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Taiwan Crypto Law Sets FSC Licences And 100% Stablecoin Reserves

CoinDesk reported that Taiwan approved the Virtual Asset Service Act, requiring crypto platforms to obtain FSC licenses while stablecoin operators face central-bank approval and 100% reserves. The law sets penalties, but the start date and first approvals remain unnamed.

#crypto web3 #crypto regulation #stablecoins

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Qatar Funds Turksat Satellite As 50Gbps Capacity Stays At Turkish Orbital Slot

Telco & ConnectivityNews

DEPLOYMENT WATCH:

Qatar Funds Turksat Satellite As 50Gbps Capacity Stays At Turkish Orbital Slot

Anadolu Agency reported that Turksat and Qatar's Es'hailSat signed a satellite partnership funded by Qatar, with Turkey keeping the 50 degrees east orbital and frequency rights while the project leaves cost, launch timing and customers undisclosed.

#satellite broadband #Es’hailSat #Turksat

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Linux Foundation Executives Name MCP As Enterprise AI Tooling Framework

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DEPLOYMENT WATCH:

Linux Foundation Executives Name MCP As Enterprise AI Tooling Framework

Linux Foundation executives described MCP as a coordination layer that connects AI models to tools, memory and private data, while leaving approved registry lists and production outcomes outside the public record.

#enterprise AI #Model Context Protocol #Linux Foundation

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US Lifts Anthropic Model Export Controls After Safeguards Deal

Capital & PolicyNews

SYSTEMS SHIFT:

US Lifts Anthropic Model Export Controls After Safeguards Deal

The Commerce Department is removing licence requirements for Anthropic’s Mythos and Fable models after a safeguards agreement, reopening foreign access while leaving jailbreak controls as the unresolved policy test.

#AI export controls #Anthropic #Commerce Department

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Rocket Lab Sets $8bn Iridium Deal As Satellite Network Test Awaits Regulators

Capital & PolicyPolicy

REGULATION WATCH:

Rocket Lab Sets $8bn Iridium Deal As Satellite Network Test Awaits Regulators

Rocket Lab has agreed to buy Iridium Communications for about $8bn, pairing launch and spacecraft manufacturing with a satellite communications network that serves more than 2.55 million active subscribers.

#space industry #satellite communications #Rocket Lab

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Qualcomm AI250 Stacks DRAM Over Compute But Leaves FLOPS Undisclosed

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Qualcomm AI250 Stacks DRAM Over Compute But Leaves FLOPS Undisclosed

Qualcomm is pitching high-bandwidth compute for AI inference, with AI250 cards claiming 768 GB of memory and 133 TB/s of effective bandwidth, while the public record still lacks peak FLOPS or named customers.

#AI accelerators #near memory compute #Qualcomm

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SEC Chair Says Tokenized Deposits Could Get Approval Next Year

Fintech & Digital PaymentsPolicy

REGULATION WATCH:

SEC Chair Says Tokenized Deposits Could Get Approval Next Year

SEC Chair Paul Atkins said regulators could approve tokenized deposits as soon as next year, while also tying crypto rulemaking to bank-capital talks with the Fed, FDIC and OCC.

#tokenized deposits #Project Crypto #SEC

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UAE AI Authority Consolidates Data And Digital Government Mandates

Capital & PolicyNews

REGIONAL MARKET:

UAE AI Authority Consolidates Data And Digital Government Mandates

The UAE will establish an Artificial Intelligence and Data Authority to consolidate federal AI, public data and digital government functions, with budget, staffing plan and implementation timetable still outside the public record.

#AI governance #digital government #UAE

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Aarogya Setu 2.0 Adds Google Gemma For India Health Records

Capital & PolicyNews

SYSTEMS SHIFT:

Aarogya Setu 2.0 Adds Google Gemma For India Health Records

MediaNama reported that India launched Aarogya Setu 2.0 on June 29, 2026 as an AI-enabled personal health-record app using Google Gemma and a medical data toolkit, but public materials have not named an independent privacy audit or model-risk assessment.

#public sector AI #digital health #Aarogya Setu

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Saudi PIF Profit Doubles As Revenue Reaches $119.7 Billion

Capital & PolicyNews

MARKET SIGNAL:

Saudi PIF Profit Doubles As Revenue Reaches $119.7 Billion

PIF’s 2025 annual results listed net profit at SAR65.1 billion and revenue at SAR449.9 billion, giving Saudi Arabia’s sovereign fund more liquidity for Vision 2030 investments without naming project-level allocations.

#sovereign funds #Saudi PIF #Vision 2030

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US Energy Chief Tells Data Centre Builders To Answer Power Critics

Cloud & Data CentersAnalysis

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US Energy Chief Tells Data Centre Builders To Answer Power Critics

US Energy Secretary Chris Wright used an AWS Summit appearance to tell data centre supporters to engage critics over electricity costs and local opposition as AI construction raises power and permitting pressure.

#data centers #AI power #AWS

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Open USD Consortium Draws Visa, Mastercard And Stripe Backing

Fintech & Digital PaymentsNews

MARKET SIGNAL:

Open USD Consortium Draws Visa, Mastercard And Stripe Backing

Open Standard says more than 140 banks, fintechs, payment companies and crypto firms are backing Open USD, a dollar-backed stablecoin planned for later this year, while the public record still lacks transaction volumes or customer commitments.

#stablecoins #Open USD #Open Standard

July 1, 2026Read More →