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A UK business owner is calling out what he describes as daylight robbery after his monthly bill for Harvest invoicing software jumped from one hundred thirty dollars to over two thousand one hundred dollars — a fifteen hundred percent increase. Richard Haldenby's story is a sharp reminder of how dependent small businesses have become on subscription software, and how little protection they have when vendors reprice aggressively.
Staying with money, but moving to crypto — Elon Musk's X is in active conversations about using stablecoins to pay influencers and content creators on the platform. The move would fit neatly into X's broader ambitions around payments, though the talks are still ongoing and no deal has been announced. Stablecoins are increasingly becoming the payment rail of choice for platforms looking to move money quickly and globally.
That stablecoin momentum has a regulatory dimension too. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency says it is racing to finalize rules under the GENIUS Act before a January statutory deadline — having already missed an earlier July target. Comptroller Jonathan Gould made the remarks at the Wyoming Blockchain Symposium, signaling that Washington is trying to catch up with an industry that has not waited for permission.
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