Court filings show that 25 U.S. states have filed a lawsuit against the federal government over its latest tariff measures. New York’s attorney general said the states, led by Democrats, argue that the president exceeded statutory authority to tax imports by imposing a new round of tariffs on goods from 60 trading partners. The complaint also says the new tariffs were introduced as a replacement for tariff measures previously struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court. According to the attorney general, the scope of the latest tariffs is unlawfully broad and bypasses legally required country-specific investigative procedures. The update was cited by Odaily, which referenced China Central Television.

Court filings show that 25 U.S. states have filed a lawsuit challenging former President Donald Trump’s latest tariff measures, according to a report cited by ChainCatcher from Jinshi. The brief item did not include additional details on which states joined the case, what specific tariff actions are being contested, or when the court will hear the matter. ChainCatcher published the update under its policy and regulation category. No further background, market response, or legal arguments were provided in the source text.

Kentucky Industrial Alliance has sued Cave City after local officials approved a one-year moratorium on new data centers shortly after the company submitted plans for a $4.8 billion AI and cloud computing campus near Mammoth Cave National Park. The proposed project would span 600 acres north of downtown and carry 1.2 gigawatts of planned capacity. The developer has filed two lawsuits, one challenging the moratorium and another disputing the city’s 2024 annexation of the site, arguing the land should sit outside city limits and beyond the reach of the restriction. Local officials say they need time to review a project of that scale, while the company says the campus would bring billions in investment, about 360 direct and indirect jobs, and millions of dollars in annual tax revenue. The dispute also reflects a wider national pushback against AI infrastructure, with several states weighing curbs on new data centers over pressure on communities, power grids, and nearby protected landscapes.

Pump.fun remains one of the few crypto protocols still posting strong profitability in a weak market, even as activity across the sector has cooled and many projects face shrinking revenue. That resilience is now being tested on two fronts at once: a large PUMP token unlock and fresh competition from Robinhood Chain. Instead of falling after the unlock, PUMP moved higher. CoinGecko data cited in the report showed the token’s peak gain over the past 30 days reached about 47.9%. The report pointed to limited investor selling as one reason. According to Lbexplorer, only 3 of 79 investor wallets had sold allocated tokens, and roughly 92% of investor-distributed supply remained unsold. Pump.fun’s buyback-and-burn program also continued to support the token, though the pace has slowed as platform revenue declined from earlier highs. At the business level, DeFiLlama data showed Pump.fun had annualized revenue of about $450 million as of July 30, placing it behind only Tether, Circle, and Hyperliquid on a daily revenue basis. Still, Dune data showed trading volume, active addresses, and daily revenue remain well below past peaks, underlining how closely the platform’s performance tracks Meme coin speculation. Robinhood Chain’s launchpad has already posted higher weekly volume and active addresses than Pump.fun in recent comparisons, but the report said Pump.fun has not yet seen clear market-share erosion. The platform is now pushing a new BOOST launch mechanism to improve token migration liquidity and revive activity.

Writers, illustrators and independent musicians are pushing a widening set of lawsuits against Google, Meta and Anthropic over how AI systems were trained, with disputes spanning copyright infringement, allegedly unauthorized use of platform data and the scope of user agreements. The legal picture remains mixed. Anthropic reached a $1.5 billion settlement with authors in a case approved on July 20, 2026 by San Francisco federal judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín, covering roughly 500,000 works at about $3,000 apiece, and agreed to destroy pirated ebook files. But the same litigation also left room for AI companies, after judge William Alsup found that training on lawfully purchased and scanned second-hand books under the so-called "Panama Project" qualified as fair use. Other cases are still moving through court. Artists have continued their long-running suit against Stability, Midjourney, DeviantArt and Runway AI; musician Sam Kogon is challenging Google over YouTube Content ID data allegedly used to train Lyria and ProducerAI; and claims against Meta over Llama were narrowed after a judge found insufficient evidence of market harm, while piracy-related allegations survived. New suits filed this year by music publishers, book publishers and authors show the fight is still growing.

Apple’s App Store is facing renewed scrutiny after a lawsuit filed in California on July 24 alleged that three Bitcoin holders lost about $1.8 million after downloading fake Sparrow wallet apps. The complaint argues that Apple failed not only by allowing the apps onto the store, but by leaving them available after repeated warnings from both users and Sparrow founder Craig Raw, who had been reporting unauthorized mobile impersonations since early 2024 even though Sparrow has no official iPhone app. The filing also claims Apple boosted one of the fake apps through store recommendations and placement in a cryptocurrency app collection. The case lands against a broader backdrop. A Kaspersky Threat report released in April said researchers had identified 26 scam apps impersonating major crypto brands such as MetaMask, Ledger, Trust Wallet, Coinbase, TokenPocket, imToken and Bitpie. According to the report, the campaign had been active since at least autumn 2025 and may be linked to the attackers behind SparkKitty. The report described schemes that pushed users to phishing pages mimicking Apple’s App Store and tricked them into installing developer profiles, which then enabled trojanized wallet software outside normal App Store channels. Apple said it has removed the fake Sparrow apps and terminated the related developer accounts, while pointing to broader anti-fraud enforcement data it released last year.

A New York lawsuit that seeks to claim ownership of roughly 3.799 million BTC tied to 39,069 dormant addresses has taken a new turn after several long-inactive wallets began moving coins and one actual holder formally challenged the case in court. The plaintiff, using the pseudonym Noah Doe, is trying to use New York lost-property law to assert rights over addresses that allegedly include 21,744 associated with Satoshi Nakamoto, containing about 1.09 million BTC. Since the suit surfaced publicly, Galaxy Research said 52 defendant addresses have moved 34,335 BTC, with 29 of them transferring 12,302 BTC after being served. The first real owner to respond, tied to defendant address No. 33, argued that Bitcoin addresses are not legal persons and that public blockchain addresses cannot be treated as property that was “found” under the state’s personal property law. The court has kept the case paused and scheduled the next hearing for Sept. 8. At the same time, a July 22 draft of the CLARITY bill added language stating that lawfully self-custodied digital assets cannot be deemed abandoned or unclaimed solely because they are inactive, a provision that could cut directly against the legal theory behind the case if enacted.

Apple has been sued in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California over allegations that it failed to stop fraudulent cryptocurrency apps distributed through the App Store. Three users claim Apple’s review process did not prevent a fake app posing as the bitcoin wallet Sparrow Wallet from being listed, even though the official Sparrow Bitcoin Wallet is not available on iOS. According to the complaint, the three users transferred bitcoin into the fake app and suffered combined losses of more than $1.8 million, including about $875,000, $840,000 and $120,000 respectively. The plaintiffs argue that Apple has long promoted the App Store’s strict review standards and closed ecosystem as a security advantage, and should therefore bear responsibility for fraudulent apps hosted on the platform. The lawsuit also cites public criticism from the founder of Sparrow Bitcoin Wallet. The plaintiffs are seeking a jury trial, recovery of losses, additional damages, and stronger App Store risk warnings and security disclosures. Apple said impersonating other apps violates App Store rules, that it removes such apps quickly, and that no Sparrow Wallet impersonation app is currently on the App Store.