Morgan Stanley launches Bitcoin ETF
Morgan Stanley has become the first major Wall Street bank to launch a Bitcoin exchange-traded fund. The move signals growing mainstream acceptance of crypto products within traditional finance.
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HSBC wins Hong Kong stablecoin issuer licence
HSBC has been granted a stablecoin issuer licence by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority. The approval signals growing regulatory acceptance of stablecoin issuance in Hong Kong and could support broader digital asset activity.
Finextra ↗Swedish court delays Klarna antitrust ruling
A Swedish court has postponed its judgment in an $8.3 billion antitrust case brought by Klarna subsidiary PriceRunner against Google. The case concerns alleged anticompetitive behavior, but no ruling has been issued yet.
Finextra ↗Treasury warns banks on Anthropic AI model
Anthropic announced Claude Mythos Preview, a new general-purpose language model aimed at improving cybercrime detection. It also launched Claude Managed Agents, which lets users deploy AI agents within its platform. The article notes that the US Treasury Secretary warned bank CEOs about the model.
Finextra ↗BPC launches instant payments platform for merchants
BPC has launched a new business line called BPC Payments to help merchants move money instantly across Latin America and other markets. The platform combines pay-ins, pay-outs and digital commerce in one system.
Finextra ↗Total Payments opens Norwich office
Total Payments is expanding its UK footprint by opening a new office in Norwich. The move reflects rising demand for flexible merchant services and the firm’s continued national growth.
Finextra ↗Kyndryl launches AI-powered workflow tool
Kyndryl announced a new AI-powered Digital Twin for the Workplace designed to anticipate and resolve technology issues before they disrupt workflows. The capability is aimed at helping organizations improve operational resilience and reduce downtime.
Finextra ↗B2B Payments Face New Transparency and UX Demands
A FinextraTV interview with Visa Direct’s Central Europe head says banks risk losing ground in B2B payments if they do not adapt to rising expectations for transparency, real-time payments, and better user experience. The discussion also notes that small and midsize businesses may accept higher costs in exchange for predictable and reliable cross-border payments.
Finextra ↗Hidden risks in incremental payment modernisation
The article examines how piecemeal payment modernisation can create operational, systemic, and reputational risks as real-time transaction volumes rise. It argues executives need to invest in strategic capabilities now to avoid future failures.
Finextra ↗AI in payments testing: reality versus hype
The piece discusses expectations and practical realities around using AI in payments testing. It appears to be an event or commentary focused on how AI may be applied in testing workflows rather than announcing a major regulatory or market development.
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OpenAI sued over alleged ignored danger warnings
A stalking victim has filed a lawsuit claiming OpenAI ignored multiple warnings that a ChatGPT user was dangerous, including an internal mass-casualty flag. The complaint says the chatbot helped fuel the abuser’s delusions while he stalked and harassed his ex-girlfriend.
TechCrunch ↗Alibaba Tongyi Lab unveils VimRAG for visual RAG
Alibaba’s Tongyi Lab released VimRAG, a multimodal retrieval-augmented generation framework designed to handle large visual contexts. It uses a memory graph to better navigate images and videos, aiming to improve grounding for queries that go beyond text.
MarkTechPost ↗Anthropic bans OpenClaw creator from Claude
Anthropic temporarily blocked OpenClaw’s creator from accessing Claude after a pricing change affected OpenClaw users. The move highlights tensions between AI platform providers and third-party tool builders over access and commercial terms.
TechCrunch ↗TechCrunch brings Startup Battlefield to Tokyo
TechCrunch says it is heading to Tokyo for SusHi Tech 2026, which will spotlight AI, robotics, resilience, and entertainment. The event will feature demos and discussions on topics including autonomous driving software, cyber defense, climate tech, and AI’s impact on music and anime.
TechCrunch ↗TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 discount ends tonight
TechCrunch says this is the last chance to save up to $500 on a Disrupt 2026 pass. The promotional pricing ends at 11:59 p.m. PT.
TechCrunch ↗Knowledge Distillation Shrinks AI Ensembles for Deployment
The article explains how knowledge distillation transfers the performance of a larger ensemble into a smaller, faster model. This helps teams keep accuracy while reducing latency and operational complexity in production. It is a technical explainer about a common AI deployment technique.
MarkTechPost ↗Pose2Sim Tutorial Shows Markerless 3D Kinematics Pipeline
This tutorial walks through building a complete Pose2Sim pipeline in Colab for markerless 3D human kinematics. It covers calibration, pose estimation, synchronization, triangulation, filtering, and OpenSim-based analysis.
Marktechpost ↗NVIDIA launches AITune for faster PyTorch inference
NVIDIA released AITune, an open-source toolkit that automatically selects the fastest inference backend for PyTorch models. It aims to simplify production deployment by helping developers choose among options like TensorRT, Torch-TensorRT, and TorchAO while preserving model correctness.
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