Payments
Institutional

Bank of England to Test Whether Stablecoins and a Digital Pound Can Settle the Same Trade

A group including Polygon Labs will test an exporter paid in stablecoins and a UK importer settling in digital pounds,…
Aug 13, 2026
Payments

Circle’s cirBTC Is Live on Ethereum but Has Only 40 BTC Outstanding

Circle National Trust custodies the backing, while published Bitcoin addresses and Chainlink Proof of Reserve provide onchain visibility; Arc support…
Aug 12, 2026
Institutional

Russia picks Bitcoin, Ethereum and USDT for public trading as retail faces $58,000 cap

The Bank of Russia’s proposed gate caps non-qualified residents at ₽300,000 per broker while qualified investors retain broader access. The…
Aug 12, 2026
Infrastructure

Barça Mobile Plans Stellar Wallet With Wirex and Crossmint

Wirex will provide payment and card infrastructure, Crossmint will handle wallet onboarding, and Stellar will supply the blockchain layer for…
Aug 12, 2026
Markets

Russia moves to restrict retail crypto trading to bitcoin, ether and USDT

Non-qualified investors face a 300,000-ruble (approx. $3,600) annual purchase limit per intermediary, while qualified investors have no cap. Read Full…
Aug 12, 2026
Institutional

Bank of England to test stablecoin, digital currency use in cross-border finance

The BOE-led Digital Pound Lab will test trade-finance interoperability, in which exporters receive stablecoins while importers settle in a potential…
Aug 12, 2026
Payments

Stablecoin Card Issuer Rain Buys Merchant Wallet Startup Ansa

Ansa builds branded prepaid wallets that hold dollar balances for merchants, with no stablecoin leg. Founder Sophia Goldberg joins Rain…
Aug 11, 2026
Payments

BTCPay offers $190,000 bounty after bitcoin payment servers drained in exploit

The project said it will pay 10% of recovered funds, up to 3 BTC, after attackers stole LND credentials and…
Aug 11, 2026
DeFi

Payments platform Decta explores stablecoin-enabled treasury settlement

Decta will use USDC through OpenPayd’s infrastructure for international treasury settlement, seeking faster transfers and more efficient liquidity management. Read…
Aug 11, 2026
Payments

BTCPay Server Offers a 3 Bitcoin Bounty for Recovery of Stolen Funds After Wallet Exploit

Bitcoin Magazine BTCPay Server Offers a 3 Bitcoin Bounty for Recovery of Stolen Funds After Wallet Exploit The open-source payment…
Aug 10, 2026