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Payments

Banks, corporates in Europe ‘actively selecting partners’ for stablecoin push

Stablecoin adoption in Europe is shifting from strategy to execution, with demand increasingly driven by real-world needs. Read Full Story…
Infrastructure

Visa Direct Integration Lets OwlTing Users Fund USDC Straight From a Debit Card

The integration marks the latest expansion of Visa’s stablecoin infrastructure, which now spans settlement, card spending, and direct on-ramp capabilities.…
DeFi

HSBC and Standard Chartered Win Hong Kong's Inaugural Stablecoin Licenses

The HKMA selected two issuers from a pool of 36 applicants under the Stablecoins Ordinance, which took effect in August…
Payments

Japan Moves to Classify Bitcoin and Crypto as Financial Instruments Under New Bill

Bitcoin Magazine Japan Moves to Classify Bitcoin and Crypto as Financial Instruments Under New Bill Japan plans to reclassify cryptocurrencies…
DeFi

Polygon, Frax and Curve Launch Onchain Forex Liquidity Pools

Curve’s FXSwap pools use frxUSD as the base dollar pairing for cross-currency swaps spanning the Brazilian real, Indonesian rupiah, British…
Payments

Chainalysis claims stablecoin volumes could reach $1.5 quadrillion by 2035

Two macro catalysts — wealth transfer and payment rail disruption — could push stablecoin usage far beyond baseline growth forecasts,…
Institutional

Treasury Outlines How Stablecoin Rules Will Fight Illicit Finance Under GENIUS Act

The proposed rule prohibits people with criminal backgrounds from serving as the head of stablecoin issuers’ compliance programs. Read Full…
AI

Visa Rolls Out AI Agent Shopping Infrastructure Globally

Visa’s Intelligent Commerce platform lets AI agents shop, compare, and transact on behalf of consumers, and the company says the…
Infrastructure

Circle Launches Stablecoin Settlement Solution for TradFi Institutions

Circle Payments Network (CPN) Managed Payments let financial institutions operate in fiat, while using crypto rails behind the scenes via…
Institutional

U.S. Treasury to propose demands that stablecoin firms be set to police bad transactions

The U.S. is pitching new rules for stablecoin issuers to treat them like every other financial firm that must maintain…