Stablecoins
Payments

Latin America’s Mercado Libre Pulls the Plug on Its Crypto Coin

Latin America’s e-commerce giant Mercado Libre quietly killed its Mercado Coin loyalty token—pivoting to its own stablecoin. Read Full Story…
AI

Base Doubles Down on Global Markets, Stablecoins, and AI Agents

Coinbase’s Layer 2 shifts focus to tokenizing every major asset class and scaling stablecoin payments. Read Full Story at Thedefiant.io…
Markets

CLARITY Act deadline in weeks could kill stablecoin earnings and push money into Bitcoin

Senate Banking is targeting the second half of April for a markup of the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, with…
Infrastructure

The stablecoin question is: Who gets paid?

Stablecoin infrastructure delivers velocity but issuers and exchanges capture the rent. Velocity beats market cap as digital dollars become invisible…
Infrastructure

OpenFX raises $94M to speed up cross-border payments with stablecoins

OpenFX raised $94 million in a Series A round to expand its stablecoin-based FX network, as firms explore faster cross-border…
Regulation

Senate Bill Would Create Federal Certification for U.S. Bitcoin Miners and Codify Trump’s Reserve

Sens. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) and Bill Cassidy (R-LA) introduced the Mined in America Act on Monday, legislation that would establish…
Regulation

Senators Reveal 'Mined in America' Bill to Boost Bitcoin Mining, Support Trump's Reserve

Sens. Bill Cassidy and Cynthia Lummis introduced legislation to support Bitcoin miners, arguing that the industry needs government help. Read…
Regulation

U.S. Senators Unveil ‘Mined in America Act’ to Reshore BTC Mining, Codify Bitcoin Strategic Reserve

Bitcoin Magazine U.S. Senators Unveil ‘Mined in America Act’ to Reshore BTC Mining, Codify Bitcoin Strategic Reserve Senators Bill Cassidy…
Markets

Bitcoin faces impending $45,000 sell-off catalyst as Powell, jobs report threaten fresh macro pressure

Bitcoin price is entering a pivotal week with several on-chain models pushing the market’s floor lower just as investors brace…
DeFi

Three Reasons Why Circle’s Stock Is Under Pressure

A yield ban, a rival’s audit, and an unresolved legislative clock have left Circle’s stock in limbo for the past…