Mastercard has launched Agent Connect to give merchants one integration for product discovery, cart creation and customer-approved payments across AI shopping platforms. Summary Agent Connect links merchants, AI agents, digital platforms, and payment providers through one connection. Merchants can provide current product, price, and inventory data from their existing catalogs. Agent Pay uses tokenized permissions

Ripple Chief Legal Officer Stuart Alderoty has urged undecided and opposing senators to hear from an estimated 67 million American crypto holders before the CLARITY Act faces a 60-vote procedural test on Sep. 15. Summary Alderoty has contacted Senate offices and asked lawmakers to speak directly with crypto holders. The Sep. 15 cloture vote requires

Changelly has been running as an instant crypto exchange and a platform for crypto purchases and cashouts since 2015. Summary Changelly supports more than 1,200 cryptocurrencies across over 200 blockchains. Floating swaps carry a 0.25% service fee, while fixed-rate fees are included in the quoted price. Swap and fiat limits vary by asset, network, liquidity

Kalshi has filed to list two dollar-settled perpetual futures tied to gold and silver, extending its no-expiry contract lineup beyond 18 cryptocurrencies for eligible U.S. traders. Summary GOLDPERP and SILVERPERP are scheduled to begin trading on Sept. 9. Both contracts use Pyth Network prices and settle in U.S. dollars. Kalshi filed the products through the

RedStone has launched price feeds for a FalconX private-credit vault holding more than $170 million in exposure across Monad, Plume and MegaETH. Summary RedStone distributes the FalconX vault’s signed NAV from Ethereum to three additional networks. AA_FalconXUSDC holders can use supported tokens as collateral without first redeeming their positions. RedStone checks updates through signature verification,

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Corn has launched a private members club for digital asset holders after closing its Bitcoin layer-2 network, as a third investment from Polychain Capital has taken its total funding to $19 million. Summary Corn’s former Bitcoin layer 2 ceased operations on June 30 after holding around $1 billion at its peak. Polychain has invested three

Germany has prepared a 25% flat tax on cryptocurrency gains from 2028, potentially ending the country’s long-standing exemption for Bitcoin and other digital assets held for more than one year. Summary Germany plans to tax crypto gains at a flat 25% rate from 2028, replacing the current system that exempts assets held for more than

Federal authorities charged two Jacksonville brothers with allegedly operating a darknet narcotics vendor whose counterfeit pills were connected to at least 12 overdoses, including three deaths. Summary U.S. prosecutors charged two Florida brothers with allegedly distributing nitazene-laced counterfeit pills through darknet markets. Investigators traced Bitcoin withdrawals from three darknet marketplaces toward accounts associated with Stanislav

DDSC and Network International have launched the UAE’s first in-store pilot for payments using a Central Bank-licensed, AED-backed stablecoin, allowing customers to spend DDSC through existing point-of-sale terminals at selected retailers. Summary DDSC and Network International have launched an in store stablecoin payment pilot at selected Marks & Spencer and LuLu locations in the UAE.