Lloyds Sends Visa $750K in USDC While Banks Are Closed
Lloyds Banking Group used USDC to settle $750,000 in live payment obligations with Visa during a seven-day trial, with funds reaching Visa in under an hour, even over the weekend.…
Dunamu Partners With Visa to Build Stablecoin, AI Payment Rails
Dunamu, the operator of Upbit, signed a strategic partnership with Visa on Aug. 27 to build stablecoin and artificial intelligence (AI)-driven payment infrastructure, the companies announced in San Francisco. Upbit’s…
Coinbase Says AI Now Writes 95–100% of Its Code: The Math Behind ‘1,200 Digital Workers’
Coinbase Head of Platform Rob Witoff says 95% to 100% of the exchange’s code is now written by or with artificial intelligence (AI), with agents doing the work of roughly…
140 Firms Including Coinbase and Ripple Launch the New Open USD Stablecoin
Visa, Coinbase, Stripe, Mastercard and more than 140 other companies are launching a new stablecoin called Open USD, built to move money across borders without the fees that come with…
Stellar’s XLM Leads Monthly Crypto Rally With 50% Surge as Tokenized Assets Pile In
Stellar’s XLM token climbed more than 45% between June 15 and 18 as tokenized real-world assets piled onto the network. Backers pointed to newly enabled tokenized U.S. Treasuries and deepening…
$1 Trillion Payments Giant Visa Tests Private Stablecoin Settlement for Institutions
Visa has launched a proof-of-concept initiative with stablecoin infrastructure provider Brale to evaluate private, blockchain-based settlement for institutional payment flows using the SBC stablecoin on the Canton Network. Visa Expands…
Report: Payments Giants Visa, Mastercard, and Stripe Back Stablecoin Platform for Faster Payments
Visa, Mastercard, and Stripe are reportedly backing a new shared stablecoin platform aimed at faster, cheaper cross-border settlement, according to a Coindesk report published Wednesday by reporter Ian Allison, citing…
Justin Sun: Why Crypto Cards Are the ‘Next Evolution’ for Stablecoin Distribution
Tron founder Justin Sun has declared that crypto cards are the next structural phase in how digital assets reach everyday users. This follows a seismic year where stablecoins processed $33…
Visa Expands US Settlement Rails With USDC for Institutional Payments
Visa said on Tuesday that it has launched stablecoin settlement capabilities in the United States, allowing select issuer and acquirer partners to settle obligations using Circle’s dollar-pegged USDC. Visa Adds…
Wirex to Launch Cardano Card Global Payments Solution
Emurgo, the investment arm of Cardano, partners with Wirex to issue the Cardano Card, bringing multi‑chain crypto spending to millions. At the Cardano Summit in Berlin, Emurgo announced a strategic…