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Major Blockchain Joins Global Dollar Network, Adding USDG to $4B Stablecoin Ecosystem
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Major Blockchain Joins Global Dollar Network, Adding USDG to $4B Stablecoin Ecosystem

Arbitrum holds roughly $4 billion in stablecoins. Until now, the network has not shared in the economics of that money. But a new partnership with the stablecoin network behind USDG changes that.

BlackRock: AI Agents Could Lift Demand for Blockchain Infrastructure
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BlackRock: AI Agents Could Lift Demand for Blockchain Infrastructure

BlackRock’s Digital Assets Research team has published a whitepaper arguing that agentic AI may become a structural source of demand for blockchains and other programmable payment infrastructure.

Fipto Lets Businesses Put Idle Stablecoin Balances to Work
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Fipto Lets Businesses Put Idle Stablecoin Balances to Work

Fipto is adding a new layer to its stablecoin treasury offering that could make idle payment balances more useful for businesses. The company is partnering with investment firm Spiko to let corporate treasurers invest unused EUR, EURC and USDC balances without first moving the money to a separate bank or asset manager.

Visa Reports Stablecoin Card Payments Grow 200% a Year
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Visa Reports Stablecoin Card Payments Grow 200% a Year

Visa says payments on stablecoin-linked cards have nearly tripled in a span of one year. A growing share of that activity now comes from business users.

How to Read a Cryptocurrency White Paper
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How to Read a Cryptocurrency White Paper

One of the main criteria for the viability of a white paper is its ability to answer four questions

The Technology Powering Modern Crypto Exchanges
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The Technology Powering Modern Crypto Exchanges

From the viewpoint of the user, a contemporary cryptocurrency exchange may seem rather straightforward. A trader chooses the necessary coin, specifies the amount and places the order. In reality, a large number of technical systems must work simultaneously in the background to process transactions, update prices, manage liquidity, and protect user accounts.

People Want Exposure, Not Infrastructure: Vanessa Grellet on Tokenization, Cash On-Chain and Next Wave of Institutional Capital
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People Want Exposure, Not Infrastructure: Vanessa Grellet on Tokenization, Cash On-Chain and Next Wave of Institutional Capital

When Bitcoin gained about 23% in a single week in late August, the biggest weekly move in more than three years, the driver wasn’t a protocol upgrade or a token narrative. It was a Treasury bond buyback, falling long-term yields and a short squeeze. Vanessa Grellet, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Arche Capital, explains why […]

Bitget CEO Urges THORChain to Block Funds Linked to $387M Hack
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Bitget CEO Urges THORChain to Block Funds Linked to $387M Hack

Bitget CEO Gracy Chen has called on THORChain to stop processing transactions involving wallets linked to the exchange’s $387.5 million security breach, arguing that decentralization should not prevent protocols from taking action against publicly identified stolen funds.

Morph Joins Mastercard Crypto Partner Program to Expand Stablecoin Payments
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Morph Joins Mastercard Crypto Partner Program to Expand Stablecoin Payments

L2 blockchain network Morph has joined the Mastercard Crypto Partner Program. The blockchain company looks to simplify stablecoin payments for Web3 businesses, agencies and creators working with clients across borders.

Bitcoin After CLARITY Act Setback: HashKey’s Tim Sun on Price, Regulation & $400K Target
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Bitcoin After CLARITY Act Setback: HashKey’s Tim Sun on Price, Regulation & $400K Target

Bitcoin fell to $75,000 after the U.S. Senate vote on the CLARITY Act failed. It then climbed back to the $80,000 to $85,000 range. The market absorbed the news quickly. However, longer-term BTC prospects are harder to assess for retail investors, so here’s expert opinion.

Aave Launches on OKX X Layer
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Aave Launches on OKX X Layer

OKX announced the launch of Aave, a decentralized lending protocol, on X Layer. Now its users can earn passive income on idle crypto assets. 

Why Cross-Border Payments Became Crypto’s Clearest Use Case
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Why Cross-Border Payments Became Crypto’s Clearest Use Case

Of all the uses proposed for crypto over the past decade, cross-border payments have proved the most durable. The reason is straightforward. Moving money between countries is still slow, opaque and expensive, and a technology that settles value directly, without a chain of intermediaries, speaks to that problem head on. As stablecoins mature and regulation […]

Safello Launches Crypto Checkout Pilot for Businesses
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Safello Launches Crypto Checkout Pilot for Businesses

Swedish crypto brokerage Safello launched a pilot version of its crypto checkout solution. It allows businesses to offer their end customers the ability to buy and transfer crypto-assets without leaving an existing customer flow.

How Speed is Replacing Card Payments with Lightning for 10,000+ Global Businesses
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How Speed is Replacing Card Payments with Lightning for 10,000+ Global Businesses

For payment ops teams and developers: how Lightning-powered settlement infrastructure is changing the economics of business payments.

Best OKX Alternatives for 2026
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Best OKX Alternatives for 2026

OKX is one of the most complete exchanges in crypto, pairing deep spot and derivatives markets with a self-custody Web3 wallet in a single account. But that all-in-one design does not suit everyone, and traders look elsewhere for plenty of reasons: OKX requires full identity verification upfront, it restricts derivatives in a number of regions, […]

The Next Billion Stablecoin Users May Not Be Human
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The Next Billion Stablecoin Users May Not Be Human

The race to win stablecoins is aimed at consumers. The customer that matters most is a machine. By Gracy Chen, CEO of Bitget

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