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Hyundai becomes first major South Korean company to introduce internal stablecoin transfers

The initiative builds on a broader shift by companies exploring stablecoins to move money between international operations more efficiently. Read Full Story at Coindesk.com →
Payments

Trump Won't Sign Housing Bill With CBDC Ban—Will It Become Law Tonight Anyway?

Unless President Trump vetoes the bill, it will become law at midnight, banning the Federal Reserve from developing a CBDC until 2031. Read Full Story…
Institutional

Circle Stock Jumps as Stablecoin Issuer Wins Final Federal Banking Charter Approval

Circle secured final OCC approval to establish a national trust bank, shifting its $73.2 billion stablecoin to a unified federal framework. Read Full Story at…
Payments

GENIUS Act deadline puts stablecoin issuers on the clock

July 18 is not a user cutoff, but it forces regulators to define which permitted, foreign, and state-qualified issuers can operate cleanly in the US…
Institutional

Morning Minute: Robinhood Chain Explodes Onto the Crypto Scene

Plus, Circle wins a national bank charter and pops 10%. And the Clarity Act gets a new draft while the clock is ticking… Read Full…
Infrastructure

Swift Launches Blockchain Ledger as 17 Banks Prepare to Pilot Tokenized Deposit Payments

The messaging cooperative’s shared ledger will let banks including HSBC, Citi, and Wells Fargo move tokenized deposits for 24/7 cross-border payments. The post Swift Launches…
Institutional

Sony Bank Gets Conditional OCC Approval to Build a US Dollar Stablecoin Trust Bank

Sony Bank’s Connectia Trust would issue dollar-pegged stablecoins under a US national trust charter — the same path Circle, Ripple and Paxos took in a…
Infrastructure

Coinbase’s Base Launches a Native Token Standard With Freeze-and-Seize Built In

B20, now live on Base mainnet, runs tokens as native code in the chain and bakes in roles, blocklists, and freeze-and-seize powers aimed at stablecoin…
Institutional

Sony Bank gets US regulator nod to issue stablecoins

Sony Bank received preliminary approval from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to establish a US stablecoin issuance business, with $40 million in…
Institutional

Sony Bank Clears OCC Hurdle for Dollar Stablecoin

The lender’s new US subsidiary, Connectia Trust, would issue a dollar-pegged stablecoin once it clears the regulator’s final conditions. Read Full Story at Decrypt.co →