Tether Freezes $131M USDT Linked to Iran's Central Bank
Tether has frozen $131 million in USDT held in cryptocurrency wallets that U.S. authorities linked to Iran's central bank, after the Treasury Department added four addresses to its sanctions
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Ondo Finance partners with SBI Holdings to tokenize Japanese equities
Ondo Finance has partnered with Japan’s SBI Group to bring Japanese equities onto the blockchain and settle trades using SBI’s yen-backed stablecoin, in a deal aimed at giving SBI’s customers
Who Is Jordan Fish, Alias Cobie? The Echo Founder Now Leading Coinbase’s Base App
Who Is Jordan Fish, Alias Cobie? The Echo Founder Now Leading Coinbase's Base App — Source: CoinGape Jesse Pollak has handed leadership of the Base App to Jordan Fish, better known as Cobie,
MiCA Closes the Transition Chapter and Reality Catches Up with the Text
On July 1, 2026, the transition period under the MiCA regulation officially closed: any crypto platform serving European clients must now hold a proper CASP license, or stop operating. On pap
Polygon Labs Cuts Staff Again as Coinme Deal Nears Completion
Polygon Labs has cut staff for the second time this year as the company enters the final stage of its Coinme acquisition and reorganizes around blockchain-based payments. CEO Marc Boiron tied
MoneyGram Stellar Partnership Expands With Tier 1 Validator
MoneyGram became a Tier 1 validator on the Stellar network. Figure Markets and Range also joined Stellar validator operations. New validators strengthen decentralization, security, and blockc
Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse Explains Why XRP Beats Bitcoin for Payments
Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse says the problem with today’s payment apps isn’t complicated. They just weren’t built to talk to each other. Speaking at an event, Garlinghouse compared modern pa
MoneyGram joins Stellar as Tier 1 validator, expanding blockchain partnership
Payments company MoneyGram revealed that it has joined the Stellar network as a Tier 1 validator, marking a significant expansion in its ongoing collaboration with the blockchain-focused orga
Visa Stablecoin Platform Puts Banks Inside Its Perimeter
Visa launched the Visa Stablecoin Platform (VSP) on July 16, 2026, currently in beta with select institutional clients. VSP channels Open USD, the new consortium-backed stablecoin, through Vi
Selar’s founder says LIRS wants a 5% royalty tax on sales the company never classified as royalties
Douglas Kendyson, founder and chief executive of Selar, used a public thread on X to accuse the Lagos State Internal Revenue Service of pursuing his company for a backdated 5% tax on its sale
“The future of African payments will not be one rail. It will be a bridge”– Ivorypay’s Oluwatobi Ajayi says
Oluwatobi Ajayi built Ivorypay, a stablecoin payment infrastructure provider, on the conviction that Africa’s payment challenge is not simply the lack of another consumer-facing app but the a
Ripple Warns Rejecting CLARITY Act Would Prolong Crypto Uncertainty
Ripple is stepping up its lobbying push ahead of an expected Senate floor vote on the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, with two senior executives warning lawmakers that rejecting the bill wo