SoftBank eyes buying ex-Sony payments firm to boost settlements business Read the full story at Nikkei Asia →

The stablecoin payments company said client funds were unaffected and that the financial impact would be absorbed through its treasury reserves. Read the full story…

KB Kookmin Bank will use JPMorgan’s blockchain platform to support US dollar cross-border payments for import and export businesses across 10 countries. Read Full Story…

Stablecoin supply has roughly doubled since January 2024, while entity-adjusted transaction volume has grown fourfold to fivefold, according to Coinbase Institutional, opening a wide gap…

The exchange, already sanctioned by the UK, is now on a list of 18 entities “providing crypto-assets services or payment services“ in defiance of the…

Samsung showed a wallet mockup holding Circle’s USDC at Galaxy Unpacked. But details are scarce. Read Full Story at Decrypt.co →

Solomon’s endorsement splits with JP Morgan’s Jamie Dimon and banking trade groups, who warn the bill’s stablecoin-yield provisions could pull deposits away from traditional lenders.…

A Shanghai-based insurance-tech company trading below $1 wants to build a bitcoin treasury by taking BTC directly as payment for new shares. Read Full Story…

The former Signet developer aims to launch early next year a marketplace connecting stablecoin issuers with regional lenders to manage reserves. Read Full Story at…

An oracle-manipulation exploit let an attacker liquidate collateralized vaults that should have been safe, netting about $912,000 and collapsing the stablecoin’s peg. The post Balance…