Payments
Infrastructure

Citi, DBS complete first weekend tokenized cross-border deposit on Swift

Citi and DBS completed their first tokenized cross-border transfer over the weekend, using Swift’s blockchain-based ledger to circumvent the constraints of traditional banking hours. Read…
Institutional

Philippines eyes payment operator registration freeze, tighter VASP checks

A central bank proposal would pause new payment operator registrations while requiring enhanced monitoring and transaction limits for arrangements involving virtual asset firms. Read Full…
Institutional

Tether-backed Orionx to shut down after audit flags $7M custody gap

Tether-backed Orionx is permanently closing after an audit found more than $7 million in customer assets had moved to wallets outside its custody. Read Full…
Industry News

Payment Channels: 1 Million Payments Per Second

Payment channels support 1 million payments per second by authorizing agent spending once. Read the full story at Solana News →
DeFi

Fed stablecoin research exposes how the same dollar could count twice in M1 or M2

Their staff note makes classification possible in theory, while reserve overlap and offshore circulation block a clean liquidity measure. The post Fed stablecoin research exposes…
Institutional

Revolut, OpenReserve get preliminary US bank approval with crypto plans

Revolut and OpenReserve received preliminary OCC approval to form US national banks, with both planning cryptocurrency and stablecoin-related services. Read Full Story at Cointelegraph.com →
AI

Para CEO Says Crypto’s Agent-Payments Standards Race Won’t Have a Single Winner

Nitya Subramanian, whose firm builds the wallet layer for AI agents, says Coinbase’s x402 has won over grassroots developers, but that recourse-heavy rivals from Google…
Payments

Tether sued over frozen ‘pig butcher’ coins, 6,600 students get crypto loans: Asia Express

Thai businessmen sue Tether over $42M frozen USDT tied to pig butchering scam, Aussie crypto firms face big fines unless they meet licensing deadline. Read…
Infrastructure

Mantle adds Paxos’ USDG stablecoin, joins Global Dollar Network

Mantle has added Paxos-issued USDG as a natively minted stablecoin while joining the network’s reward-sharing structure. Read Full Story at Cointelegraph.com →
Payments

TrueUSD’s $456M court case gives defendant days to reveal legal funding source – or face court sanctions

The affidavit must explain legal-payment sources, while any penalty would still require a further Techteryx application. The post TrueUSD’s $456M court case gives defendant days…