Payments
Institutional

U.S. Senate passes housing bill that carries four-year ban on a Fed CBDC

The idea of a U.S. central bank digital currency — though little more than a research topic at the Federal…
Jun 22, 2026
Infrastructure

MoneyGram joins Solana as validator amid stablecoin payment push

The remittances firm has become a validator on the Solana blockchain, helping process and secure transactions as it expands its…
Jun 22, 2026
Institutional

Bank of England eases stablecoin rules, introduces 40B pound issuance cap

The Bank of England published draft rules for systemic stablecoins, easing reserve requirements and replacing holding limits with a temporary…
Jun 22, 2026
Payments

Kraken Fed account fight could shape how crypto firms get direct payment access

ICBA is pressing the Kansas City Fed to reassess the limited account before its first-year term expires. The post Kraken…
Jun 22, 2026
Payments

Turkish lira stablecoins show why Europe’s regulated euro tokens may struggle

Zodia Markets, the crypto subsidiary majority-owned by Standard Chartered, processed $3.4 billion in transactions involving Turkish lira stablecoins in 2025,…
Jun 21, 2026
Markets

Ethereum's biggest 'sandwich' bot drained of $7.5 million in ironic exploit

Blockaid said an attacker tricked Jaredfromsubway.eth into approving fake trading routes, then used those approvals to drain WETH, USDC and…
Jun 21, 2026
AI

AWS Plugs Coinbase's x402 Into CloudFront, Letting Publishers Charge AI Agents in USDC

AWS turned on AI traffic monetization inside AWS WAF on Monday, letting any site behind Amazon CloudFront charge AI agents…
Jun 19, 2026
Infrastructure

GoMining challenges Jack Dorsey's Square with payments system designed around bitcoin

GoMining unveiled a software development kit and programmable access for its bitcoin payment protocol GoBTC Pay, allowing merchants to accept…
Jun 19, 2026
DeFi

Europe’s MiCA July deadline puts Binance access and USDT liquidity on the line

Europe’s crypto rulebook is squeezing much of the industry before it has even fully taken effect, with Binance and Tether…
Jun 19, 2026
Payments

Global $2.75B payments deal shows stablecoins moving into the rails they were meant to bypass

The $2.75 billion acquisition points to token settlement moving inside regulated payment networks before it replaces them. The post Global…
Jun 18, 2026