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Visa announced a nearly 200% year-over-year surge in stablecoin-linked card programs, operating over 160 worldwide. The company is deepening blockchain partnerships, facilitating settlements, and exp…
JPMorgan's blockchain platform, Kinexys, is expanding commercial adoption with institutional clients like EBANX, having processed over $4 trillion in transactions. This boosts JPM's high-margin payme…
JPMorgan is exploring issuing its own stablecoin, signaling a strategic shift by major banks to compete with crypto firms and defend their role in digital payments.
JPMorgan is exploring the launch of its own stablecoin and considering joining a major bank consortium, complementing its existing JPM Coin tokenized deposit system.
MoneyGram launches MoneyGram Ramps on Solana, letting wallets and apps connect cash deposits/withdrawals in 170+ countries to Solana assets, following past partnerships with Ripple and Stellar.
The Czech central bank purchased $1 million in bitcoins and related digital assets to gain experience and test processes, aiming to prepare for future digital payment and investment methods over a 2-…
Peter Schiff plans a blockchain app for tokenized gold ownership, aiming to link physical gold with digital payments. The sector grows, with tokenized gold market cap hitting $4.03 billion amid gold’…
The US Federal Reserve plans new 'payment accounts' to ease fintech and crypto firms' access to Fed payment systems, ending banking challenges for crypto companies and signaling integration of blockc…
Blue Star Capital reports SatoshiPay's treasury holds 9.27 BTC and 72.03 ETH, valuing the portfolio at ~EUR1.2M with 4.88% aggregate performance and realised yield equating to an 18.76% APR since inc…
CfC St. Moritz partners with Sygnum Bank to create a Bitcoin reserve, allocating 25% of its treasury to BTC and testing blockchain payments, underscoring growing institutional adoption.
Google, with Questflow and 60+ partners, helped launch the Agent Payments Protocol (AP2) to secure AI-agent transactions using signed contracts, audit trails and support for crypto, aiming to enable …