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Spark, Uniswap, and Sky Launch $150M Liquidity Migration to Build Shared Stablecoin FX Layer

Spark, Uniswap, and Sky are launching shared stablecoin liquidity infrastructure, beginning with a $150 million USDS migration to Uniswap v4…
Institutional

Chainlink’s latest stablecoin push targets the capital stuck in bank FX settlement

The framework targets T+0 payment-versus-payment settlement while keeping banks on familiar Swift and ISO 20022 workflows. The post Chainlink’s latest…
Infrastructure

Circle, Nomura eye Japan corporate FX with stablecoin settlement: Report

Circle and Nomura are reportedly partnering to enable stablecoin-based foreign exchange settlement for Japanese companies as the country’s regulated blockchain-based…
Payments

Trump Refuses to Sign Housing Bill With CBDC Ban, Demanding Passage of Voter ID Legislation

Trump canceled a signing ceremony for a bipartisan bill that would have barred the Fed from issuing a digital dollar,…
Payments

Daya Raises $2.4M to Build Stablecoin Payment Stack for African Businesses

Daya, a stablecoin-native payments startup focused on African businesses, has raised $2.4 million in pre-seed funding, the company told Unchained…
Payments

Farage Says He Can Spend Tether Billionaire’s $6.7M Gift ‘On Ferraris’ if He Wants

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage called the gift from Christopher Harborne a “private matter” amid a standards investigation. Read Full…
Infrastructure

OpenPayd secures MiCA license as stablecoin adoption grows in Europe

OpenPayd, which provides infrastructure to companies including Kraken crypto exchange, can now offer regulated crypto services across Europe under MiCA.…
Institutional

Congress Passes Fed CBDC Ban Through 2030, Sends Bill to Trump

Both chambers of Congress have passed the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, which prohibits the Federal Reserve from issuing…
Infrastructure

Chainlink joins European and Korean bank consortia to develop FX settlement network

Banks across Europe and South Korea will study whether regulated euro and won stablecoins can enable real-time cross-border foreign exchange…
Institutional

SoFi's Bank-Issued Stablecoin Hits $150M as Bullish Becomes First CEX to List It

SoFiUSD, the first stablecoin issued by a US national bank, crossed $150 million in circulating supply on Tuesday as Bullish…