TREE NEWS update: President Trump has endorsed Republicans’ “last, best and final offer” on the Clarity Act, which strengthens ethics rules and concedes ground on DeFi and stablecoin sticking points. It remains unclear whether enough Democrats will cross over to pass the bill in Tuesday’s vote.
TREE NEWS update: Republicans have made a “last, best and final offer” on the Clarity Act that wins President Trump’s backing for stronger ethics rules and concedes on DeFi and stablecoin sticking points. It remains unclear whether enough Democrats will cross over to pass the bill in a vote expected Tuesday.
TREE NEWS update: New York Attorney General Letitia James led 17 bipartisan state attorneys general in a letter to Congress urging opposition to the Clarity Act ahead of a key Senate procedural vote on Tuesday. The letter says the bill would muddy the waters, making it harder for state prosecutors to pursue fraud and hold lawbreaking companies accountable, and would let the SEC preempt state registration authority. Signatories include the attorneys general of California, Illinois, Arizona, Kansas, Ohio and Wisconsin.
TREE NEWS reports: The European Union is considering restricting access to social media platforms and chatbot tools for users under the age of 15. The measure under discussion would place age-based limits on minors’ use of both services, though no legislative text or effective date has been set. The proposal is part of broader EU scrutiny of how online platforms and automated chat tools affect younger users.
TREE NEWS update: New York Attorney General Letitia James led a bipartisan group of 17 state attorneys general in urging lawmakers to vote against the Clarity Act ahead of its initial Senate vote. The coalition called on senators to reject the crypto legislation. No further details on the attorneys general’s specific arguments were provided.
TREE NEWS update: The odds of the Clarity Act passing have surged after President Trump agreed to ethics provisions, reviving a bill that had been written off, ahead of a key vote on Tuesday. The vote will be followed by a pivotal FOMC meeting on Wednesday, making for a big week in Washington.
TREE NEWS update: The Clarity Act’s odds of passing have risen sharply after President Trump agreed to ethics provisions, reviving a bill that had been written off, ahead of a key vote on Tuesday. The vote will be followed by a pivotal FOMC decision on Wednesday, making it a consequential week for crypto policy and markets.
TREE NEWS update: US President Donald Trump said the government has already stopped AI from doing bad things. The remark, made without naming a specific company, model or incident, is the only detail given. No further information was provided on what action was taken or when.
TREE NEWS update: US President Donald Trump said the only control AI needs is a strong president, adding that his administration already holds regulatory authority over these companies. In the same remarks he accused Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei of pretending to be a “perfect little angel.” No policy measures or regulatory actions were announced.
TREE NEWS reports: World Trade Organization Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said stablecoins could cut friction in trade finance, but fragmented regulatory regimes have limited their use to just 3% of global payments. The WTO head attributed the low adoption to the patchwork of national rules governing stablecoin issuance and settlement rather than to the technology itself.
TREE NEWS update: China’s National Technical Committee 260 on Cybersecurity released the AI Safety Governance Framework 3.0 on September 14 at the opening ceremony of National Cybersecurity Week 2026. The framework was drafted under the guidance of the Cyberspace Administration of China, with contributions from the China Academy of Cyberspace Studies, the CAC’s Data and Technical Support Center, research institutes and industry firms, to address new AI trends and governance challenges.
TREE NEWS update: US Senate Democratic Leader is demanding that the Trump administration provide a classified briefing on artificial intelligence to all senators. The request covers the full Senate, not just committee leaders. No date or administration response was given.
TREE NEWS update: Crypto wallet providers operating in the EU must file an early vulnerability report within 24 hours and a full notification within 72 hours of an exploit, under new cyber rules. Failure to comply exposes firms to administrative fines of as much as $17.3 million.
TREE NEWS update: Crypto wallet providers operating in the EU must file an early vulnerability report within 24 hours of an exploit and a full notification within 72 hours, under new cyber rules. Non-compliance exposes them to administrative fines of as much as $17.3 million.
TREE NEWS update: India has begun a pilot to tokenize its $620 billion corporate bond market, with SEBI and the RBI issuing corporate bonds as digital tokens settled in the wholesale digital rupee. Three companies have already raised about $107 million through the “Demat 2.0” program.
TREE NEWS update: India’s SEBI and the RBI have launched a “Demat 2.0” pilot that issues corporate bonds as digital tokens and settles them using the wholesale digital rupee. Three companies have already raised about $107 million through the program, which targets the country’s $620 billion corporate bond market.
TREE NEWS update: China’s National Healthcare Security Administration published a list of pharmaceutical companies rated “especially severely dishonest” or “severely dishonest” in its price and procurement credit evaluation, compiled by its pharmaceutical price and bidding guidance center as of July 1, 2026. Ratings have followed the 2025 discretionary benchmark since the third quarter of 2025, while firms rated under the 2020 version remain listed until their original rating is cleared.
TREE NEWS update: China’s Cyberspace Administration registered 124 new generative AI services between July and August, including seven that provide on-device generative AI services on mobile phones, bringing the cumulative total to 1,112 filings as of August 31. An additional 133 generative AI applications or functions that call already-registered model capabilities via API or other means completed local registration, for a cumulative 731.
TREE NEWS reports: Revolut handed over customer passports and full bitcoin transaction histories to a third party using a real government email domain, in what was a fraudulent request. The data included identity documents and complete bitcoin transaction records. The incident was disclosed in a report on the breach.
TREE NEWS reports: A third party using a real government email domain obtained identity documents and full bitcoin transaction records from Revolut after the fintech complied with a fraudulent government request. Customer passports and complete bitcoin transaction histories were handed over, the report said. The incident highlights data-security risks at crypto-friendly financial platforms handling sensitive customer information.