Square launches AI voice ordering and an integrated Bitcoin solution for merchants

Square, Block’s merchant payments platform, has launched new features for merchants, including AI-powered voice ordering for restaurants, enhancements to its AI assistants — such as providing local insights — and an integrated Bitcoin solution to accept and hold the digital currency. The company now lets restaurants and cafes using Square leverage AI to handle incoming…

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France is in crisis but bond markets leave other governments at risk of meltdown too | Economics

Sébastien Lecornu’s abrupt resignation as the French prime minister on Monday after less than a month in the role marked the latest clash between France’s stretched public finances and its polarised politics. Lecornu was the latest prime minister to try and fail to cobble together a package of spending cuts and tax rises that would…

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Morgan Stanley Recommends a 4% ‘Opportunistic’ Crypto Portfolio Allocation

U.S. banking titan Morgan Stanley’s Global Investment Committee (GIC) recommends an allocation of up to 4% of portfolios to cryptocurrency, according to an Oct. 1 note. The 4% allocation is at the top end of GIC’s recommendations, pertaining to investors seeking “opportunistic growth,” according to the note, shared on X by Bitwise CEO Hunter Horsley…

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