Friday, March 28, 2025

An appeals court agrees with India's antitrust regulator that Google's app store billing policy was unfair and restrictive but cuts the fine from $110M to $25M (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg:
An appeals court agrees with India's antitrust regulator that Google's app store billing policy was unfair and restrictive but cuts the fine from $110M to $25M  —  An appeals court Friday agreed with India's antitrust regulator that Google's app store billing policy was unfair and restrictive for developers …



The UK's Financial Conduct Authority says it intends to begin authorizing new crypto firms in 2026 after it designs a more stringent regulatory regime (Camomile Shumba/CoinDesk)

Camomile Shumba / CoinDesk:
The UK's Financial Conduct Authority says it intends to begin authorizing new crypto firms in 2026 after it designs a more stringent regulatory regime  —  The FCA's intention is to create new rules for a more stringent regulatory regime, its director of payments said.  —  What to know:



Court documents: India criticizes Elon Musk's X for wrongly labeling an official website, used to notify tech firms of harmful content, as a "censorship portal" (Reuters)

Reuters:
Court documents: India criticizes Elon Musk's X for wrongly labeling an official website, used to notify tech firms of harmful content, as a “censorship portal”  —  India has criticised Elon Musk's X for wrongly labelling as a “censorship portal” an official website …



Russian cryptocurrency payment network A7 expands to Africa, as Moscow builds an alternative payments system amid western sanctions after its Ukraine invasion (Financial Times)

Financial Times : Russian cryptocurrency payment network A7 expands to Africa, as Moscow builds an alternative payments system amid weste...