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Institutional

CLARITY’s delay to test Wall Street’s $6.6 trillion stablecoin warning which is at odds with White House view

The CLARITY Act has stalled in Senate Banking deliberations, setting back an array of market rules that would solidify into law most of the pro-crypto…
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 morning session at the Bitcoin…
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 economics of digital dollars and…
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 infrastructure. Read Full Story at…
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 Story at Decrypt.co →
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 Full Story at Cointelegraph.com →
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, bringing peer-to-peer, self-custodial stablecoin trading…
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 programmable, borderless, resistant to inflation,…
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 the Solana blockchain. Read Full…
Markets

Western Union eyeing stablecoin launch to settle global transactions without SWIFT, CEO says

The 175-year-old money-transfer firm also plans to issue a stablecoin-linked card for payments and cash-out options from crypto to local currencies, CEO Devin McGranahan said.…