Payments
Payments

Crypto Stocks Rip Higher as Strategy Jumps 12%, Coinbase Climbs 9%

Strategy, Coinbase, Circle, and BitMine are riding Bitcoin’s short squeeze toward $70K—and two of them may be squeezing equity bears…
Aug 19, 2026
Payments

How Maple Finance Became the #2 Crypto Lender Behind Tether — Sid Powell Explains

Sid Powell, CEO and co-founder of Maple Finance, joins Chris Storaker on the Converge Podcast Read Full Story at Thedefiant.io…
Aug 19, 2026
Payments

Coinbase, Circle and Bullish jump as Clarity Act proponents express optimism about bill

COIN and BLSH rose about 8% and CRCL gained nearly 10% ahead of a key procedural vote scheduled for Sept.…
Aug 19, 2026
Payments

HSBC, Standard Chartered execute first live banking transaction on Swift’s 24/7 ledger

The cross-border transaction is Swift’s first in a pilot project as it tests settlement in its push to remain relevant…
Aug 19, 2026
Institutional

Ripple just scored two major institutional wins but XRP traders are bracing for a bigger move

On Aug. 18, Ripple deepened its push into traditional finance, securing a South Korean banking deal as its prime brokerage…
Aug 19, 2026
Payments

HIVE’s $84.7 million Swedish tax provision eclipsed revenue even as Bitcoin output hit a record

The non-cash liability equals about 41% of cash, while HIVE’s filings leave the payment timetable unresolved. The post HIVE’s $84.7…
Aug 18, 2026
Institutional

Treasury’s New Stablecoin Rule Could Force US Exchanges to Delist Tether

Reading Treasury’s newly proposed GENIUS Act rules on Bits + Bips, Austin Campbell said Coinbase’s US platform “might have to…
Aug 18, 2026
Payments

Visa Seeks New Stablecoin Settlement Partner After Mastercard Buys Payments Firm BVNK

Visa is looking at settlement and over-the-counter partners holding crypto exchange licenses in four countries, CoinDesk reports, weeks after Mastercard…
Aug 18, 2026
Infrastructure

Wyoming joins $15 billion LayerZero exodus with state stablecoin move

This is the first time a U.S. government entity has publicly replaced its blockchain infrastructure specifically on security grounds. Read…
Aug 18, 2026
Payments

KuCoin’s new perp rule can turn one funding-rate extreme into 36 hours of hourly settlements

USDT and USDC contracts move from the next period, while returning to four-hour settlement requires 36 stable hours. The post…
Aug 18, 2026