Major UK banks completed what Reuters described as the world's first interbank transactions using tokenised commercial-bank deposits, moving the technology from isolated pilots toward interoperable bank-to-bank settlement.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Washington and Beijing agreed to extend the Busan agreement until January 10 after talks with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng ahead of the Trump-Xi summit.
The FAA said a troubled telecommunications circuit was shifted to a backup fiber line before that backup was accidentally cut, exposing a critical redundancy weakness that contributed to widespread East Coast flight disruption.