The Irish government published its first national anti-money laundering strategy targeting digital assets, introducing new compliance obligations for crypto service providers, private wallet transfers, and gambling funds.
Europe's leading clubs threatened to boycott future Club World Cups unless Gianni Infantino dropped the Fifa Forward Enterprise scheme, which was subsequently shelved amid widespread anger over lack of consultation.
Alibaba signed a strategic cooperation framework agreement in Guangzhou on Thursday to increase investments in computing power, AI models, and digital services in Guangdong province.
Chinese AI firm DeepSeek has launched a developer preview of Harness, a software framework designed to help developers turn AI models into autonomous agents.
The SEC is preparing an innovation exemption for tokenized stocks and 'Regulation Crypto' to enable 24/7 onchain trading, as Bitcoin spot volumes fall to a seven-year low.
Sports prediction market startup Novig launched a responsible trading framework with a 21-plus age restriction and filed lawsuits against four states over regulatory crackdowns on event contracts.
Twenty-five years after the Ohrid Framework Agreement ended North Macedonia's ethnic conflict, genuine reconciliation between Macedonians and Albanians remains elusive, with concerns over eroding rights and rising ethnic tensions.
White House officials are expected to revise the Trump administration's new artificial intelligence guidelines to include open models, as rapid technological advances and national security concerns drive the need for evolving oversight.
India's Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026 proposes stricter oversight on foreign donations and asset management for NGOs, drawing sharp criticism from opposition parties and church groups over potential government overreach.
Russia's central bank proposed a draft directive allowing ordinary investors to trade Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Tether's USDT through brokers with a 300,000 ruble annual limit.
As the US and China consolidate AI dominance, the 2026 Global AI Innovation Index and Stanford's report highlight a wide gap between the two superpowers and European nations.
Uefa, Concacaf and the Asian Football Confederation are drafting a new framework for world football governance and threatening a presidential challenge or breakaway organisation amid a standoff with Fifa president Gianni Infantino.
Beijing challenges the Western concept of the 'tribute system' used to describe its diplomacy, as US investor Ray Dalio suggests a shift toward such an order in Asia.
The UK Financial Conduct Authority has held talks with banks and industry participants regarding potential regulatory standards and the use of tokenized gold as collateral in wholesale markets.
Saudi Arabia, Türkiye, and Pakistan have signed the Mecca Joint Defense Agreement, establishing a collective defense framework that commits each state to treat an attack on one as an attack on all, signaling a major shift toward regional strategic autonomy.
Modular computer maker Framework notified all customers that hackers stole their names, email addresses, phone numbers, and physical addresses due to a cyberattack at upstream business intelligence provider Metabase.
The Trump administration finalized a framework with major tech companies to test new AI models for safety and cybersecurity risks, but the White House is keeping the details private, sparking transparency concerns.
Bridge Building, a Luxembourg-based stablecoin infrastructure company, has been added to the EU's MiCA register after obtaining CASP and EMI licenses, enabling regulated stablecoin and payment products in the EU.
A new study in PLOS One reveals that underwater cave environments leave distinct preservation fingerprints on animal bones, helping scientists reconstruct deposition history and environmental conditions.
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed bill No. 1194918-8, creating a regulated framework for cryptocurrency markets, exchanges, and service providers, while capping retail investments and maintaining payment bans.
China implemented new export controls on drones and sanctions on US companies in response to recent US measures, demonstrating a matured retaliatory economic toolkit.
Mastercard and Borderless are launching a pilot project to test how Mastercard's Crypto Credential framework can enhance trust, compliance, and reduce friction in cross-border stablecoin payments.
The Trump administration's new AI cybersecurity testing framework excludes open models and applies only to closed-source frontier models, according to reports. The voluntary guidelines leave key terms like "state-of-the-art" undefined.
S&P Global Ratings assigned an AAAm principal stability fund rating to BlackRock's new tokenized money market fund, BRSRV, highlighting its robust risk management and investment creditworthiness.
