Payments
DeFi

Fireblocks Opens Stablecoin Marketplace for Payments Firms, Says It Takes No Spread

The infrastructure firm’s new Liquidity Market lets payments companies collect quotes from several trading desks at once and settle directly…
Oct 15, 2026
Payments

Tether Payments Reportedly Traced to Bo Hines’ Firm Through a Marketing Middleman

Tether’s payments reportedly began in May 2025 while Hines led the White House stablecoin effort, with the first one going…
Oct 15, 2026
DeFi

HashKey Chain Admin Moves 142,818 USDT With Temporary Contract Swap

The original deposit code was restored about six minutes later, but a three-of-five multisig retains immediate upgrade powers. Read Full…
Oct 15, 2026
Payments

BVNK Launches Global Money Platform Linking Stablecoins to Mastercard Rails

Nuvei and Marqeta are among the first planned integrators; local-payout coverage is expected to expand in 2027. Read Full Story…
Oct 15, 2026
Payments

USDC splits global reserves as EBA enforces Nov 12 handover

The EBA's designation brings dual supervision of Circle's EU issuer, while its Oct. 1 response seeks more flexible reserve requirements.…
Oct 15, 2026
Institutional

Russia's Biggest Bank Sberbank Wins Approval to Trade Bitcoin

Sberbank now holds both custody and exchange status under Russia’s new crypto law, and plans to bring Bitcoin, Ethereum and…
Oct 14, 2026
Markets

EU authority classifies Circle’s USDC as ‘significant’ under MiCA

The second-largest stablecoin by market cap will be overseen by French and EU authorities under its classification as a “significant…
Oct 14, 2026
DeFi

Uniswap Launches ETH/USDC Pool With Separate Buy and Sell Fees

The VolatilePair Hook adds temporary charges on trades reversing large price moves, aiming to retain more arbitrage value for liquidity…
Oct 14, 2026
AI

Standard Chartered pushes $2T stablecoin forecast to 2030 as transaction volumes grow

The bank identified four distinct stablecoin markets, with USDC leading payments and AI transactions as competition intensifies over reserve yields.…
Oct 14, 2026
AI

Privy Wallets Are Coming to the XRP Ledger, Aimed at Stablecoin Payments and AI Agents

A partnership with Ripple aims to put XRPL wallets inside fintech apps and give AI agents a way to spend,…
Oct 14, 2026