Payments
Institutional

Ledger hires ex-Circle exec as CFO, opens NYC office to expand US business

Ledger names John Andrews as chief financial officer and opens a New York office to expand its US operations and institutional business. Read Full Story…
DeFi

Privy Taps Deframe by Pods to Unlock DeFi Yield Strategies

The Stripe-owned wallet infrastructure provider has integrated Deframe’s DeFi aggregation API, the latest in a string of yield-focused moves. Read Full Story at Thedefiant.io →
Payments

Celo Proposes Shifting Opera to 'Long-Term Stakeholder' with 160M CELO Grant

The move would replace quarterly CELO grants to Opera, which each required Celo governance approval, to a one-time token payment for a three-year partnership. Read…
DeFi

Playnance’s G Coin goes live on MEXC as staking momentum builds

Trading begins on MEXC Playnance’s G Coin has entered open-market trading, with the G Coin/USDT pair going live on MEXC after the project’s Token Generation…
DeFi

Playnance’s G Coin goes live on MEXC as staking momentum builds

Trading begins on MEXC Playnance’s G Coin has entered open-market trading, with the G Coin/USDT pair going live on MEXC after the project’s Token Generation…
Institutional

ECB seeks experts to help integrate digital euro into ATMs, card payment terminals

The European Central Bank is preparing the ground should legislators enable the issuance of a digital currency and the bank’s governing council approve issuing it.…
Institutional

Stablecoins just lost key battle as insurance protection to be reserved only for bank-issued tokens

The stablecoin debate in Washington is increasingly becoming a fight over a single question: who gets to keep deposit insurance on-chain? FDIC Chair Travis Hill…
AI

Stripe and Paradigm’s Tempo Blockchain Goes Live With AI Agent Payments Protocol

The post Stripe and Paradigm’s Tempo Blockchain Goes Live With AI Agent Payments Protocol appeared first on Unchained. Read Full Story at Unchainedcrypto.com →
AI

Visa Bets on Agentic Commerce With CLI Payment Tool for AI Agents

Visa Crypto Labs has launched an experimental product that lets AI agents make payments directly from the command line, without API keys or pre-funded accounts.…
Markets

Aster Deepens WLFI Partnership With USD1 Perpetual Markets

The perpetuals exchange is promoting WLFI’s stablecoin as a trading asset ahead of the Aster Chain Layer 1 launch. Read Full Story at Thedefiant.io →