Dune Analytics data cited for Kalshi showed more than $31 billion in June notional volume, while Bank of America put Rothera at $2 billion. The surge gives regulators and institutions a live test of event-contract market capacity.

#fintech #prediction markets #event contracts

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Anthropic Plans Drug Discovery Push Without Trial Or Partner Details

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Anthropic Plans Drug Discovery Push Without Trial Or Partner Details

Anthropic says Claude Science will support drug discovery and that its life sciences team will focus on neglected diseases. The company did not identify target diseases, lab partners, clinical-trial plans, manufacturing partners, patient timelines or regulatory milestones.

#claude science #anthropic #ai drug discovery

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Gillibrand Seeks Memecoin Ban After Trump Crypto Disclosure

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Gillibrand Seeks Memecoin Ban After Trump Crypto Disclosure

Senator Kirsten Gillibrand is renewing her push for elected officials and their spouses to be barred from issuing or promoting crypto assets, including memecoins. Decrypt reported that President Donald Trump's annual financial disclosure listed more than $1.2 billion from crypto ventures last year, including more than $635 million from a Solana-based memecoin.

#crypto regulation #meme coins #public office ethics

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India Orders Battery App Removals After E-Rickshaw Shutdown Reports

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India Orders Battery App Removals After E-Rickshaw Shutdown Reports

India’s electronics ministry ordered app-store removals for BAT-BMS, Epoch-i-ion and Lossigy after reports that Bluetooth battery-management controls could disable e-rickshaws remotely. The removal order covers app-store distribution while the reported weakness sits in battery controls, and MeitY has not published a final investigation report or named the battery makers involved.

#app store policy #electric mobility #battery management systems

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OCC Ends Patriot Bank Order After $5 Million Compliance Cost

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OCC Ends Patriot Bank Order After $5 Million Compliance Cost

Banking Dive reported that the OCC terminated a risk-management enforcement action against Patriot Bank after roughly 18 months. The January 2025 order covered Bank Secrecy Act and anti-money laundering risk management, payment activities oversight and capital planning, while CEO Steven Sugarman said related expenses topped $5 million.

#bank regulation #AML compliance #payments oversight

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SMB Cross-Border Payments Shift To FinTechs Without Leaving Banks

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SMB Cross-Border Payments Shift To FinTechs Without Leaving Banks

PYMNTS Intelligence said 36% of internationally active U.S. SMBs expect to use FinTechs or payment providers for cross-border transactions in 2026, up from 30% in 2025. The same report said 69% expect to use traditional banks, leaving banks dominant while SMBs add more payment options.

#fintech #digital payments #cross border payments

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UAE Doubles Retail T-Sukuk To Dh100 Million After Dh445 Million In Orders

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UAE Doubles Retail T-Sukuk To Dh100 Million After Dh445 Million In Orders

A Dh445 million order book pushed the UAE to double its sovereign retail T-sukuk offering to Dh100 million, the Ministry of Finance said. The Nasdaq Dubai listing opens a government-backed securities programme previously aimed at institutions to individual investors.

#sovereign sukuk #retail investors #Nasdaq Dubai

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Quantum Systems Raises $1.2 Billion As Defense AI Funding Jumps

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Quantum Systems Raises $1.2 Billion As Defense AI Funding Jumps

Quantum Systems raised $1.2 billion at an $8 billion post-money valuation, with Blackstone, Airbus and other investors backing autonomous systems for land, air and sea. According to Dealroom data, defense-tech funding has reached $17.4 billion so far this year.

#defense tech #AI software #autonomous systems

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Securitize Tokenizes $295 Million Of NYSE Stock As US Access Stays Limited

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Securitize Tokenizes $295 Million Of NYSE Stock As US Access Stays Limited

Securitize began trading on the New York Stock Exchange and issued tokenized versions of its own SECZ shares on Solana and Avalanche. The company said the tokens represent the same common stock, while access remains limited to eligible U.S. investors on its regulated platform.

#crypto #tokenized securities #Securitize

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Dubai Digital Twin Maps 195,000 Buildings But Leaves Budget Unnamed

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Dubai Digital Twin Maps 195,000 Buildings But Leaves Budget Unnamed

Dubai has launched a Digital Twin Platform for urban planning, infrastructure management, rainfall simulation and emergency scenarios. Dubai Municipality said the platform includes 3D models for more than 195,000 buildings, 280,000 infrastructure assets and 330,000 public facilities and assets, but it did not disclose a project budget or public expansion timetable.

#digital government #Digital Twin #Dubai Municipality

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Google Must Pay €4.1bn Android Fine After Appeal Fails

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Google Must Pay €4.1bn Android Fine After Appeal Fails

Europe's top court has dismissed Google's appeal against an Android competition penalty, leaving the company with a €4.1bn fine. The case centres on Google Search, Chrome, Play Store access and Android device-maker agreements that regulators said blocked rivals.

#competition law #Android #Google

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Standard Chartered Starts USDC Access From Dubai Without Payment Launch Date

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Standard Chartered Starts USDC Access From Dubai Without Payment Launch Date

Standard Chartered has launched institutional USDC minting and redemption through its Dubai International Financial Centre operations, using Circle’s stablecoin infrastructure. The bank said payment applications are planned later, but did not give launch dates for those services or for expansion into other markets.

#fintech #digital payments #stablecoins

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