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The CLARITY Act and the Symbolism of Independence: When Supporting a Bill Becomes an Act of National Purpose

The CLARITY Act and the Symbolism of Independence: When Supporting a Bill Becomes an Act of National Purpose

The White House tied the CLARITY Act to Independence Day. The deadline failed, the symbolism did not. Also read about the difference with Europe.

UK Retail Payments Infrastructure: The Blueprint That Puts Bank Money and Tokenised Money on the Same Rails

UK Retail Payments Infrastructure: The Blueprint That Puts Bank Money and Tokenised Money on the Same Rails

HM Treasury published the blueprint for the UK's future retail payments ecosystem. Here is how tokenised money and bank deposits will share one set of rails.

CASI Casablanca Forum: The Three Agreements That Treat Africa's Climate Finance Gap as a Skills Gap

CASI Casablanca Forum: The Three Agreements That Treat Africa's Climate Finance Gap as a Skills Gap

The CASI forum in Casablanca closed with three agreements on training, certification, and disclosure. Africa's climate finance gap is a skills gap first.

June Jobs Report and AI Layoffs 57,000 New Jobs, Four Months of AI-Led Cuts, One Frozen Labour Market

June Jobs Report and AI Layoffs: 57,000 New Jobs, Four Months of AI-Led Cuts, One Frozen Labour Market

The June jobs report showed 57,000 new jobs one day after AI led all US layoff reasons for a fourth month. The two datasets describe one frozen labour market.

Standard Chartered USDC Launch: The First Systemic Bank in Stablecoins Is Selling Distance From Crypto

Standard Chartered USDC Launch: The First Systemic Bank in Stablecoins Is Selling Distance From Crypto

Standard Chartered is the first G-SIB to offer USDC minting and redemption to institutions. Clients get digital dollars without opening a Circle account.

Intesa Sanpaolo Google Cloud Migration: What Keeping 800 Banking Applications on Italian Soil Actually Secures

Intesa Sanpaolo Google Cloud Migration: What Keeping 800 Banking Applications on Italian Soil Actually Secures

Intesa Sanpaolo moved over 800 core banking applications to Google Cloud regions in Turin and Milan hosted by TIM. Here is what data residency secures.

Fable 5 Export Controls Lifted: Why Anthropic's Model Came Back One Government Decision at a Time

Fable 5 Export Controls Lifted: Why Anthropic's Model Came Back One Government Decision at a Time

Anthropic's Fable 5 returns on 1 July after the US lifted its export controls.