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The South Korean bank powering Upbit is testing Ripple integration for cross-border payments

South Korea’s Kbank has signed a strategic partnership with Ripple to test blockchain-based overseas remittances, placing a bank with a central role in Upbit’s KRW…
DeFi

Aven Launches Bitcoin-Backed Visa Card Offering Up to $1 Million Credit Lines Without Asset Sales

Bitcoin Magazine Aven Launches Bitcoin-Backed Visa Card Offering Up to $1 Million Credit Lines Without Asset Sales Aven has launched a Bitcoin Visa credit card…
Payments

Morning Minute: NFTs Storm Back, Led by Bored Apes

Bitcoin made its highest weekly close since January. Western Union is launching a stablecoin. And NFTs are making a major comeback. Read Full Story at…
Payments

Morning Minute: NFTs Storm Back, Led by Bored Apes

Bitcoin made its highest weekly close since January. Western Union is launching a stablecoin. And NFTs are making a major comeback. Read Full Story at…
Infrastructure

Kbank teams with Ripple on overseas blockchain remittance trial

Kbank partnered with Ripple to test blockchain-based overseas remittances as South Korean companies prepare for new stablecoin and digital asset rules. Read Full Story at…
Institutional

MiCA-licensed Banking Circle joins bank stablecoin settlement race in Europe

Banking Circle’s stablecoin settlement launch follows its CASP approval, entering a crowded market with SocGen, Sygnum and a 12-bank euro stablecoin consortium. Read Full Story…
Infrastructure

Western Union to Launch USDPT Stablecoin on Solana Next Month, Stable Card Planned for Consumers in Dozens of Markets

Western Union CEO Devin McGranahan confirmed the May launch of the company’s Solana-based USDPT stablecoin on its Q1 earnings call, alongside plans for a USD…
Infrastructure

Western Union to Launch Solana-Based Stablecoin Plus ‘Stable Card’ Next Month

The USDPT stablecoin launching next month will serve as an alternative to SWIFT for agent settlements rather than consumer transactions. Read Full Story at Decrypt.co…
Infrastructure

Major global food delivery service builds stablecoins into core infrastructure across 40+ countries

DoorDash is working with Stripe-backed Tempo to bring stablecoin-powered payouts into its marketplace. The company operates across more than 40 countries, and the money inside…
Payments

Trump defends crypto legislation at private event featuring boxer Mike Tyson, Tether CEO

President Donald Trump, at a Mar-a-Lago gathering of investors in his self-branded memecoin, said crypto is mainstream and banks should back off the industry’s bill.…