The Visa Stablecoin Platform lets the network’s 15,000 banks and 200 million merchants mint and move stablecoins, beginning with Open Standard’s OUSD. The post Visa…

The chain reports 16% July sales growth, but without BTC payment share its merchant model cannot be measured. The post Steak ‘n Shake credits Bitcoin…

The round of layoffs was part of Polygon transitioning operations to payments following a $250 million deal to acquire Coinme and Sequence in January. Read…

The Visa Stablecoin Platform will let financial institutions integrate stablecoin payments and treasury operations into Visa’s existing network. Read Full Story at Decrypt.co →

If Stripe acquires PayPal, the real prize could be consumer wallets, stablecoin issuance or the infrastructure powering the next generation of digital payments. Read Full…

Visa launched a stablecoin platform that lets banks and fintechs issue, manage and settle digital dollars through its payments network. Read Full Story at Coindesk.com…

PayPal in the front, Tempo in the back? Read the full story at Bankless →

Prediction markets reached a record $113.8 billion in notional volume in Q2 as spot CEX trading, derivatives volume and stablecoin market cap declined. Read Full…

Plus, Stripe makes a $53 billion move that could crown a stablecoin king. And Ostium gets drained of $18M in the latest DeFi exploit. Read…

The newly-convened x402 Foundation is a neutral space where competitors and payment methods can work together to create an open standard for AI agentic commerce.…