Visa is moving deeper into the race to power AI-led commerce, rolling out a new infrastructure layer that allows autonomous agents to handle payments on behalf of users. The company on Wednesday introduced Intelligent Commerce Connect, a network and protocol…

Some officials cautiously eyed a year-end rate cut, but others warned that upward adjustments might be needed if inflation remains above target levels.

The AI company now faces conflicting rulings in its fight over how Claude can be used by the US military.

The political news from the Pentagon on April 2 shocked military officials: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth fired Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George — the Army’s most senior officer — while the 82nd Airborne Division was actively deploying to…

TLDR: Fed held rates at 3.50–3.75%, cutting expected 2026 reductions from four down to one. Oil surging to $115 per barrel during the Iran conflict pushed short-term inflation further from the 2% target. A ceasefire sent oil below $95 within hours, raising hopes that the one remaining rate cut could arrive sooner. Kevin Warsh, known [...] The post Fed Rate Cuts Shrink to One as Iran War Rattles Oil Markets and Inflation Outlook appeared first on Blockonomi.

Poke brings AI agents to everyday users via text message by handling tasks and automations without complex setup, apps, or technical know-how.

TLDR: Foreign panda bond issuance tripled year on year in March 2026, reaching 27.8 billion yuan in one month alone. China’s 10-year bond yield of 1.82% makes yuan borrowing roughly 60% cheaper than equivalent U.S. dollar debt. The U.S. dollar’s share of global reserves dropped to 56.32% in 2025, its lowest recorded level since 1995. [...] The post Panda Bonds Surge as Global Borrowers Ditch Dollar Debt for Cheaper Yuan Financing in 2026 appeared first on Blockonomi.

Bored Ape Yacht Club maker Yuga Labs and the defendants Ripps and business partner Jeremy Cahen have agreed to settle.

A newly proposed agentic settlement standard would hold fees in escrow and bring underwriters into AI agent transactions.

Iran aims to control the Strait of Hormuz chokepoint for the foreseeable future with or without a ceasefire, experts said.

Israeli strikes in Lebanon were at issue, according to the speaker of Iran’s parliament. Trump ripped into “Fraudsters, Charlatans, and WORSE.”

AWS has an ingrained culture of handling coopetition, he explained, because the cloud giant also competes with its partners.

Meta's first model from its Superintelligence team is natively multimodal, built for health reasoning, and genuinely competitive—but it doesn't top every leaderboard.

Anthropic’s Claude Mythos is powerful, but Its own safety report reveals a deeper crisis that's gone largely unnoticed.

Meta has unveiled Muse Spark, its first AI model from the new Meta Superintelligence Labs unit, positioning it as a step toward “personal superintelligence” that can reason, use tools and orchestrate multiple agents on behalf of users. Announced on April…