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Lawson will test yen stablecoin payments at its Takanawa Gateway City store in Tokyo from August.

Coinbase Ventures completed 30 crypto investment deals in the first half of 2026, the highest total among crypto venture capital firms.

Origin Energy (ASX:ORG) will refund over $270,000 to more than 4,500 Australian consumers following a regulatory probe.

Bolivia is considering adding Tether (CRYPTO:USDT) to its national payment system as the country continues to face a shortage of US dollars.

Coronado Global Resources (ASX:CRN) appointed CFO Barrie van der Merwe as CEO, effective Aug. 1.

Australia will spend $56.1 million over four years to phase out paper arrival cards and introduce digital passenger declarations at all international airports and seaports.

Paramount (NASDAQ:PSKY) faces a lawsuit from California and 11 other states seeking to block its proposed $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery (NASDAQ:WBD), with regulators alleging the deal could reduce competition in entertainment markets.

Artelo Biosciences (NASDAQ:ARTL) reported new nonclinical data showing ART27.13 reduced neuropathic pain-associated behaviors in a paclitaxel-induced peripheral neuropathy model in male and female animals.

Third Coast Bancshares (NYSE:TCBX) completed the sale of substantially all assets of its subsidiary Third Coast Commercial Capital to Gulf Coast Bank & Trust for approximately $27.5 million, generating a $3.5 million gain.

Ionis Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:IONS) announced that the first participant has been dosed in the Phase 1-2 ASCEND study evaluating ION337, an investigational RNA-targeted medicine for children with Dravet syndrome, a rare neurological disorder.