The Blockchain Association urged U.S. lawmakers to overhaul digital asset tax rules, calling for exemptions for small transactions and for stablecoins to be treated as cash for tax purposes. It also sought taxation of mining and staking rewards when they are sold, and limits on broker reporting duties to intermediaries that custody or control customer assets. The group did not endorse specific legislation and said it would continue discussions as bills move forward.

Industry figures called for developing AI data centres as \"AI factories\" that produce computing resources, citing job creation and regional balanced development. At a forum hosted by the Korea Telecommunications Operators Association in Seoul, an SK Telecom executive urged attracting big tech AI computing demand and building domestic production hubs, while calling for deregulation and tax credits. Speakers also outlined planned sub-regulations for a special AI data centre law, including power-capacity criteria, streamlined permits and special zones outside the capital region.