Visa is partnering with WeFi, co-founded by Reeve Collins, to integrate decentralized finance with regulated payment rails, bringing IBANs and stablecoin payments to the under-banked.
Tether is moving beyond its stablecoin roots to disrupt the Bitcoin mining industry, partnering with Canaan to build modular, immersion-cooled hardware that separates compute from power for industrial-scale efficiency.
Paxos Labs and Toku have partnered to allow employees to earn yield on USDC, USDT, and USDG salaries immediately upon payment, eliminating the need for manual transfers or lockup periods.
A coalition of DeFi leaders has released a comprehensive plan to stabilize rsETH and Aave liquidity markets after a 116,500 ETH exploit, avoiding socialized losses through a coordinated multi-step recovery.
While quantum threats remain years away, Solana’s core developers and ecosystem partners have already finalized migration paths using Falcon signatures and Winternitz Vaults.
A coalition of over 120 crypto firms, including Coinbase and Ripple, has sent a joint letter to the Senate Banking Committee demanding immediate action on the CLARITY Act.
Gemini has introduced Agentic Trading, a new feature allowing users to connect AI models like Claude and ChatGPT directly to their exchange accounts for automated trading and market monitoring.
Fintech startup Aven is launching a Bitcoin-backed Visa card offering up to $1 million in credit with fixed rates, aiming to disrupt traditional lending costs
Circle Ventures has acquired AAVE tokens to join the DeFi United recovery effort following the April 18 rsETH exploit, alongside a 30,000 ETH commitment from Consensys.
South Korean internet-only lender Kbank has partnered with Ripple to pilot blockchain-based cross-border payments amid shifting domestic digital asset regulations.
Western Union CEO Devin McGranahan confirmed that the company’s Solana-based stablecoin, USDPT, is in its final preparation stages for a scheduled launch next month.
The US government has targeted Iran-linked crypto wallets after Tether froze $344 million in USDT, highlighting growing scrutiny of digital assets in global sanctions enforcement.
A growing legal conflict over prediction markets in the US is approaching a potential Supreme Court decision, as courts debate whether platforms like Kalshi fall under gambling or federal derivatives law.
The ECB has partnered with major European standards bodies to reuse existing payment frameworks for the digital euro, aiming to lower integration costs and improve interoperability.
Trezor’s Safe 7 hardware wallet has received a 2026 Red Dot Award for product design, marking a milestone for crypto self-custody devices and usability-focused security tools.