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Coinbase Brings AI Agent Payments to Businesses
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Coinbase Brings AI Agent Payments to Businesses

Artificial intelligence is rapidly evolving from a shopping assistant into an economic participant. Coinbase has taken a significant step in that transition by enabling Coinbase Business users to accept payments directly from AI agents through the x402 protocol, one of the clearest commercial deployments yet of agentic payment infrastructure. 

HashKey Exchange Launches Unified Crypto Trading App Across Asia and Global Markets
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HashKey Exchange Launches Unified Crypto Trading App Across Asia and Global Markets

HashKey Holdings Limited, an Asian digital asset group, has launched a new flagship crypto trading application that unifies its previously separate HashKey Exchange and HashKey Global platforms into a single user portal.

GENIUS Act Stablecoin Rules Miss Deadline, Leaving Issuers Racing Against the Compliance Clock
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GENIUS Act Stablecoin Rules Miss Deadline, Leaving Issuers Racing Against the Compliance Clock

The initial significant deadline of the GENIUS Act in the USA has been crossed without the authorities issuing the full rulebook that the stablecoin industry anticipated. In spite of the fact that the law is taking effect much later than the July 18 deadline, the federal authorities have not released the bundle of regulations that […]

What Investors Need to Know Before the Fed Meeting: Bitcoin’s Cold Signal Meets Warsh’s First Test
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What Investors Need to Know Before the Fed Meeting: Bitcoin’s Cold Signal Meets Warsh’s First Test

Eight times a year, a room of Fed officials decides one number that quietly shapes what the world pays to borrow money — the federal funds rate. It’s the setting that eventually shows up in your mortgage quote, your credit card APR, and the price of just about every asset investors trade. The decision belongs […]

Bitcoin Today: CLARITY Act Momentum Meets $1B ETF Inflows and US-Iran Risk
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Bitcoin Today: CLARITY Act Momentum Meets $1B ETF Inflows and US-Iran Risk

Bitcoin investors are weighing two opposing signals this week. On one side, nearly $1 billion in net U.S. spot Bitcoin ETF inflows landed over roughly six trading sessions, and the CLARITY Act (the U.S. bill meant to define a regulatory structure for digital asset markets) has regained momentum in the Senate. On the other side, […]

ECB Warns Stablecoins Could Drain Bank Deposits, Reinforces Case for Digital Euro
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ECB Warns Stablecoins Could Drain Bank Deposits, Reinforces Case for Digital Euro

The European Central Bank (ECB) has renewed its warning that widespread stablecoin adoption could weaken Europe’s banking system by diverting deposits away from commercial banks, strengthening the central bank’s case for introducing a digital euro as a secure, publicly backed alternative for digital payments.

Bitcoin Today: Strategy’s BTC Sale and U.S. Strategic Reserve Legal Debate — What Investors Need to Know
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Bitcoin Today: Strategy’s BTC Sale and U.S. Strategic Reserve Legal Debate — What Investors Need to Know

Strategy’s (formerly MicroStrategy) latest Bitcoin sale and President Donald Trump’s Strategic Bitcoin Reserve plan have become two of the most closely watched developments in the cryptocurrency market. While Strategy’s first net-selling activity briefly pressured Bitcoin prices, investors are also assessing how the U.S. government’s Strategic Bitcoin Reserve could influence future Bitcoin supply, regulation and market […]

Visa Launches Institutional Stablecoin Platform as Regulatory Framework Remains Unfinished
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Visa Launches Institutional Stablecoin Platform as Regulatory Framework Remains Unfinished

Visa has unveiled a new institutional stablecoin platform, marking another step in the payment giant’s expansion beyond traditional card processing towards blockchain-based financial infrastructure. The new tool is not a consumer payment product. The initiative is designed to support institutional participants managing stablecoin operations at scale instead.

PayPal USD Launches Natively on Polygon, Joining $2.6 Trillion Stablecoin Network
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PayPal USD Launches Natively on Polygon, Joining $2.6 Trillion Stablecoin Network

PayPal USD (PYUSD) is now issued natively on Polygon through Paxos and made available via the Polygon Open Money Stack, the network’s payments infrastructure for moving money globally.

Cedar and Noah to Expand Compliant Stablecoin Payment Infrastructure for African Cross-Border Trade
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Cedar and Noah to Expand Compliant Stablecoin Payment Infrastructure for African Cross-Border Trade

Cedar Money and Noah have announced a strategic partnership aimed at improving cross-border payment infrastructure for businesses trading between Africa and international markets. The collaboration combines Cedar’s regulated compliance framework with Noah’s stablecoin-powered payment technology to help importers and exporters settle international invoices more efficiently while meeting global regulatory requirements.

Melanion Digital, Fipto Enable Direct Stablecoin Settlement For Fund Subscriptions
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Melanion Digital, Fipto Enable Direct Stablecoin Settlement For Fund Subscriptions

Melanion Digital has integrated Fipto’s payment infrastructure to support subscriptions in stablecoins for its Luxembourg-domiciled Sigma Market Neutral Fund.

FSMA Flags Six Unauthorized Crypto-Asset Providers Operating in Belgium
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FSMA Flags Six Unauthorized Crypto-Asset Providers Operating in Belgium

Belgium’s Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA) issued a warning on July 6, 2026, against six companies offering crypto-asset services in Belgium without the authorization required under EU law. The regulator advised the public not to accept offers from these firms and added them to its list of fraudulent crypto-asset service providers (CASPs).

Revolut Delists USDT for European Users as MiCA Rules Take Effect
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Revolut Delists USDT for European Users as MiCA Rules Take Effect

European crypto investors need to figure out how to rearrange their fintech portfolios as fintech giant Revolut begins removing support for Tether’s USDT. The decision came about as new regulations established by the European Union (EU) on cryptocurrency were introduced fully on July 1, 2026.

Bitcoin ETF Outflows May Ease in July as Macro Conditions Improve, Says Sygnum Strategist
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Bitcoin ETF Outflows May Ease in July as Macro Conditions Improve, Says Sygnum Strategist

After a turbulent June that saw U.S. spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) record their worst month on record, some market participants believe investor sentiment could begin to recover in July as macroeconomic conditions become more supportive and on-chain indicators strengthen.

At iFX Cyprus, Stablecoins Stopped Being a Future Trend
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At iFX Cyprus, Stablecoins Stopped Being a Future Trend

The conversation around stablecoins has changed. Not long ago, industry events were dominated by discussions about potential. Stablecoins promised faster settlement, lower costs, global accessibility, and a payments infrastructure that could operate around the clock. The technology was compelling, but adoption remained largely theoretical. At iFX Expo International 2026, that initial optimism was replaced by […]

Open USD Stablecoin Launches With 140 Fintech & Banking Partners Including Stripe And Visa
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Open USD Stablecoin Launches With 140 Fintech & Banking Partners Including Stripe And Visa

A coalition of more than 140 companies from different areas of financial services has agreed to back Open USD (OUSD), a new stablecoin announced on June 30, 2026, and governed by an independent entity called Open Standard. The joint initiative brings together banks, payments networks, crypto platforms and technology firms with the stated goal of […]

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