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Customers enter a Taco Bell restaurant on July 14, 2026 in La Cañada Flintridge, California. Mario Tama | Getty Images The cyclosporiasis outbreak linked to lettuce at some Taco Bell locations may not have a significant long-term impact on the chain and other restaurant companies, according to analysts. The outbreak has currently affected more than…

Bitcoin Japan, a subsidiary of Asia’s answer to Strategy, Metaplanet, has announced it entered into a financing agreement to start buying the leading cryptocurrency for its treasury.  The Tokyo-based, publicly-listed company said Thursday that it had approved a convertible bond deal with EVO Fund to raise 9.66 billion yen ($59.5 million). The deal will see…

North Carolina has signed into law new consumer protections for virtual currency kiosks, including fraud warnings, transaction limits, fee caps and refund rights for scam victims. The Virtual Currency Kiosk Consumer Protection Act requires operators to display clear fraud warnings and imposes a $2,000 daily transaction limit on new customers, according to the law. Fees…

The collaboration is designed to enable near-instant value transfers between markets at significantly lower cost while maintaining the same user experience for customers on the LemFi app. LemFi  has partnered with BVNK , an enterprise-grade stablecoin payments infrastructure company, to modernize its cross-border payment infrastructure by moving settlement onto regulated stablecoin rails. The collaboration is designed…

The European Union has sanctioned HTX, widening a Russia crackdown that has already affected counterparties beyond the exchange. The bloc placed Huobi Global S.A., the entity behind HTX, under a transaction ban in its 21st sanctions package adopted July 23. From Aug. 23, EU operators will be prohibited from transacting with the exchange, though the…