Kraken parent Payward agreed to buy Hong Kong-based Reap for up to $600 million, adding card issuance and stablecoin payment capabilities to its new B2B…

Polygon delivered its first block time reduction upgrade since genesis, as the network seeks to position for more high-frequency applications such as private stablecoin payments.…

The deal marks Kraken’s largest acquisition as it pushes into Asian cross-border payments through stablecoin infrastructure. Read Full Story at Decrypt.co →

Four financial heavyweights settled tokenized U.S. Treasuries across borders and banks in under five seconds, connecting the XRP Ledger to JPMorgan’s correspondent banking network. The…

The pilot, run with Ondo Finance and Mastercard, processed the redemption of Ondo’s OUSG tokenized Treasury fund in under five seconds. Read Full Story at…

The cross-border tokenized US Treasury transaction using blockchain and banking rails builds on an earlier pilot in which the same fund moved between a public…

Premier David Burt said Bermuda’s “onchain economy” plan aims to bring stablecoins into everyday commerce. Read Full Story at Coindesk.com →

Bitcoin Magazine Boltz Launches Non-Custodial USDC Swaps, Bridging Bitcoin Directly to Circle’s Regulated Dollar Boltz today enabled trustless Bitcoin-to-USDC swaps using Circle’s CCTP, allowing instant…

Farage insisted that the gift from Christopher Harborne was for his personal security and had been reviewed “from every legal angle.” Read Full Story at…

US banks are mounting an aggressive lobbying effort to stall the CLARITY Act, even as key US lawmakers signal a fast-tracked timeline to put the…