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X has hired Benji Taylor, a crypto product specialist, to lead design as it expands into financial services. His background…
Less than two-year-old crypto neobank KAST, led by Australian founder Raagulan Pathy, has raised US$80 million in funding, with the…
Kraken has cleared a regulatory hurdle that crypto firms have chased for years: direct access to the Federal Reserve’s core…
Ripple upgraded Ripple Payments into an end-to-end stablecoin settlement suite powered by RLUSD. The platform operates across more than 60…
The significant valuation gap indicates Stripe has the financial capacity to realistically pursue a full or partial acquisition of PayPal,…
Meta plans to integrate third-party dollar-pegged stablecoin payments into Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram in late 2026. Stripe is a lead…
A Trump-linked crypto firm is bringing the former president’s brand into the structured credit market.World Liberty Financial plans to tokenize…
Coinbase has introduced new infrastructure that enables AI agents to independently execute onchain financial activity within preset security limits. The…
ByteFederal Australia is launching ByteConnect, a national Bitcoin payment terminal and online gateway specifically designed for retail and hospitality merchants.…
Visa and Mastercard CEOs downplayed stablecoins in late January 2026 earnings calls, stating they see no “product-market fit” for everyday…