Payments
Institutional

XRP sinks below $1 for first time since 2024 as Korean bank adopts Ripple Payments

Jeonbuk Bank will use Ripple’s 24/7 cross-border payment service for business remittances, but it is unknown whether the flows will…
Aug 18, 2026
Institutional

South Korea’s Jeonbuk Bank taps Ripple for cross-border payments

Ripple is bringing its cross-border payments platform to Jeonbuk Bank, but key details including its launch status and settlement asset…
Aug 18, 2026
Industry News

XRP slips below $1 even as a Korean regional bank adopts Ripple Payments

Jeonbuk Bank will use Ripple’s 24/7 cross-border payment service for business remittances, but it is unknown whether the flows will…
Aug 18, 2026
Infrastructure

Deel Takes Its DLUSD Stablecoin Wallet to More Than 80 Countries

The payroll platform’s dollar balance, issued through Stripe’s Bridge and settled on Tempo, is now live across Latin America, Africa,…
Aug 17, 2026
Institutional

US Treasury moves forward with rules on GENIUS Act after July deadline

The stablecoin bill signed into law last year is scheduled to go into effect in January 2027, potentially without finalized…
Aug 17, 2026
AI

Stripe’s Reported $7 Billion OpenRouter Deal Buys Micropayments Without a Blockchain

OpenRouter meters AI usage against prepaid deposits and charges 5% on crypto top-ups against 5.5% on card purchases made through…
Aug 17, 2026
Institutional

U.S. Treasury Department proposes GENIUS Act stablecoin rule

The Treasury proposal would establish some of the core definitions and jurisdictions in the law Congress completed last year. Read…
Aug 17, 2026
Institutional

OCC Grants Preliminary Conditional Approval to World Liberty Trust Company, Clearing a Path to Take Over USD1 Issuance

The OCC’s conditional approval would let a Trump-linked trust bank take over issuance of the $4 billion USD1 stablecoin from…
Aug 17, 2026
Industry News

Indonesia extends credit card network in challenge to Visa and Mastercard

Indonesia extends credit card network in challenge to Visa and Mastercard Read the full story at Nikkei Asia →
Aug 17, 2026
DeFi

The stablecoin yield clash that won't go away has banks, crypto battling over tradition

The bankers want people kept in lower-yield deposits for the good of the financial system as it’s existed for generations,…
Aug 16, 2026