Payments
Payments

Tether's Former CIO Heathcote Plans to Sell Equity Stake

Richard Heathcote, who until earlier this year served as Tether Holdings SA’s chief investment officer, is planning to sell a…
Jul 7, 2026
DeFi

Ethereum is losing ownership of crypto payments as Base moves $565B in stablecoins

Visa’s adjusted June data shows L2s competing for the dollar flows that could define crypto payments. The post Ethereum is…
Jul 7, 2026
DeFi

USDT wins payments, USDC wins DeFi as stablecoins diverge: Dune

Dune data shows Tether’s USDT has become crypto’s dominant payments stablecoin while Circle’s USDC powers DeFi, highlighting how blockchain choice…
Jul 7, 2026
Infrastructure

Tether invests in Mercado Bitcoin as blockchain finance expands in Latin America

Mercado Bitcoin will use the funding to expand tokenized finance across Latin America, adding to Tether’s growing portfolio of infrastructure…
Jul 7, 2026
Payments

USDT Returns to Bitcoin: RGB and UTEXO Enable Private Lightning Settlements

Bitcoin Magazine USDT Returns to Bitcoin: RGB and UTEXO Enable Private Lightning Settlements After years of development, UTEXO—backed by Tether—rolls…
Jul 6, 2026
Institutional

Circle’s USDC is leaving Tether behind in the stablecoin volume race, new data from Visa shows

As Wall Street banks adopt digital currencies for faster settlements, overall trading volume spiked 63% in just a single month.…
Jul 6, 2026
Payments

Samsung and Dunamu Say They Never Agreed to Join Open Standard’s OUSD Stablecoin Consortium

Samsung, Dunamu, and other South Korean firms say they were named as OUSD founding partners without ever signing on, raising…
Jul 6, 2026
Payments

XRPL stablecoins surge to $900M, but the breakout trend is not RLUSD

Stablecoin supply on the XRP Ledger has climbed to nearly $890 million, up 20.56% over the past 30 days. Ripple’s…
Jul 6, 2026
Payments

XRPL stablecoins surge to $900M, but the breakout trend is not RLUSD

Stablecoin supply on the XRP Ledger has climbed to nearly $890 million, up 20.56% over the past 30 days. Ripple’s…
Jul 6, 2026
Payments

Funds are buying crypto stocks. Are they exposed to less risk — or more?

Cathie Wood’s ARK Invest bought roughly $77 million of crypto stocks in June, adding $44 million of Coinbase (COIN), $25.25…
Jul 5, 2026