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Manna Wallet + Branta Guardrails: Self-Custodial Bitcoin Payments Now Show Verified Merchant Details

Bitcoin Magazine Manna Wallet + Branta Guardrails: Self-Custodial Bitcoin Payments Now Show Verified Merchant Details Open-source Branta Guardrails uses zero-knowledge proofs to authenticate merchant connections…
Payments

Tether’s Georgia stablecoin plan moves early on national payment rails

Tether and the Government of Georgia plan to launch a stablecoin, pushing a national currency directly onto private stablecoin rails before most governments have settled…
Institutional

With Central Bank’s Blessing, Georgia Taps Tether for 'Official' Stablecoin

Tether plans to issue a stablecoin in Georgia with support from the country’s government, marking a new frontier for the crypto giant. Read Full Story…
Payments

Coinbase CEO’s finance wishlist mirrors company’s product roadmap

Brian Armstrong’s wishlist for upgrading global finance aligns with the exchange’s push into stocks, prediction markets and stablecoin payments, though some priorities remain aspirational. Read…
Industry News

Crypto rails are becoming the default payment layer for AI agents, report says

A new report from Keyrock says stablecoins on blockchain rails are becoming the go-to payment layer for AI agents as traditional card rails struggle to…
Institutional

Tether’s $141 billion Treasury pile reveals the stablecoin risk now embedded in US debt

There’s a huge contradiction sitting at the center of modern American finance. The same industry regulators tried to isolate from the mainstream financial system has…
Industry News

Brazil debt crisis swells with over 82 million behind on payments

Brazil debt crisis swells with over 82 million behind on payments Read the full story at Nikkei Asia →
DeFi

Bank of England’s 24/7 settlement plan shows where tokenized finance can enter core markets

Bitcoin trades 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, and stablecoins can cross borders in seconds on a Sunday morning. And yet, if a…
DeFi

ECB pushes back on euro stablecoin proposals, citing financial stability risks

The ECB warned EU finance ministers that expanding euro stablecoin issuance could weaken bank lending and complicate monetary policy. Read Full Story at Cointelegraph.com →
Industry News

Bitcoin ‘Pizza Day’ was 16 years ago, here’s how much that BTC is worth today

Laszlo Hanyecz’s 2010 post, offering 10,000 BTC in exchange for two pizzas delivered to his home, marked the first recorded commercial BTC payment. Read the…