U.S. turns Bitcoin buyer for the first time since 2022
For most of the past few years, Bitcoin has been slowly leaving the U.S. Retail traders shipped coins to offshore exchanges, and a sizeable portion of the world’s crypto trading happened outs
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Can USDC Win Over The Developing World? Circle Is About To Find Out
Circle plans to take its USD Coin(USDC) stablecoin into about 40 emerging and developing countries, CEO Jeremy Allaire said Friday, arguing blockchain adoption is going mainstream. Key Points
Visa Launches USDC Stablecoin Funding for Cross-Border Payments With Inyo Global
In Brief: Visa has launched commercial USDC prefunding through Inyo Global, allowing eligible businesses to fund international payouts beyond traditional banking hours. Visa’s transition from
USDC Stablecoin Payouts Launch on Visa for 180+ Countries, Open 24/7
Visa has moved USDC stablecoin payouts out of testing and into live use; the launch came on October 15, 2026. It lets businesses use USDC to fund cross-border payouts through Visa Direct. Her
10 Clauses to Find in a Crypto Casino's Terms Before Your First Deposit
Casino terms and conditions often stretch past 15,000 words, yet a handful of clauses decide most of what can go wrong with a deposit. Finding them takes about ten minutes with a search box.
The CFTC changed its mind on Gemini. The judge did not.
Two parties to a federal settlement asked to undo it after the regulator reassessed its own case. The judge refused. Gemini has already paid $5 million, but the more consequential dispute was
How Often Do Major Exchanges Actually Publish Proof of Reserves?
Reporting frequency for proof of reserves varies more than the marketing suggests: some exchanges report monthly, some quarterly, and one of the largest platforms in this comparison doesn't r
What Do Crypto Holders Need to Know Before Buying Real Estate Internationally?
In 2014, an early Bitcoin investor set out to buy a house with crypto and ran into a wall: he had the coins and the conviction, but his brokers, Stephan Burke and Carol Cassis, could not find
Why Did Stellar and Ripple Split From the Same Roots?
Stellar and Ripple split because Jed McCaleb, a founding member of Ripple, left the company in 2013 over its for-profit direction and its control of the XRP Ledger, then co-founded Stellar in
How Did Japan Become One of the First Countries to Take Crypto Seriously?
Japan became one of the first countries to regulate crypto when it recognized Bitcoin as a legal payment method on April 1, 2017. The law brought exchanges under anti-money laundering (AML) a
Why Have Nonprofits And NGOs Gravitated Toward Stellar’s Network?
Nonprofits and NGOs use Stellar because it lets them send small cash payments to thousands of people quickly, cheaply, and with a full record of where the money went. Recipients do not need a
Sergey Nazarov: The Man Behind Chainlink
Sergey Nazarov is the co-founder of Chainlink, the decentralized oracle network that supplies outside data to blockchains. Born in 1986 in the Soviet Union, he moved to the United States with