Payments
Payments

Tether Stakeholder Gave Farage Undisclosed $6.7M Gift Amid Reform UK Crypto Funding Scrutiny

The personal gift to the Reform UK leader from billionaire Christopher Harborne comes amid scrutiny over crypto industry political funding.…
Apr 29, 2026
Payments

Lightspark Launches Grid Global Accounts, Targeting Fragmented Global Payment System

Bitcoin Magazine Lightspark Launches Grid Global Accounts, Targeting Fragmented Global Payment System David Marcus, CEO of Lightspark, used a Tuesday…
Apr 28, 2026
DeFi

CLARITY Act stablecoin fight shifts from yield to who captures digital-dollar economics

Washington is turning stablecoins into regulated payment instruments while trying to keep issuer-paid yield away from holders. That combination changesthe…
Apr 28, 2026
Infrastructure

Canaan, Tether deepen partnership on immersion-cooled mining systems

Canaan secures a new Tether order for modular mining hardware as the stablecoin issuer expands into integrated, data center-style Bitcoin…
Apr 28, 2026
Payments

Stablecoin Giant Tether Reveals Plans for Modular Bitcoin Mining Hardware

Leading stablecoin issuer Tether has teamed with Canaan and ACME Swisstech to develop customizable, upgradable Bitcoin mining rigs. Read Full…
Apr 28, 2026
Payments

BitMart x EAT Trade-to-Feed competition to pay out $4.4m USDT to traders in May 2026

The 30-day Trade-to-Feed competition marks BitMart’s 8th anniversary and the exchange’s strategic listing of EAT, the first cause coin. Read…
Apr 28, 2026
Infrastructure

Amboss Activates RailsX, Enabling Self-Custody Stablecoin Trading on Bitcoin Lightning

Bitcoin Magazine Amboss Activates RailsX, Enabling Self-Custody Stablecoin Trading on Bitcoin Lightning Amboss’ RailsX goes live with USDT-L and USDC-L,…
Apr 28, 2026
Markets

Cathie Wood’s Bitcoin bull thesis concedes stablecoins won the real-world payment fight

Cathie Wood built ARK Invest’s Bitcoin case on the idea that Bitcoin would become a global monetary layer that is…
Apr 28, 2026
Infrastructure

A digital shekel is here: Israel approves its first regulated stablecoin

BILS was developed in collaboration with the Solana network and crypto custodian heavyweights Fireblocks with auditing oversight provided by Big…
Apr 28, 2026
Infrastructure

Israeli regulators approve shekel-pegged stablecoin

The approval of the BILS stablecoin issued by Israeli exchange Bits of Gold came after a two-year pilot program on…
Apr 27, 2026