Stablecoins
Institutional

Bitcoin.com integrates UAE-registered US dollar stablecoin into self-custodial wallet

The integration expands access to USDU, the UAE’s first central bank-registered US dollar stablecoin, as it builds distribution beyond institutional…
Aug 19, 2026
Payments

Crypto Stocks Rip Higher as Strategy Jumps 12%, Coinbase Climbs 9%

Strategy, Coinbase, Circle, and BitMine are riding Bitcoin’s short squeeze toward $70K—and two of them may be squeezing equity bears…
Aug 19, 2026
Payments

How Maple Finance Became the #2 Crypto Lender Behind Tether — Sid Powell Explains

Sid Powell, CEO and co-founder of Maple Finance, joins Chris Storaker on the Converge Podcast Read Full Story at Thedefiant.io…
Aug 19, 2026
Payments

Coinbase, Circle and Bullish jump as Clarity Act proponents express optimism about bill

COIN and BLSH rose about 8% and CRCL gained nearly 10% ahead of a key procedural vote scheduled for Sept.…
Aug 19, 2026
Institutional

Treasury’s New Stablecoin Rule Could Force US Exchanges to Delist Tether

Reading Treasury’s newly proposed GENIUS Act rules on Bits + Bips, Austin Campbell said Coinbase’s US platform “might have to…
Aug 18, 2026
Payments

Visa Seeks New Stablecoin Settlement Partner After Mastercard Buys Payments Firm BVNK

Visa is looking at settlement and over-the-counter partners holding crypto exchange licenses in four countries, CoinDesk reports, weeks after Mastercard…
Aug 18, 2026
Infrastructure

Wyoming joins $15 billion LayerZero exodus with state stablecoin move

This is the first time a U.S. government entity has publicly replaced its blockchain infrastructure specifically on security grounds. Read…
Aug 18, 2026
Payments

KuCoin’s new perp rule can turn one funding-rate extreme into 36 hours of hourly settlements

USDT and USDC contracts move from the next period, while returning to four-hour settlement requires 36 stable hours. The post…
Aug 18, 2026
Institutional

XRP sinks below $1 for first time since 2024 as Korean bank adopts Ripple Payments

Jeonbuk Bank will use Ripple’s 24/7 cross-border payment service for business remittances, but it is unknown whether the flows will…
Aug 18, 2026
Industry News

XRP slips below $1 even as a Korean regional bank adopts Ripple Payments

Jeonbuk Bank will use Ripple’s 24/7 cross-border payment service for business remittances, but it is unknown whether the flows will…
Aug 18, 2026