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Congress has reauthorized Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act - but only for another 45 days. The extension is meant to give legislators more time to negotiate reforms to the controversial wiretapping bill. If the past few weeks are any i…
A draft vision for Australia’s domestic payments system says stablecoins and tokenized fiat currency could reshape how money moves across future rails.
The House has approved a three year extension of the surveillance program known as FISA Section 702. The bill now heads to the Senate, where it faces a difficult path to final passage.
The bill now moves to the Senate, where it could face obstacles in clearing reauthorization because of a measure that bars the Federal Reserve from issuing digital currency.
Every fiat currency in history has collapsed and the U.S. dollar is no exception. The Federal Reserve’s policies have systematically looted purchasing power, with real inflation (using pre-1980s metrics) already at 10-15% annually. Gold, with 5,000 years as h…
The European Union acknowledges Russia is increasingly reliant on cryptocurrency to circumvent the sanctions the Western nations have imposed against due to its war on Ukraine
The European Commission announced a package of measures against Russia, focusing on the energy and finance sectors, as the country allegedly attempts to evade sanctions imposed as a result of its war on Ukraine.
The European Union’s latest Russia sanctions package, its twentieth so far, brings crypto settlement squarely into an already fractured geopolitical spotlight. Adopted on April 23, the package adds 120 new listings and rolls out financial measures that touch …
The Justice Department closed the Jerome Powell probe, removing a barrier to Senate action on Kevin Warsh's Federal Reserve nomination.
Farmers and food programs anchor 10 pilots aimed at boosting usage, while New Delhi eyes BRICS CBDC link ahead of 2026 summit
While India's early efforts are modest compared with those of China, where more than 200 million people use the e-yuan, the world's most populous nation could in theory become its biggest CBDC issuer if the system gains traction.
Global supply chains are deliberately fragile, controlled by monopolies (e.g., Cargill) and geopolitical actors who weaponize food and energy shortages. Events like Houthi shipping attacks (2023) reveal how easily disruptions cascade into crises—part of an el…
India is piloting its digital rupee, the e-rupee, for welfare payments. This initiative aims to improve efficiency and reduce corruption in government subsidies. Farmers like Samadhan Sonawane are receiving funds directly for farm equipment. Similar trials ar…
South Korea's B2B BNPL market is driven by chaebol supply chain digitization and K-culture export growth. Opportunities arise from integrating BNPL in chaebol procurement systems, leveraging bank-fintech partnerships for credit products, and catering to SME e…
The newly appointed Governor of the Bank of Korea (BOK) has delivered his first policy address in office, highlighting central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) and bank-issued deposit tokens while skipping any mention of stablecoins, despite South Korea’s effo…