RBNZ is exploring a central bank digital currency, which would be the first digital form of New Zealand currency backed by the government and available to the public, central bank says in statement on website.

A long-delayed bid to write a new law for stablecoins is getting a push from an unexpected lawmaker: crypto-skeptic Sherrod Brown.

Bitcoin miners are seeing a sharp decline in their stock prices as a code update for the largest cryptocurrency that will drastically reduce revenue is set to happen later this week.

Failed crypto lender <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://securities/2221345D%20US%20Equity","_id":"0000018e-e811-d583-afbf-eaddd6b00000","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">Genesis Global Capital won bankruptcy court approval on a pact with <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://securities/1732972D%20US%20Equity","_id":"0000018e-e811-d583-afbf-eaddd6b00001","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">Gemini Trust Co. that resolves litigation between the companies and opens a path to freeing Earn program customers’ digital assets in the coming months.

The South Korean won is now the most traded currency against cryptoassets globally with speculative demand for risky tokens in the country surging.

Major digital-asset exchange <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://securities/1850267D%20MV%20Equity","_id":"0000018e-e669-d583-afbf-e6fd13090001","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">Crypto.comis in the middle of a hiring drive that could see its headcount grow by a total of 1,400 people, the latest sign of an improved employment outlook in the sector.

US officials pushed an appeals court to resurrect an anti-money laundering statute after it was invalidated for exceeding Congress’ power to regulate commerce.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is offering more tax breaks to automotive firms to put their electric vehicle factories in Canada, as companies including <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://securities/7267%20JT%20Equity","_id":"0000018e-e8a4-d583-afbf-eafc5d140001","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">Honda Motor Co. and <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://securities/7203%20JT%20Equity","_id":"0000018e-e8a4-d583-afbf-eafc5d140002","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">Toyota Motor Corp. consider lucrative new investments.

<-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://securities/GIS%20US%20Equity/ESG","_id":"0000018e-e87c-d583-afbf-eafca08f0000","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">General Mills Inc. is facing growing criticism from a shareholder after failing to respond to calls for the company to bolster its sustainable-packaging efforts.

Former OpenAI board member Helen Toner said leading AI companies should be required to share information with the public about the capabilities and risks of the technology they’re building, and collect more data when these tools go awry.

Boeing engineer Sam Salehpour says the Boeing 787 should be grounded, NBC reports citing an exclusive interview ahead of his hearing on Capitol Hill on Wednesday.

Chevron Corp.’sventure arm launched a fund — its third — with a $500 million commitment to invest in clean energy technologies.

The <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://news/topics/SEC","_id":"0000018e-e8d6-d583-afbf-eadeab850000","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">US Securities and Exchange Commission has blocked third-party messaging apps and texts from employees’ work mobile phones, bringing its own practices closer to the standards it’s enforcing for the industry.

Guidetoinsure LLC defeated a proposed class action alleging it made telemarketing calls in violation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, when a federal court said the lead plaintiff didn’t show the Utah-based company had purposefully directed its calls towards California.

Mark Zuckerberg won his bid to avoid personal liability in about two dozen lawsuits accusing <-rte-company state="{"_id":"0000018e-e8ad-d583-afbf-eafdeae60001","_type":"00000160-4b23-d8bd-adfd-4b3348fd0000"}">Meta Platforms Inc. and other social media companies of addicting children to their products.

A federal judge in California narrowed Fortinet Inc.‘s patent suit against a rival cybersecurity firm, while warning he might nix the remaining patent claims at a future juncture in the case.

Federal law enforcement and intelligence agencies would be blocked from purchasing customer information from data brokers or receiving purchased personal data from other government entities under H.R. 4639.

The US Supreme Court voiced concern about a criminal charge levied against hundreds of Jan. 6 Capitol riot defendants, as the justices weighed a case that could affect the election-interference prosecution of former President Donald Trump.

Judges on New York’s highest court questioned whether the state’s insurance coverage requirements for medically necessary abortions are constitutional, referencing a 2021 US Supreme Court decision at oral arguments Tuesday.

A tribal group’s challenge to a ruling that could allow the development of a controversial copper mine in Arizona strikes at the heart of a religious freedom law that has sharply divided appellate court judges in prior decisions.

A US Forest Service plan to thin an Oregon national park can move forward after the Ninth Circuit Tuesday declined an environmental group’s request for the appeals court to rehear the group’s protest en banc.

North Carolina justices during oral arguments Tuesday grappled with whether a construction company is considered a manufacturer that would allow purchases of asphalt-making equipment to be subject to a lower tax rate.

A group representing the adult entertainment industry asked the Supreme Court to pause a Texas law targeting minors’ access to online sexual content while it appeals a lower court ruling.

US officials pushed an appeals court to resurrect an anti-money laundering statute after it was invalidated for exceeding Congress’ power to regulate commerce.