Payments
Markets

Cross-Border FX Startup OpenFX Raises $94 Million, Hits $45 Billion in Annual Volume

OpenFX, the cross-border payments startup using stablecoins as a settlement layer, raised $94 million in a Series A led by…
Mar 31, 2026
Payments

Square Begins Automatic Bitcoin Payment Rollout to Millions of U.S. Merchants

Bitcoin Magazine Square Begins Automatic Bitcoin Payment Rollout to Millions of U.S. Merchants Square began automatically enabling bitcoin payments for…
Mar 30, 2026
AI

Ripple pushes a more private blockchain to banks and adds AI code checks as fears grow it could leave XRP price behind

Ripple is trying to reshape the institutional case for the XRP Ledger (XRPL) around two issues that have long limited…
Mar 30, 2026
DeFi

Three Reasons Why Circle’s Stock Is Under Pressure

A yield ban, a rival’s audit, and an unresolved legislative clock have left Circle’s stock in limbo for the past…
Mar 30, 2026
Markets

Stablecoin payments go 'invisible' in Southeast Asia as crypto card business surges

StraitsX, a Singapore-based company, has seen rapid growth in its stablecoin card program, with a 40x surge in transaction volume…
Mar 29, 2026
DeFi

No one is 100% happy with the stablecoin yield agreement: State of Crypto

The crypto and banking industries saw Senators Alsobrooks and Tillis’ agreement-in-principle for stablecoin yield. Read Full Story at Coindesk.com →
Mar 29, 2026
Payments

Future US governments could crack down on crypto without clear rules: Coin Center

The CLARITY Act stalled in the Senate after banks, crypto firms, and lawmakers failed to reach an agreement on key…
Mar 29, 2026
DeFi

Lummis says CLARITY Act will deliver 'strongest' developer protections

Crypto lawyer Jake Chervinsky said legislation covering crypto developer protections has been overshadowed by the intense focus on stablecoin yield…
Mar 28, 2026
AI

Stablecoins will be crypto’s ‘ChatGPT moment’ for businesses: Ripple

Ripple’s Brad Garlinghouse noted that stablecoin trading volume soared to over $33 trillion in 2025, while Bloomberg predicted that stablecoin…
Mar 28, 2026
Infrastructure

Why Mastercard paid double for stablecoin infrastructure it could have built

The credit card giant’s pricey payment to buy stablecoin platform, BVNK, says more than any strategy deck or earnings call…
Mar 27, 2026