Stablecoins Turn Spendable: $50B in Card Payments Signal Next Crypto Adoption Wave
Stablecoin card spending is expected to grow 4x in the next few years. Main crypto adoption driver would be routine card payments.
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Bitcoin Hits $80,000 And Gold Is Rallying: Common Reason Revealed
Bitcoin’s price just broke an $80K threshold. But gold is climbing at the very same time, for the very same reason. Let’s take a closer look at both developments and how they’re connected.
Visa Tests 7-Day Stablecoin Settlement With Nium in Singapore
Stablecoin payment settlement is not a niche crypto conversation anymore: here’s what Visa is testing with Nium in Singapore.
SEC Regulation Crypto Assets 2026: New Token Rules Could Reshape US Crypto Issuance
SEC Regulation Crypto Assets could mark a turning point in how the US treats companies that raise money through digital tokens. The proposal is detailed, technical but still open to change, and its approach could have consequences well beyond American crypto markets. Here is what the new framework could mean for token issuers, fintech companies […]
Rain’s Hidden Stablecoin Network Moves Towards Agentic Commerce
Stablecoins — digital tokens pegged to the US dollar, are supposed to be the future of payments. It turns out, for one crypto infrastructure company, that future is already here, and most merchants have no idea it’s happening under their noses.
Major Banks Embrace Tokenised Deposits as Stablecoin Alternative
Tokenised deposits may sound like just another fintech buzzword. But this week’s cross-border settlement between two global banks suggests they’re anything but.
China’s Digital Yuan Bank Network Triples to 30 Institutions
China’s digital yuan e-CNY network expansion tripled in less than a year showing how quickly central-bank digital currencies (CBDCs) can scale.
SEC Proposes New Crypto Rules & FASB Moves to Clarify Digital Asset Accounting
American crypto regulation horizon starts clearing up. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has proposed a new framework for crypto assets. Meanwhile, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) is moving to clarify how some digital assets could be treated in financial statements.
What Is Bitcoin Today
In 2018, a decade since its launch, a single Bitcoin still cost less than a used car. Today it costs more than most houses did back then, and it’s still called volatile. So what is Bitcoin today, really: digital gold, a payment network, a speculative bet, or all three at once? The honest answer is […]
World Liberty Financial Wins OCC Conditional Bank Charter for $4B USD1 Stablecoin
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has given conditional approval to World Liberty Trust Co., clearing the way for the Trump family-linked crypto venture to operate as a national trust bank. The decision lets World Liberty Financial (WLF) bring management of its USD1 stablecoin in-house. For now, the company relies on third-party […]
Mastercard’s BVNK Deal Could Reshape Kuwait’s Stablecoin and Payments Landscape
Mastercard recent acquisition of stablecoin infrastructure company BVNK garnered plenty of attention in the cryptocurrency industry.
MiCA Regulatory Clarity Is Not Enough: AMINA Group Myles Harrison on EU Stablecoin Race
Europe is currently seen by many as a bright example of well-defined crypto regulation opening doors for banks and payment providers to move from stablecoin experimentation to operational adoption. Yet, despite undeniable MiCA implementation milestones and compliant euro stablecoins gaining ground, local industry players have a lot of obstacles to overcome to establish the crypto […]
Bank of England Pilots Digital Pound-Stablecoin Trade Payments: Which Fintech Providers Involved?
NOBO Finance, Dun & Bradstreet and Polygon Labs have been selected to take part in Phase 2 of the Bank of England’s Digital Pound Lab. The programme is a sandbox where the central bank and outside companies test, with no real money involved, whether a digital pound could work alongside other forms of digital money, […]
Coinbase Wins Abu Dhabi Approval to Sell Tokenized Stocks
Coinbase has received regulatory approval in Abu Dhabi to offer tokenized securities, a step that lets the crypto exchange bring traditional stocks onto the blockchain outside the United States.
Ravencoin Rollback Highlights Unexpected Blockchain Settlement Risk
P2P blockchain network Ravencoin is facing a serious test of transaction finality after a critical flaw affected its blockchain. Two mining pools controlling most of the network’s hashpower are rebuilding the chain from before the first invalid block, potentially putting around four days of transactions at risk of reversal.
CLARITY Act Vote Is Now Due September
The CLARITY Act, Washington’s biggest attempt yet to write clear rules for crypto markets, missed its shot at finalizing in a vote before the Senate’s August recess. Nevertheless, the initiative is still very much alive. U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune has opened the first procedural steps needed to bring the bill to a vote […]
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