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...
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...
American Express Pushes Travel Into Web3 With NFT Passport Stamps
TLDR: American Express introduces Amex Passport, turning international trips into digital NFT stamps stored on a public blockchain...
South Korea Opens Venture Funding to Crypto Firms, Ending 7-Year Ban
TLDR: South Korea removes a 7-year ban on crypto firms gaining venture certification from September 16, 2025. Ministry of SMEs con...
Cross-Border Crypto Push: Ripple and Thunes Scale Partnership for Faster Payouts
TLDR: Ripple and Thunes have expanded their partnership to improve cross-border payments and reach new global payout markets. The...
Mastercard Draws the Line on Crypto but Keeps Stablecoins in Play
TLDR: Mastercard sees crypto as a payment tool but not a revolution, says Christian Rau in a recent interview. The company uses cr...
xMoney Expands to Sui to Boost Payments and Merchant Reach
TLDR: xMoney integrates with Sui, improving payment speed and multi-chain merchant access globally. zkLogin allows users to access...
Binance Launches Medá in Mexico With $53M Fintech Investment
TLDR: Binance introduces Medá, a regulated IFPE in Mexico, with a $53M planned investment. Medá offers peso deposits and withdrawa...
Japan Post Bank to Roll Out Yen-Backed Digital Currency in 2026
TLDR: Japan Post Bank to launch yen-backed DCJPY in FY2026, unlocking access to tokenized assets. The ¥190 trillion deposit base c...
State Street Joins J.P. Morgan’s Blockchain Debt Service With $100M Anchor Deal
TLDR: State Street became the first third-party custodian on J.P. Morgan’s Digital Debt Service with a $100M commercial paper deal...