Payments
AI

AI agents can pay for your shopping. Who gets your money back?

Amazon’s Bedrock AgentCore Payments, built with Coinbase and Stripe, lets AI agents discover paid services, authenticate, and pay with stablecoins…
Oct 9, 2026
Institutional

Blumenthal Asks Cantor Fitzgerald for Records on Its Tether Stake and Custody Role

The Senate subcommittee’s ranking member sent Cantor Chairman Brandon Lutnick 13 requests about the firm’s Tether ties, with responses due…
Oct 9, 2026
DeFi

XRPL’s $1.34 billion stablecoin base doesn’t tell us how much XRP users need

Fees and reserves require XRP, while larger demand depends on routing choices and the balances held in liquidity or credit…
Oct 9, 2026
Infrastructure

Cantor Fitzgerald faces Senate Democrat’s questions over Tether ties

The letter follows a report by the Democratic investigators last month alleging Tether’s USDT has become a key tool for…
Oct 9, 2026
Payments

China’s P2P stablecoin wallets surge 43x, Korea’s $450B crypto economy: Asia Express

Despite ongoing bans, China has seen a big surge in peer-to-peer stablecoin use. New figures show South Korea’s $450B crypto…
Oct 8, 2026
Payments

Top Democrat among Senate investigators probes ties between Cantor Fitzgerald, Tether

As Democrats steadily rise in their potential to take back a Senate majority, Senator Richard Blumenthal is digging into Tether’s…
Oct 8, 2026
Payments

Polkadot Launches USDT-Backed dotUSD Under OpenGov

The stablecoin has about 2.77 million tokens in total supply, while DOT-backed borrowing is planned for a later phase. Read…
Oct 8, 2026
DeFi

NUVA brings U.S. residential mortgage credit to offshore investors

The company’s HOME token gives eligible investors exposure to a vault of U.S. home equity lines of credit starting from…
Oct 8, 2026
Infrastructure

Samsung Wallet Brings USDC Transfers to 82 Million US Galaxy Devices in Late October

Samsung says eligible users will be able to send USDC to crypto wallets and to bank accounts in more than…
Oct 8, 2026
Infrastructure

Samsung Wallet Taps Solana for USDC Transfers on 82M US Galaxy Devices

Users can send USDC across borders from late October, three months after Samsung teased stablecoin support without naming a blockchain.…
Oct 8, 2026