has agreed to buy Iridium Communications for about $8bn, pairing launch and spacecraft manufacturing with a satellite communications network that serves more than 2.55 million active subscribers.

#space industry #satellite communications #Rocket Lab

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SEC Chair Says Tokenized Deposits Could Get Approval Next Year

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SEC Chair Says Tokenized Deposits Could Get Approval Next Year

SEC Chair Paul Atkins said regulators could approve tokenized deposits as soon as next year, while also tying crypto rulemaking to bank-capital talks with the Fed, FDIC and OCC.

#tokenized deposits #Project Crypto #SEC

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UAE AI Authority Consolidates Data And Digital Government Mandates

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UAE AI Authority Consolidates Data And Digital Government Mandates

The UAE will establish an Artificial Intelligence and Data Authority to consolidate federal AI, public data and digital government functions, but the government has not disclosed a budget, staffing plan or implementation timetable.

#AI governance #digital government #UAE

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Aarogya Setu 2.0 Adds Google Gemma For India Health Records

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Aarogya Setu 2.0 Adds Google Gemma For India Health Records

India launched Aarogya Setu 2.0 on June 29, 2026 as an AI-enabled personal health-record app using Google Gemma and a medical data toolkit, but public materials have not named an independent privacy audit or model-risk assessment.

#public sector AI #digital health #Aarogya Setu

July 1, 2026Read More →