Market-maker Jump Trading is working with tokenization firm Securitize Inc. in a push to move stock trading onto blockchain-based systems within existing regulatory framework.

Bullish agreed to buy Equiniti from Siris Capital in a $4.2 billion deal, as the crypto exchange seeks to expand in blockchain-based capital markets infrastructure.

Meta Platforms Inc. is working on a financing package for a data center in El Paso, Texas, that could total roughly $13 billion, underscoring Big Tech’s growing reliance on debt to bankroll the infrastructure behind the AI boom.

The race to sell retail investors a piece of the AI boom has gone mainstream — closed-end funds, interval funds, special-purpose vehicles. Now, crypto platforms are offering trades tied to the most valuable private AI companies on earth — ones ordinary investors have almost no other way to access.

Since President Nicolás Maduro was captured by US forces and ousted from office on Jan. 3, Venezuela has entered a fast-changing and uncertain phase shaped heavily by Washington. Relations between the US and Venezuela have shifted from isolation to direct engagement: The Trump administration has restored diplomatic ties and is working with interim President Delcy Rodríguez. But that relationship is highly conditional. The US is using sanctions relief, access to global finance and control over oil revenues as leverage to steer policy and shape what comes next.

When Christine Lagarde addressed a central bank conference late last year, her frustration was clear. Europe had been debating a digital euro for years, but it was still nowhere close to being done.

Washington state’s new income tax on high earners won’t be put to voters, after the state high court ruled that it falls under an exception to the constitutional right to subject legislation to a popular referendum.

The European Union has tools that it can turn to if Donald Trump makes excessive threats to strategic industries such as steel, French Trade Minister Nicolas Forissier said.

EU countries endorsed a bill that would force member states to share value-added tax data with the bloc’s anti-fraud agencies to help them clamp down fraud that costs it up to €33 billion annually.

Hong Kong’s economy expanded at its fastest pace in almost five years despite a global energy crisis unleashed by the war in Iran, thanks to an insatiable global demand for artificial intelligence along with an uptick in both consumption and investment.

If companies won’t pay their workers a living wage, the government will try to do it for them. I laid out this argument in a 2019 column and have since watched with dismay as ever more counterproductive policies are proposed — and some adopted — around the country to address affordability. These range from millionaire taxes and rent control to government-run grocery stores and credit card interest rate caps.

An Arkansas state health worker fired for Facebook posts regarding the assassination of conservative political activist Charlie Kirk can move forward with some claims in her suit alleging that her termination constituted retaliation for protected speech, a federal judge said.

Virginia is setting wage garnishment limits for liens issued by localities, under a bill effective July 1.

The US Department of Labor will make a “final decision” on how to proceed with its regulation governing overtime pay by the end of June, the government told a district court judge.

Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court April 30 moved to resolve a lengthy dispute over the restoration of its 20% employer social tax for some industries in favor of restoring the tax.

Workers in New York and Connecticut can’t pursue group wage claims against Bimbo Bakeries USA Inc. as part of a Vermont-based lawsuit, the Second Circuit held in a decision that widened a lopsided split.

Virginia is taking steps to expand overtime pay coverage to more domestic workers, under a bill currently scheduled to take effect July 1, 2028.

Early signs of a recovery in Florida’s housing market should start to quiet the chatter surrounding the state’s real-estate and migration slump of the past few years. But Florida is unlikely to return to the model of rapid population growth and construction that have helped it boom.

Pro-crypto policy isn’t just about friendlier tax rules and less regulation. Without good data governance, compliance databases can become criminal target lists. To make the US the world’s crypto capital, the Trump administration and Congress must ensure stronger privacy protections, Andrew Leahey says.

As tax policy discussions continue to evolve, advisers of high-net-wealth individuals and families should focus on building plans that can hold up under change, which means prioritizing flexibility and coordination across teams, say Wilmington Trust’s Karin Christenson and Lisa Ligas.

Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison is accelerating its Houston build with the hire of two partners from Kirkland & Ellis and Latham & Watkins.

AI is changing the practice of tax law. This series examines the ethical, legal, and practical implications of AI across key areas of tax practice.

The sharp rise in gasoline prices caused by the Iran war has led to bipartisan calls, and in some cases action, to reduce US gas taxes. At least three Republican-run states have declared gas-tax holidays, and three Democratic US senators have introduced legislation to suspend the federal gas tax until October. Several European countries have reduced fuel taxes as well.