Swyftx eyes crypto payments after securing Australian license
Swyftx interim coCEO Andrea Yuen says the company "won’t be a pure crypto spot exchange in future,” after it secured a license allowing it to offer payment…
USDT wins payments, USDC wins DeFi as stablecoins diverge: Dune
Dune data shows Tether's USDT has become crypto’s dominant payments stablecoin while Circle's USDC powers DeFi, highlighting how blockchain choice shapes…
Strategy sells 3,588 Bitcoin for $216M to fund dividends, keeps $2.55B reserve intact
Strategy sold $216 million in Bitcoin to fund its dividend payments, as wealth manager Bernstein maintained its yearend Bitcoin price target of $150,000.…
Ripple's preliminary crypto asset provider license in Luxembourg upgraded to fully compliant
The approval means Ripple is now fully MiCAcompliant for payments, financial institutions, corporates and businesses across all 30 European Economic Area…
UK payments blueprint outlines tokenized payments for ‘multi-money ecosystem’
UK regulators published an update to a national retail payments blueprint, calling for infrastructure support for tokenization and interoperability with new…
Federal Reserve issues initial findings from its 2025 triennial payments study
Federal Reserve issues initial findings from its 2025 triennial payments study Source：Federal Reserve
Business use of stablecoins set for growth surge: Cybrid report
The majority of businesses surveyed are likely to use stablecoins within the next 12 months, while regulatory clarity remained the biggest barrier to wider…
Spiko links EU regulated T-bill funds to Coinbase stablecoin rails
Spiko integrated Coinbase Payments into two EU regulated UCITS Treasury funds, enabling USDC and EURC subscriptions and redemption payments through Base.…
J.P. Morgan broadens blockchain settlement network as banks modernize cross-border payments
The bank added five AsiaPacific currencies to its Kinexys blockchain platform, allowing institutional clients to settle payments and FX around the clock.…
Breez launches Bitcoin-to-stablecoin payments across more than 30 blockchains
The new SDK feature lets developers route payments from Bitcoin balances to recipients in USDC and USDT without requiring users to hold stablecoins.…
Ripple wants AI agents to pay in XRP and RLUSD. The market is still mostly USDC
The XRPL AI Starter Kit gives developers tools for agent payments, but early x402 activity has clustered on Base and Solana. Ripple’s bet is that XRPL’s speed,…
Coinbase launches tool letting AI agents make payments and trade crypto
Coinbase for Agents will let users of the crypto exchange manage their holdings “without the constant manual oversight” and can autonomously perform a range of…