Coinbase Global Inc. is launching a platform designed to make stablecoins a go-to payment method for online transactions, a potentially big leap forward in the mainstream adoption of cryptocurrencies meant to track the US dollar.

Coinbase Global Inc. has inked a deal to have the world’s second-biggest stablecoin, USDC, used as collateral in US futures trading. The cryptocurrency exchange is also expanding its payment offerings, including integrating USDC on ecommerce merchant sites.

A tiny investment bank where Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump work as advisers helped an obscure toymaker pivot into crypto this week, sending its shares up more than 500%. The run-up generated more than $120 million in gains on a stock bet the same bank helped arrange last month.

US accountants and lawyers are mounting a furious lobbying effort on Capitol Hill to head off a tax rise targeted at professional services firms, which is buried in Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill.”

Billionaire Michael Novogratz said that the passage of landmark stablecoin legislation will bring more traditional financial institutions into the cryptocurrency market.

The passage of stablecoin legislation in the US Senate marks a huge leap forward for the potential mainstreaming of cryptocurrencies that track the US dollar one-to-one.

Family members of people killed in two fatal crashes of Boeing Co.’s 737 Max jets urged a federal judge to reject a proposed deal the company reached with US prosecutors that would allow the planemaker to avoid a criminal charge.

A Zurich Insurance Group AG unit sued several Texas energy companies seeking a ruling it has no duty to pay their costs in underlying litigation alleging their oil waste disposal facilities caused contamination.

President Donald Trump’s administration urged the US Supreme Court to turn away a request for fast-track review of his sweeping tariffs, saying the justices should give lower courts more time to weigh in.

David and Natasha Sharpe, the husband-and-wife team found to have committed fraud at private lender Bridging Finance Inc., were fined and ordered by Canada’s top securities regulator to repay more than C$20 million ($14.6 million).

Kohlberg Ventures LLC’s victory over a challenge from the founder of Akademos Inc. to the education technology company’s buyout appeared safe Wednesday at the Delaware Supreme Court.

A jury must decide whether law firm Stark & Stark PC fired its accounts payable manager because of her disabling shoulder condition, a New jersey federal judge ruled.

Virginia Union University has resolved a proposed class action filed by two former students alleging it negligently failed to protect the personal information of nearly 1,800 students that was exposed in a February 2023 data breach.

Four California food banks were hit with a proposed federal class action alleging they allowed Meta Platforms Inc.to collect the personal information of visitors to their websites, in violation of the California Invasion of Privacy Act.

Jenny Lambert rejoined Eversheds Sutherland as a partner in its corporate practice group in Atlanta, the firm announced Wednesday.

Papa John’s International Inc.'s win in a proposed federal class action alleging it tracked user interactions with its website in violation of the California Invasion of Privacy Act was affirmed by a federal appeals court.

The state of Texas lost its bid for a temporary restraining order to halt the proposed sale of 23andMe’s genetic data bank, failing to convince a judge that the transaction would cause irreparable, immediate harm.

Music-festival promoter Insomniac Holdings LLC must face a proposed class action alleging it disclosed consumers’ video-viewing histories to Meta Platforms Inc. and TikTok Inc. without consent in violation of the Video Privacy Protection Act.

Texas’ nine-month-old business court system handed down its first final judgment in a case this week, resolving a dispute it took on in the fall and signaling that the nascent court could prove an efficient alternative to others.

The US Environmental Protection Agency must revisit its decision declining to revise the water pollution limits for industrials, the Ninth Circuit said Wednesday.

A federal appeals court suspended the reinstatement of Susan Grundmann, the former Democratic chair of the Federal Labor Relations Authority who was fired by President Donald Trump.

President Donald Trump’s administration urged the US Supreme Court to turn away a request for fast-track review of his sweeping tariffs, saying the justices should give lower courts more time to weigh in.

The US Supreme Court decision upholding Tennessee’s ban on gender affirming care for transgender minors is not a total loss, LGBTQ+ advocates said.

Investors and other parties to a derivative suit on behalf of Google parent Alphabet Inc. must answer questions about a proposed settlement consisting of regulatory compliance reforms valued at $500 million, a federal judge said Wednesday.