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Big banks may have found their answer to the CLARITY Act’s stablecoin challenge

The Clearing House plan gives banks 24/7 tokenized settlement while keeping customer money inside regulated deposit accounts. The post Big banks may have found their…
AI

Travala lets AI agents book hotels with USDC on Base

Travala’s new protocol lets AI agents search and book hotels with USDC on Base, but travelers still approve the final payment. Read Full Story at…
Institutional

apxUSD Loses Dollar Peg as Bitcoin Slide Squeezes STRC-Backed Collateral

Apyx Finance’s apxUSD stablecoin slipped to $0.94 after Bitcoin fell to $63K, the first concrete peg break in the chain linking Strategy’s BTC treasury to…
DeFi

A stablecoin tied to Strategy stock depegs putting a new DeFi dollar risk in focus as Bitcoin sells off

Apyx’s apxUSD fell below its dollar reference on June 4 as Bitcoin traded near $63,000, putting DeFi dollar peg risk back in focus. A Bitget…
Infrastructure

0x Opens Cross-Chain API to All Developers with 12 Bridge Partners on Day One

0x Protocol has opened its Cross-Chain API to general availability with 12 bridge providers live from day one, including Circle, LayerZero, Stargate and Across —…
Payments

Russia targets British 17-year-old for alleging digital assets were skirting sanctions

Political activist Bill Browder, the teenager’s father, said his son was “the first high school student in the world to be sanctioned by an authoritarian…
Industry News

Nissan’s annual debt payments hit $690m, slowing turnaround

Nissan’s annual debt payments hit $690m, slowing turnaround Read the full story at Nikkei Asia →
Payments

Coinbase to launch token-backed mortgage down payments this summer

A Coinbase-Better Home & Finance initiative will allow qualified borrowers to use Bitcoin and USDC as collateral for home loan down payments. Read Full Story…
Payments

OCC chief says Democrats applying sole political pressure in World Liberty charter choice

The regulator rejected claims he’s doing President Trump’s bidding during a congressional hearing that also addressed the GENIUS Act stablecoin push. Read Full Story at…
Payments

Russia sanctions British teenager for alleging A7A5 use in funding Ukraine war

The A7A5 stablecoin was designed to bypass sanctions imposed on Russia following its invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Read Full Story at Coindesk.com →