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June 10, 2026
US seizes alleged China-linked sites targeting security clearance holders — nextgov.com
The FBI and Justice Department seized 13 websites allegedly used by Chinese intelligence operatives to target current and former U.S. officials and military personnel with access to classified government information. In a press release, the DOJ said the
Exclusive: Mastercard launches protocol to let AI agents pay each other, send micropayments — fortune.com
Mastercard is diving deeper into AI payments. The card giant announced on Wednesday that it was launching a protocol to let AI actors more easily pay each other. Called Agent Pay for Machines, the new network is meant to make smaller money transfers easier
Bitcoin Selloff Leaves Half of All Supply Trading at a Loss — bloomberg.com
Bitcoin’s latest retreat has been so severe, it has pushed more than half its circulating supply into loss-making territory.
Bitcoin is a weather vane for the risk trade — americanbanker.com
The original cryptocurrency lies at the bleeding edge of the risk curve, and its cross currents say something about how feisty the market is feeling.
Tracking the Flood of AI Political Spending — prospect.org
Back in 2022, the cryptocurrency “industry” was facing some problems. Their product was sort of like money, though useful only for criminals, and also consumed nation-state amounts of electricity. A boom in NFTs—basically a receipt, except it doesn’t
Trumpworld connections are fueling Coupang’s clash with South Korea — semafor.com
The News Senior Trump administration officials and scores of congressional Republicans are marshaling their clout against one of the US’ strongest trade partners in a remarkable display of support for South Korea’s biggest online retailer. Republican
From the Trump administration to Kevin O’Leary, there’s a new narrative that China is to blame for plummeting data center popularity — fortune.com
As negative sentiment toward data center construction reaches a fever pitch, some AI advocates are blaming China for emerging narratives around the rapid growth of the technology’s infrastructure—and the increased negative public attitude surrounding it.
Visa’s CFO downplays the importance of stablecoin and agentic commerce to the U.S. payments giant—at least in the short term — fortune.com
Payments giant Visa is growing at its fastest rate in years, but it’s not because of some of its latest innovations in digital currencies and agentic AI. Visa first started offering stablecoin settlements in 2023 and now has 130 stablecoin-linked card
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