Payments
AI

Alchemy's AI-driven identity and payment service gains access to Visa network

The AgentCard integration with Visa Intelligent Commerce allows AI agents built on models from any provider, including OpenAI or Anthropic,…
Jun 18, 2026
DeFi

Solana’s $1B USDC mint collides with DeFi app shutdown as users face unfinished Drift recovery

Users face a September exit deadline while fresh Solana minting signals show liquidity moving faster than recovery systems. The post…
Jun 18, 2026
DeFi

Zama, Morpho and Steakhouse Open First Confidential USDC Yield Vault on Ethereum

Zama, Morpho and Steakhouse open the first DeFi yield vault for Confidential USDC on June 23, routing encrypted cUSDC into…
Jun 17, 2026
Institutional

Fidelity joins Wall Street's race to manage stablecoin reserves

Following State Street, Fidelity is targeting reserve assets that underpin the expanding stablecoin market. Read Full Story at Coindesk.com →
Jun 17, 2026
Infrastructure

CoinFund, Coinbase Back Stablecoin Payments Startup Trace Finance in $32 Million Raise

Stablecoin infrastructure firm Trace Finance said Wednesday that it raised a $32 million Series A round to help expand its…
Jun 17, 2026
Institutional

Congress Strikes Housing-Bill Deal That Bans Fed CBDC Through 2030

Congressional negotiators folded a statutory ban on a Federal Reserve central bank digital currency into the bipartisan 21st Century ROAD…
Jun 17, 2026
Payments

China pays closer attention to stablecoins as cross-border role expands

A senior PBOC official called for closer monitoring, stronger regulation and international coordination as stablecoins gain importance in global payments.…
Jun 17, 2026
AI

Coinbase Enters the Tokenized Stock Race With 1:1-Backed Onchain Shares as Part of a Sweeping ‘Everything Exchange’ Push

Coinbase unveiled tokenized US stocks backed one-for-one with automatic dividends, alongside options trading, pre-IPO and thematic perpetual futures, an SEC-registered…
Jun 17, 2026
Payments

House, Senate Strike Deal on Housing Bill With CBDC Ban Through 2030

A bicameral deal on the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act revives a provision barring the Fed from issuing a…
Jun 17, 2026
DeFi

Solstice’s Ryan Day on why sustainable DeFi yield depends on business fundamentals, not token incentives

Crypto yield has always carried a credibility problem. The same market that learned to demand proof after incentive-heavy protocols unwound…
Jun 16, 2026