Visa pilots $7 billion in SBC stablecoin for settlements
Visa and Brale have launched a proof-of-concept project to explore the use of the SBC, a US dollar-backed stablecoin, on the Canton Network. The pilot focuses on investigating how privacy-cen
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Visa and Brale Explore New Horizons in Institutional Payments
You can also read this news on BH NEWS: Visa and Brale Explore New Horizons in Institutional Payments Visa and Brale have embarked on a pioneering project to test the potential of a US dollar
Reform UK Leads Political Fundraising for Third Quarter, Driven by Crypto Donations
BitcoinWorld Reform UK Leads Political Fundraising for Third Quarter, Driven by Crypto Donations The UK’s Reform UK party raised £9.3 million in political funds during the first quarter of 20
Cosmos Labs acquires Mintscan, opens Seoul subsidiary to consolidate ecosystem infrastructure
Cosmos Labs has bought the Mintscan blockchain explorer and formed a new South Korean subsidiary to bring the four pillars of the Cosmos network under one operator. Following the acquisition,
Gold Advances as US-Iran Deal Hopes Improve Following Israel-Lebanon Ceasefire
BitcoinWorld Gold Advances as US-Iran Deal Hopes Improve Following Israel-Lebanon Ceasefire Gold prices edged higher in early trading on Tuesday, as investor sentiment improved following the
Visa shares jump 3.66 percent after $323.82 stablecoin pilot
Visa’s stock price surged by 3.66 percent to reach $323.82 following the announcement of a new stablecoin settlement pilot in partnership with Brale on the Canton Network. This move represent
Ripple RLUSD Goes Live on 40+ Blockchains via Wormhole
Ripple's RLUSD stablecoin is expanding to more than 40 blockchains through an integration with Wormhole, the cross-chain interoperability protocol, marking one of the broadest multi-chain rol
Premu Opens User-Created, Leveraged Prediction Markets Ahead of the 2026 World Cup
Stockholm, Sweden, June 4th, 2026, Chainwire Decentralized prediction market platform lets participants launch their own World Cup markets, trade with leverage of up to 2.5x, and earn fees on
ChangeNOW Wins Best Digital Assets Fintech at the BeInCrypto Institutional 100 Awards 2026
KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, June 4th, 2026, Chainwire ChangeNOW, a non-custodial crypto management platform extending beyond exchange services with a full suite of B2B solution
Kevin O’Leary Just Revealed Why ZKP Could Become the Best Crypto Coin While XRP Struggles and Cardano Stalls
When Kevin O’Leary spends an entire keynote discussing a blockchain project, investors should probably pay attention. Not because celebrity endorsements matter. They usually do not. But becau
Standard Chartered reaffirms $100K Bitcoin bet as bears see more pain
Bitcoin has fallen more than 15% this week and briefly slipped towards $61,000, yet Standard Chartered has kept its year-end price target at $100,000 and said the current decline may offer a
Chainlink Reserve Nears 4M LINK After Fresh Accumulation
Chainlink's strategic token reserve added 475,930 $LINK during May, worth more than $4.4 million at current prices. Total holdings now stand at 3.91 million LINK, putting the fund within reac