Mastercard has introduced new artificial intelligence commerce tools, including Agent Connect and Agent Pay, designed to link merchants with AI-driven shopping and payment systems.

Evernorth Holdings is nearing a public listing on Nasdaq under the ticker XRPN, backed by a planned treasury of at least 473 million XRP, pending a September 30 shareholder vote.

Bitcoin held near $78,600 following a volatile trading session sparked by a $6 billion U.S. Treasury debt buyback and escalating Middle East conflict.

Blockchain intelligence firm TRM Labs has doubled its valuation to $2 billion after expanding its Series C funding round led by Blockchain Capital.

Ethereum has hovered near $2,500 while analysts debate whether the cryptocurrency will break out toward $3,000 or experience a pullback to $2,000 first.

Publicly traded quantum computing company IonQ has unveiled its Superion 256 system, opening orders for customer deliveries in 2027.

CanaryFunds has launched the Canary Staked TRX ETF, introducing a new potential demand catalyst as TRX faces a technical resistance level at $0.35.

Hunter Biden has launched a meme coin named LAPTOP on the Base network, featuring airdrops for wallets that lost money on TRUMP and a token supply structure including founder locks and conditional burns.

An amended complaint filed by Mintvest Capital alleges that Coinmint CEO Ashton Soniat misappropriated 448 BTC, committed securities fraud, and violated RICO statutes.

U.S. Bank, the fifth-largest commercial bank in the United States, has completed a live cross-border payment using its proprietary USBDC stablecoin on the Stellar blockchain.