Payments
Payments

HSBC Names Hong Kong Stablecoin 'RedCoin' Ahead of Retail Rollout

The Hong Kong dollar token is planned for the second half of 2026, with initial distribution limited to PayMe and…
Sep 30, 2026
Payments

Aztec Revives Its Private Payments Wallet, Capping Every Transfer Below $2,500

The relaunched zk.money hides balances and recipients for stablecoin payments, and it goes live before a fix for a critical…
Sep 29, 2026
Institutional

El Salvador Launches a $2 Remittance App That Settles in Stablecoins

Sivar, built by Coinbase-backed Modveon under a five-year deal with El Salvador’s Bitcoin Fund Management Agency, settles transfers from the…
Sep 29, 2026
Infrastructure

Ethereum Gets Another Privacy Boost as Aztec Brings Back zk.money

Aztec Labs relaunched its self-custodial zk.money wallet on Aztec Network, letting users make private stablecoin payments using readable tags. Read…
Sep 29, 2026
Payments

Fed guarantees 2-day stablecoin payouts, but $76B remains blocked

A July 28 venue snapshot shows why an exchange customer’s exit is separate from the Fed’s proposed two-business-day issuer redemption…
Sep 29, 2026
Payments

Tether claims $550 million in Iran freezes, but $35 million slipped past Senate

Tether says it helped freeze nearly $550 million in Iran-linked USDT during 2026, while Democratic investigators on a Senate subcommittee…
Sep 29, 2026
Infrastructure

Coinbase powers Citi’s new stablecoin rails, and corporate banking faces a major shift

Coinbase Virtual Accounts also gain automatic fiat conversion through Citi infrastructure, while customer usage remains undisclosed. The post Coinbase powers…
Sep 29, 2026
Infrastructure

Tether says it helped freeze $550M in Iran-linked USDT this year

The disclosure came as Senate Democratic investigators alleged USDT had become a key part of Iran’s shadow banking network. Read…
Sep 29, 2026
Markets

South Korean Regulator Considers Legalizing Crypto Market Making, Tighter Exchange Oversight

A senior Financial Services Commission official said the agency will review allowing crypto market making and cited a yen stablecoin’s…
Sep 28, 2026
Institutional

Citi Clients Can Now Take Stablecoin Payments Through Coinbase—Without Touching Crypto

Coinbase and Citi expanded an existing deal so Citi’s institutional clients can accept stablecoin payments, while Coinbase business accounts run…
Sep 28, 2026