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TLDR: Crypto.com’s UAE unit receives first-ever Central Bank approval for a Stored Value Facilities license. The approval allows r...

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Mastercard Enters $2.5B Bidding War With Coinbase for UK Stablecoin Firm BVNK

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Oct 02, 2025

Binance Mastercard Goes Live in Brazil With Access to Spend BTC, ETH, and More

TLDR: Binance launches Mastercard-powered crypto card in Brazil, allowing instant spending at millions of merchants worldwide. Sup...

Sep 30, 2025

Visa Direct Puts Stablecoins to Work in Global Payment Pilot

TLDR: Visa Direct has introduced a pilot using stablecoin prefunding to streamline global payments and reduce capital lockups. Bus...

Sep 25, 2025

Sui and t’order Power Next-Gen KRW Stablecoin Payments

TLDR: Sui partners with t’order to bring stablecoin payments to 300,000 POS devices across Korea’s retail network. The partnership...

Sep 25, 2025

Nine European Banks to Launch MiCA Euro Stablecoin: Here’s the Timeline

TLDR: Nine top European banks form a consortium to issue a MiCA-compliant euro stablecoin in 2026. The consortium will seek a Dutc...

Sep 25, 2025

Crossmint secures Circle funding to scale USDC adoption worldwide

TLDR: Circle Ventures invested in Crossmint to push USDC adoption across chains and bring stablecoin payments to global users. Cro...

Sep 24, 2025

Cloudflare and Coinbase Launch x402 Foundation for Machine-to-Machine Web Paymen...

Cloudflare and Coinbase launched the x402 Foundation to establish a universal standard for AI-driven payments that converts the HT...

Sep 23, 2025

Stable Wins PayPal Backing as PYUSD Goes Live on Stablechain

TLDR: PayPal Ventures invests in Stable, bringing PYUSD to Stablechain for faster, cheaper global transactions. Stablechain suppor...

Sep 19, 2025

Why Brazil’s Nubank Wants Stablecoins on Credit Cards and What It Means for Cryp...

TLDR: Nubank will test credit card payments with dollar-pegged stablecoins, linking crypto directly to banking services. Campos Ne...