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Payment giants Stripe, Visa, Mastercard said to be among backers of soon-to-debut stablecoin platform

U.S. crypto exchange Coinbase is also said to be looking into the possibility of participating in the new stablecoin platform. Read the full story at…
Institutional

Franklin Templeton Wires BENJI Money-Market Fund Into MoonPay Trade for Onchain Stablecoin Swaps

The $1.74 trillion asset manager is letting institutions move directly between stablecoins and shares of its tokenized US government money fund through MoonPay’s new institutional…
Markets

Ripple is bringing its regulated RLUSD stablecoin to MENA’s biggest crypto market

Ripple is pushing its dollar-backed stablecoin into Turkey, betting that one of the world’s most active digital-asset markets is ready for a more regulated version…
Infrastructure

Movement expands stablecoin payments push with access to US, Canada, EU rails

The Move-based blockchain network said it gained access to licensed payment infrastructure as it shifts toward stablecoin settlement and remittances. Read Full Story at Cointelegraph.com…
Infrastructure

US Court Lifts Circle Freeze on Zama's $12.5M cUSDC Contract After Three-Day Lockout

A federal judge in the Northern District of California reversed the temporary restraining order that had pushed Circle to blacklist the privacy protocol’s wrapper, restoring…
Infrastructure

Zama accelerates compliance after court lifts $12.5M USDC freeze

Privacy protocol Zama says it will accelerate compliance measures after a court lifted a $12.5 million USDC freeze tied to an unrelated legal dispute. Read…
Markets

Binance Opens US Stocks Trading to Non-US Users in Super App Push, Previews Tokenized bStocks on BNB Chain

Binance launched 7,000+ US stocks and ETFs for non-US users with zero commissions and stablecoin funding, while previewing bStocks tokenization on BNB Chain in coming…
Payments

Europe is actively trying to stop the dollar stablecoin takeover

Europeans conduct 38% of global stablecoin transactions, but euro-denominated tokens account for just 0.3% of the total stablecoin supply. The continent is among the world’s…
Payments

Court Order Forces Circle to Freeze $12.6 Million in Zama’s Confidential USDC Contract, Locking Unrelated Users’ Funds

A federal court order in the Overnight Finance suit forced Circle to blacklist Zama’s cUSDC contract, freezing $12.6M and locking unrelated users’ deposits due to…
Payments

How President Trump’s Immigration Order Will Feed the Stablecoin Economy, Bitcoin ATMs

When the Trump family faced pressure from banks, it embraced crypto. Now, immigrants who are in the U.S. illegally face a similar choice. Read Full…