Infrastructure
Infrastructure

Cash App Goes Live With Fee-Free USDC Transfers, Framing Stablecoins as a Path to Bitcoin

Block’s payments app, home to 59 million monthly active users, now supports sending and receiving USDC across four blockchain networks…
May 27, 2026
AI

Hut 8 AI landlord data center strategy turns Bitcoin collateral into bridge capital

The miner’s $16.8 billion lease base shows how power and BTC-backed debt are financing a move beyond mining. The post…
May 27, 2026
Infrastructure

Cash App Now Supports Stablecoins, Despite Bitcoin Maxi Jack Dorsey's 'Gatekeeper' Gripes

Cash App has begun supporting stablecoin transactions on networks including Ethereum and Solana, pushing past its Bitcoin-based roots. Read Full…
May 27, 2026
Infrastructure

Aztec Labs Acquires ZKPassport to Integrate Privacy-Preserving Identity Verification

Aztec Labs has acquired Obsidion, the team behind ZKPassport, a zero-knowledge identity verification protocol that proves age and nationality without…
May 27, 2026
Infrastructure

Mastercard secures New York BitLicense for crypto operations

The payments giant can now legally conduct digital asset business activity in New York as it deepens its focus on…
May 27, 2026
Infrastructure

SoFi Launches SoFiUSD Stablecoin Across Ethereum and Solana

SoFi is making its SoFiUSD token available to members, marking a milestone in the convergence of regulated banking and blockchain.…
May 27, 2026
Infrastructure

BIS project finds tokenization could make cross-border payments faster, safer

Project Agorá, backed by major central banks, will now move toward “real-value” testing to settle tokenized central bank money and…
May 27, 2026
Infrastructure

Crypto IPOs could create massive $1 trillion market amid tokenization wave, Jefferies says

The Wall Street investment bank expects a wave of crypto and blockchain public listings over the next two years as…
May 27, 2026
Infrastructure

Ethereum’s privacy push faces a 12-month deadline as markets reward privacy-first assets

Ethereum developers are racing to bring native privacy to the world’s largest smart contract blockchain as investors warn that delays…
May 27, 2026
AI

Tiny x402 payments expose the approval gap holding AI agents back

Agentic payment protocol x402 volume collapsed roughly 77% from its November 2025 peak of $5.15 million to $1.19 million by…
May 27, 2026