π’ Consumer-to-business stablecoin payments jumped 128% year-over-year to 284.6 million transactions in 2025, becoming the fastest-growing category in stablecoin payments.
π’ South Carolina Governor has signed S.163 into law, protecting Bitcoin self-custody rights, prohibiting discriminatory taxes on Bitcoin, and supporting proof-of-work mining in the state.
π’ The CFTC has filed a lawsuit against Minnesota after the state approved the first full ban on prediction markets in the US, which is scheduled to take effect on August 1.