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September 1, 2025, 3:10 PM

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WLFI, Trump's World Liberty Financial token, begins trading at ~$0.30, implying a ~$7.5B market cap; ~24.67% of its 100B supply was in circulation at the open  —  - The native token of World Liberty Financial, a DeFi project backed by Donald Trump and his family, began spot trading on exchanges.
Drew Harwell / Washington Post:
Analysis: porn sites ignoring the UK's age verification law have seen a burst of traffic from UK users, while sites complying saw declines from UK IP addresses  —  The age-verification laws rapidly expanding across the United States and United Kingdom are bringing with them some surprising downsides …
Aditya Kalra / Reuters:
Source: Indian fantasy sports startup Mobile Premier League plans to lay off ~60% of its local workforce, after the Indian government banned online paid games  —  Indian online gaming app Mobile Premier League (MPL) will sack about 60% of its local workforce as part of a major downsizing …

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