Kraken’s parent company, Payward Inc., has agreed to acquire Reap Technologies for $600 million. The deal combines cash and Payward stock. The stock portion is priced at a company valuation of $20 billion, according to Payward co-CEO Arjun Sethi.
Amazon Web Services announced a preview version of Amazon Bedrock AgentCore payments on May 7. The feature allows AI agents built on the AgentCore platform to make payments for APIs, web content, MCP servers and other digital services during task execution.
As Wall Street banks accelerate their entry into crypto, Morgan Stanley has taken a decisive step to rival fintech disruptors: direct spot Bitcoin and cryptocurrency trading on its E*Trade retail brokerage platform.
The rise of agentic AI, software that acts and transacts without human input, is reshaping how developers think about payments infrastructure. Pay.sh, launched on May 5, 2026, is one response to that shift.
As the ECB prepares to launch its tokenized settlement infrastructure in Q3 2026 and the MiCA transitional period approaches its July 1 deadline, Swiss fintech Taurus didn’t wait for the cut-off point and has obtained a MiFID II investment firm license almost two months ahead, becoming the first pure infrastructure provider to do so this […]
Binance announced a new security feature called Withdraw Protection. The feature blocks all on-chain crypto withdrawals for a set period. The so-called lockdown window avaiulable to users may vary from 1 to 7 days. The default is 48 hours.
Founded in 2022, Fun has been operating in stealth. The company develops payments infrastructure for digital platforms, supporting deposits, withdrawals, and settlement flows for prediction markets like Polymarket and crypto firms.
The pioneer cryptocurrency Bitcoin (BTC) reached a daily high of $80,320, up 2% in 24 hours, on Monday. Here’s what’s triggering the crypto growth to levels unseen since January.
Meta has started paying a select group of creators in USDC, a stablecoin issued by Circle. The payouts are available on the Solana and Polygon blockchain networks.
Dutch neobank bunq and Blockrise have started a partnership to offer Bitcoin-related services with bank accounts.
Visa pilot stablecoin setllement program is now going to feature nine different blockchains, expanding the network choice for issuers and acquirers.
Ripple stablecoin RLUSD is now live on OKX for spot trading across more than 280 trading pairs, including XRP/RLUSD, and can be used as margin collateral for derivatives such as perpetual futures in select markets.
El uso de criptomonedas como medio de pago entre freelancers en Argentina sigue creciendo en 2026, especialmente en trabajos para el exterior. Sin embargo, la Administración Federal de Ingresos Públicos (AFIP) ha endurecido los criterios de control y fiscalización. Aqui es cómo hacerlo correctamente para evitar sanciones.
Listing of tGBP (licensed British pound-backed stablecoin) on Coinbase provides its 100 million users with access to the $30 million market cap asset, which can be key to serving UK customers once local crypto regulation is finalized.
Gig economy requires modern flexible payment methods, something that DoorDash aims to provide with a new stablecoins infrastructure.
From neobanks scaling crypto adoption to asset managers tokenizing billions and platforms doubling down on self-custody, digital finance is rapidly moving from experimentation to infrastructure. This week’s developments show how institutions like bunq, Legal & General Asset Management, and eToro are embedding digital assets deeper into mainstream finance, even as market volatility and emerging risks, […]
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