Stablecoins
Infrastructure

Visa Unveils Stablecoin Platform for Banks and Fintech Companies

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 →
Infrastructure

Stripe’s $53 billion PayPal bid is a high-stakes play to own the future of digital payments

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…
Infrastructure

Visa backs Open USD with new stablecoin platform as Circle faces fresh competition

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…
Industry News

The Stablecoin Logic of Stripe’s PayPal Bid

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

Prediction markets defy crypto downturn with record Q2 volume: CoinGecko

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…
DeFi

Morning Minute: Base Hands Its App Over to Cobie

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…
Institutional

US government sends $288M to Coinbase putting Bitcoin reserve rules into question

The transfer highlights unresolved custody rules, while the public evidence identifies a deposit rather than a government sale. The post US government sends $288M to…
Payments

Stripe and Advent Bid $53 Billion for PayPal, Linking Two Stablecoin Players

The offer values PayPal at a 28% premium and would fold its PYUSD stablecoin into Stripe’s fast-growing crypto-payments push, though PayPal has been reluctant to…
Institutional

US Treasury Freezes More Than $130 Million in Iran-Linked Crypto Wallets

OFAC sanctioned wallets tied to Iran’s central bank, freezing mostly Tether’s USDT on Tron, as a US-Iran ceasefire collapsed and Washington renewed a naval blockade.…
Stablecoins

Strategy feels 'very secure' until bitcoin reaches $8,000-$10,000, says CEO

Le highlighted increasing the U.S.-dollar reserve as an important lever in preferred stock STRC’s recovery back to around $90 having fallen below $75 last month.…