Infrastructure
Infrastructure

Visa backs Open USD with new stablecoin platform as Circle faces fresh competition

Visa launched a stablecoin platform that lets banks and fintechs issue, manage and settle digital dollars through its payments network.…
Jul 16, 2026
Industry News

Visa Unveils Stablecoin Platform for Banks and Fintech Companies

The Visa Stablecoin Platform will let financial institutions integrate stablecoin payments and treasury operations into Visa’s existing network. Read the…
Jul 16, 2026
DeFi

ARK pushes back against a16z’s ‘TradFi wants blockchain, not DeFi’ claim

ARK Invest’s director of research disputed a16z crypto’s thesis that traditional finance will adopt permissioned blockchain infrastructure instead of decentralized…
Jul 16, 2026
AI

Autonomous AI agent economy faces infrastructure gaps: Visa, Artemis

Visa and Artemis found that infrastructure bottlenecks are preventing broader commercial adoption of the autonomous AI agent economy. Read Full…
Jul 16, 2026
DeFi

Aave Deploys Its V4 Lending Protocol on Avalanche

The rollout is the first time Aave’s new Hub and Spoke architecture has run on a chain other than Ethereum,…
Jul 16, 2026
Infrastructure

What Is BIP-110 and Why Is It Dividing the Bitcoin Community?

A proposal to restrict non-financial data on Bitcoin has split prominent developers, miners, and industry leaders ahead of a key…
Jul 15, 2026
DeFi

How Morgan Stanley plans to bring crypto custody, staking and lending support in-house

Preliminary OCC approval outlines a bank that could consolidate key crypto functions, while outside venues and infrastructure remain essential. The…
Jul 15, 2026
Infrastructure

Base Creator Jesse Pollak Steps Back From App Leadership After Admitting Social Bet 'Was Wrong'

Pollak said he is handing the Base App back to Coinbase to focus on building Base into “the blockchain for…
Jul 15, 2026
DeFi

Ostium pauses trading as security firms report multimillion-dollar oracle exploit

Ostium halted trading and advised revoking contract approvals after blockchain security firms reported an apparent oracle-related exploit of its OLP…
Jul 15, 2026
Infrastructure

DTCC moves tokenized securities into live trading, marking a milestone for Wall Street's blockchain push

DTCC’s first live production trades using tokenized securities show how blockchain could reshape the infrastructure behind Wall Street. Read Full…
Jul 15, 2026