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Crypto in Payments Gains Traction: Stablecoins and Bitcoin Power New Cross-Border Flows
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Crypto in Payments Gains Traction: Stablecoins and Bitcoin Power New Cross-Border Flows

The payments world is increasingly embracing crypto currencies, especially stablecoins and bitcoin, as key rails for real-world transactions. A new wave of partnerships and product rollouts is bringing digital-asset payouts and transfers into the mainstream, with major players like Mastercard, Cash App, and dLocal leveraging stablecoins to offer faster, more flexible, and more inclusive payment […]

SUNRATE and FXC Intelligence Highlight How AI and Stablecoins Are Reshaping B2B Payments
Blockchain & Crypto

SUNRATE and FXC Intelligence Highlight How AI and Stablecoins Are Reshaping B2B Payments

At the Singapore FinTech Festival 2025, SUNRATE, a global payment and treasury management platform, released a new white paper co-developed with FXC Intelligence, titled “AI and Stablecoins’ Transformation of the Global B2B Payments Experience.” The report explores how artificial intelligence (AI), stablecoins, and blockchain are accelerating the evolution of global business payments and treasury operations.

Block Enables 4 Million+ Merchants to Accept Bitcoin Payments
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Block Enables 4 Million+ Merchants to Accept Bitcoin Payments

For the first time, millions of Block merchants worldwide can turn Bitcoin from a niche digital asset for chosen traders into a mainstream payment option, signaling a potential shift in how consumers and businesses transact.

Cyber and Smart Contract Risks Top Concerns for Institutional Investors in Blockchain Lending
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Cyber and Smart Contract Risks Top Concerns for Institutional Investors in Blockchain Lending

Institutional investors and wealth managers are becoming increasingly concerned about the cyber and smart contract risks linked to blockchain-based lending, with the majority now considering insurance protection a key requirement, new research from Brava Finance shows.

Singapore Steps Into the Future of Investing as DBS and Franklin Templeton Debut Tokenised Retail Fund
Blockchain & Crypto

Singapore Steps Into the Future of Investing as DBS and Franklin Templeton Debut Tokenised Retail Fund

The new Franklin Onchain U.S. Dollar Short‑Term Money Market Fund allows investors in Singapore to participate with a minimum investment of just $20, enabled by fractional ownership on a blockchain-based platform.

Ripple Labs Secures $500 Million Funding Round, Valuing Company at $40 Billion
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Ripple Labs Secures $500 Million Funding Round, Valuing Company at $40 Billion

Ripple, with a fresh valuation of $40B, says the secured funds will support its expanding enterprise-focused product suite, including cross-border payments, stablecoins, custody services, prime brokerage, and corporate treasury solutions.

ClearBank Leverages Stablecoin Momentum to Modernise Cross-Border Payments
Blockchain & Crypto

ClearBank Leverages Stablecoin Momentum to Modernise Cross-Border Payments

By joining the Circle Payments Network (CPN), ClearBank will offer institutional and fintech clients access to Circle Mint for issuing and redeeming USDC and EURC stablecoin in Europe, enabling near-instant, transparent cross-border settlements.

Animoca Brands and Currenc Group Announce Proposed Reverse Merger to Create World’s First Publicly Listed Digital Assets Conglomerate
Blockchain & Crypto

Animoca Brands and Currenc Group Announce Proposed Reverse Merger to Create World’s First Publicly Listed Digital Assets Conglomerate

Deal would combine Animoca’s $1 trillion altcoin ecosystem with Currenc’s AI-driven fintech platform in a potential major Nasdaq listing, underscoring the growing convergence of crypto and artificial intelligence sectors.

Brazil and Hong Kong Complete Landmark Blockchain Trade Pilot Using Chainlink
Blockchain & Crypto

Brazil and Hong Kong Complete Landmark Blockchain Trade Pilot Using Chainlink

Cross-border test connects Brazil’s Drex and Hong Kong’s Ensemble CBDC blockchain networks, showcasing the future of automated, programmable trade finance.

GDF Sandbox Proves Tokenized Money Market Funds Are Legally and Technically Ready for Collateral Use in Europe and the UK
Blockchain & Crypto

GDF Sandbox Proves Tokenized Money Market Funds Are Legally and Technically Ready for Collateral Use in Europe and the UK

GDF sandbox becomes a turning point for the integration of digital assets into mainstream finance, as it proves the real-life utility of tokenized money market funds (TMMFs).

Why Payment Protocols Need an Upgrade
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Why Payment Protocols Need an Upgrade

As the technology develops in giant strides and new iPhone models are delivered each year, it sounds extremely strange that the backbone of omnipresent card payment systems is still the protocol that’s almost forty years old. Even with its last major revision in 2003, the upgraded version of ISO 8583 is a couple decades too […]

HSBC Blockchain Banking Brings Digital Treasury Evolution to Singapore
Blockchain & Crypto

HSBC Blockchain Banking Brings Digital Treasury Evolution to Singapore

HSBC launches its 24/7 Tokenised Deposit Service in Singapore, extending its blockchain-based banking platform beyond Hong Kong to enable instant cross-border settlements and modernise treasury management at scale.

Bitget Wallet Alpha Puts Market Intelligence in Users’ Hands with Real-Time Tracking of 10,000+ Smart-Money Wallets
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Bitget Wallet Alpha Puts Market Intelligence in Users’ Hands with Real-Time Tracking of 10,000+ Smart-Money Wallets

Bitget Wallet Alpha empowers users to monitor capital flows across major blockchains and execute well-informed trades directly through the wallet’s integrated decentralized exchange.

Thunes Partners With Ripple to Streamline Global Money Movement Over Blockchain Rails
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Thunes Partners With Ripple to Streamline Global Money Movement Over Blockchain Rails

Thunes Direct Global Network will leverage Ripple’s blockchain-powered payments solutions to make cross-border payments more accessible and efficient.

YC-Backed Munify Raises $3M to Build Cross-Border Neobank for Egyptians Abroad
Blockchain & Crypto

YC-Backed Munify Raises $3M to Build Cross-Border Neobank for Egyptians Abroad

Munify, a Y Combinator Summer 2025 startup founded by ex-Microsoft and Uber engineer Khalid Ashmawy, has raised $3 million in seed funding to make remittances faster and cheaper while giving residents in Egypt access to U.S. banking services.

XBD Group and Levl Expand Global Payment Access with High-Speed Settlement
Blockchain & Crypto

XBD Group and Levl Expand Global Payment Access with High-Speed Settlement

The collaboration between Levl and XBD Group is designed to improve global cross-border payments, making them faster, more affordable, and easily scalable.