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Institutional

Bank of England Chief Flags ‘Coming Wrestle' With US on Stablecoin Oversight

The BoE Governor warned U.S. dollar tokens could flood Britain in a crisis, given the gap in redemption guarantees under…
May 11, 2026
DeFi

Banking groups escalate fight over stablecoin yield ahead of Senate vote

The American Bankers Association amplified warnings the Senate’s Clarity Act could push deposit flight into stablecoins unless lawmakers tighten yield…
May 11, 2026
Institutional

Corpay taps BVNK to bring stablecoin wallets to corporate payments

Corpay will use stablecoin rails in its treasury operations to improve capital efficiency, reduce reliance on pre-funded accounts, and move…
May 11, 2026
AI

Augustus gets conditional OCC approval for AI and stablecoin bank

Peter Thiel-backed Augustus has won conditional OCC approval for a US bank charter focused on AI-driven payments and stablecoin settlement…
May 11, 2026
Institutional

BlackRock Files for Two New Tokenized Money-Market Funds Targeting Stablecoin Capital

BlackRock filed two SEC applications to expand its onchain lineup, including a new stablecoin reserve vehicle and a tokenized share…
May 11, 2026
DeFi

Senate Banking Committee Sets May 14 CLARITY Act Markup as Bank Lobby Mounts Last-Ditch Push

The Senate Banking Committee will mark up the CLARITY Act Thursday after the largest U.S. banking trade groups formally rejected…
May 11, 2026
AI

Tether launches decentralized local AI using Isaac Asimov’s Psychohistory straight out of Foundation

Tether’s second reserve asset is intelligence Tether’s new QVAC project begins with an unusual phrase for a stablecoin company. The…
May 11, 2026
Infrastructure

Agentic commerce will run on crypto rails, PayPal and Google reps tell Consensus Miami

Senior figures from PayPal and Google Cloud said open payment protocols, machine-readable merchant catalogs and multi-party crypto custody are needed…
May 10, 2026
Infrastructure

JPMorgan, Mastercard and Ripple complete cross-border XRP tokenized Treasury settlement

Ondo Finance said Ripple has redeemed OUSG on XRP Ledger and received a USD payout in Singapore through Mastercard and…
May 10, 2026
Institutional

Bank of Canada to bring stablecoin rules in 2027 with US Clarity Act on the brink of stalling

Bank of Canada stablecoin regulations could arrive in mid or late 2027, pushing the detailed rulebook later into the same…
May 9, 2026