Coin Center urges the Senate Banking Committee not to weaken non-custodial developer safeguards in the Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act, citing recent Tornado Cash and Samourai Wallet convictions as examples of legal uncertainty.
MEXC said its USD1 event drew about 98,905 participants in the first month, generated $1.3 billion in USD1-margined futures volume, and distributed more than 1 million WLFI tokens. The second phase is now live.
Zoomex has rolled out a World Cup Prediction Market campaign, letting users join match forecasts with crypto and earn Lucky Spin entries for rewards including live match tickets.
Lighter said it will permanently burn about 15.5 million LIT, or 6.3% of circulating supply, in the weeks after Q2 2026 ends. The protocol is also changing how staking rewards are funded, moving them to its ecosystem reserve.
Polymarket launches a Telegram mini-app, allowing users to trade prediction markets using USDT from their TON wallets. The integration leverages Omniston for seamless cross-chain settlement, eliminating EVM wallet requirements.
At Sessions 2026, Stripe announced 288 new features including Google AI shopping integration, Link wallet support for AI agents with disposable virtual cards, and the first stablecoin streaming payments on Tempo blockchain. CEO says AI agents will dominate online transactions.
California’s Protect Our Games Act cleared the Appropriations Committee in an 11-2 vote. The bill would require publishers to offer full refunds or a standalone offline version before ending service for paid games sold in the state after Jan. 1, 2027.
Anthropic is negotiating with Microsoft to lease its in-house AI inference chip Maia 200, potentially becoming a key external customer. The firm has committed over $330 billion to three cloud giants, with 2026 compute costs expected to exceed $20 billion, pursuing a multi-chip strategy unlike OpenAI's Nvidia reliance.
