Circle’s Kash Razzaghi: Crypto’s Next Phase Is Payments, Not Speculation
TLDR: Circle’s USDC surpasses $77 billion in circulation as the company pivots toward payment infrastructure over speculation. Kas...
Circle Nanopayments Launches on Testnet to Power Gas-Free USDC Transfers for AI...
TLDR: Circle Nanopayments enables gas-free USDC transfers as small as $0.000001, built on Circle Gateway infrastructure. Batched o...
Stablecoin Wallets Are the “Credit Cards” Powering the AI Agent Economy, Says Co...
TLDR: Stablecoin wallets can serve as “credit cards” granting AI agents payment access, Brian Armstrong says. AI agents are blocke...
Circle and Stripe Race to Replace Credit Cards With Stablecoin Payments for AI A...
TLDR: Circle launched Arc blockchain and nanopayments, cutting transaction costs to fractions of a penny for AI agents. Stripe and...
MoneyGram Joins Midnight Network to Advance On-Chain Privacy Infrastructure
TLDR: MoneyGram will operate a founding federated node on Midnight mainnet ahead of launch. Midnight mainnet uses zero-knowledge c...
AI Using Stablecoins Is the Biggest Threat to Global Payment Companies
TLDR: AI agents select payment methods by cost and speed, making stablecoin rails a direct threat to card network fees. Stablecoin...
Ether.fi Migrates Cash Product to OP Mainnet in Long-Term Optimism Enterprise Pa...
TLDR: Ether.fi Cash processes 28,000 daily spend transactions averaging $2 million in volume, doubling every two months. The migr...
Steak ‘n Shake Reports Bitcoin Acceptance Has ‘Dramatically’ Lifted Sales in 9 M...
Steak 'n Shake Says Bitcoin Payments Boosted Sales DramaticallyThe post Steak ‘n Shake Reports Bitcoin Acceptance Has ‘Dramatical...
The Old Stablecoin Playbook Doesn’t Apply Anymore: Here’s What Banks Need to Kno...
TLDR: Paxos says regulated stablecoins must meet strict reserve and capital standards to operate in the U.S. market. Stablecoins...
Visa Expands Stablecoin Rails Across Blockchains With Ethereum at Core
TLDR: Visa operates a full-scale stablecoin settlement system across four major blockchains in 2026. Ethereum remains Visa’s core...