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Stablecoin-backed cards let users spend dollar-pegged crypto at everyday merchants, and on October 16 the infrastructure behind them grew: Marqeta and Coinbase are expanding their partnership
Two weeks after the U.S. Treasury branded A7 a transnational criminal organization, three of Russia’s most senior officials have taken seats on the Russian payments firm’s board. Despite A7’s
Ledger is facing questions over its handling of earlier hardware-wallet tampering reports after security researchers disclosed warnings dating back to December 2025, months before an October
With a market capitalization of $82.5 billion, XRP is the fifth-largest cryptocurrency. On Oct. 15, popular crypto analyst Ali Martinez said he has identified key buy signals at the current p
Tokyo-based Pacific Meta (@PacificMeta) has signed a strategic partnership with @chainlink to bring tokenized finance tools to Japanese institutions. Pacific Meta has chosen Chainlink's Cross
Arbitrum (@arbitrum) $ARB has launched the Arbitrum Stablecoin Growth Program to boost adoption of Global Dollar ($USDG) across its ecosystem. The scheme offers token rewards and support to a
Sam Blackshear (@b1ackd0g), the creator of the Move programming language used for Sui smart contracts, now works on defensive security research at Anthropic (@AnthropicAI). He left @Mysten_La
BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF ($IBIT) gives investors exposure to Bitcoin ($BTC) without requiring them to manage private keys. That raises a common question: who actually owns the Bi
Michael Saylor-led Strategy could face removal from major global stock indexes after MSCI approved new rules for companies it considers non-operating. The index provider announced this week t
PwC and Stellar evaluated access and service quality for blockchain use cases in Argentina, the Philippines, Colombia, and Kenya. The study looks at savings, remittances, business payments an
Hyundai has reported that a pilot program built on the Avalanche blockchain cut cross-border payment transfer time by more than 96%, according to a post shared by the official Avalanche accou
Stablecoin remittances have shown a cost gap of roughly 84% against traditional transfers in a comparison attributed to Borderless.xyz, with a $200 payment costing $2 through stablecoin-funde
