Payments
DeFi

Aave proposal clears first hurdle with 52.6% support amid governance split

Tokenholders backed a $42.5 million stablecoin package and 75,000 AAVE allocation for Aave Labs under a proposed DAO-funded revenue model. Read Full Story at Cointelegraph.com…
DeFi

Stablecoin yield rewards (likely won't be) banned under OCC proposal: State of Crypto

The OCC’s proposal’s stablecoin yield procedures are the most ambiguous in that rulemaking plan. Read Full Story at Coindesk.com →
DeFi

Banking Regulator Floats New Stablecoin Yield Rules—Do They Hurt Coinbase?

The proposed rules would limit the ability of third parties to pass stablecoin rewards on to users, but experts are split on what the language…
Payments

Tether froze $4.2B in tokens tied to illicit activity in 3 years: Report

Tether blocked billions in USDt tied to scams and laundering cases as authorities increasingly rely on stablecoin issuers to halt suspicious funds. Read Full Story…
Institutional

Crypto Biz: A Bitcoin treasury shareholder revolt

Bitcoin treasury companies face investor backlash as stablecoin issuers post strong earnings and legacy payment giants navigate mounting pressure. Read Full Story at Cointelegraph.com →
Industry News

Barclays Evaluates Cryptocurrency Services Expansion Amid Institutional Demand

London-based financial services provider Barclays is examining opportunities to offer cryptocurrency payment processing and digital asset deposit capabilities to its client base. The strategic assessment…
Payments

MoonPay and M0 Launch PYUSDx Stablecoin Development Framework

MoonPay and M0 have introduced PYUSDx, a platform aimed at simplifying the creation and management of application-specific stablecoins backed by Paypal’s PYUSD. Read Full Story…
AI

Analysis: Block’s retreat to 2019 scale could be a hint of deeper shifts in payments economics

While Jack Dorsey cites AI-enabled productivity gains as the reason for Block’s cuts, the deeper shift is in payments plumbing: stablecoin settlement threatens to compress…
DeFi

World Liberty Financial ties voting power to staking as USD1 supply tops $4.7 Billion

The proposal redirects stablecoin arbitrage from institutional market makers to large token holders and links voting rights to capital commitment. Read Full Story at Coindesk.com…
Infrastructure

Circle Stock Jumps 40% on Q4 Earnings

The stablecoin company had a strong 2025 and is exploring a token launch for Arc, its new Layer 1 blockchain. Read Full Story at Thedefiant.io…