Circle opens Arc mainnet as it seeks an edge for USDC utility
Circle has scheduled the public launch of Arc for Sept. 16, giving USDC a network where the same dollar balance can fund both paym...
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Column expands offerings to compete with Mastercard and Marqeta in stablecoin card issuing
Column's integration of stablecoin support into its banking platform could reshape fintech infrastructure, challenging existing ca...
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Arc Mainnet Goes Live With 190+ Partners, BlackRock and Visa Back New Network
Key Takeaways: Arc Mainnet officially launched and brought together over 190 ecosystem partners to cover finance, payments, DeFi,...
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Circle Switches On Arc Blockchain and Mints 10 Billion Tokens It Has Not Promised to Sell
Circle switched on the public mainnet of Arc, its Layer 1 blockchain, on Wednesday, and said it had minted the entire opening supp...
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Strategy’s $250 Bitcoin Jordans sold out as Saylor turns 4% of BTC supply into a consumer brand
Strategy’s $250 Bitcoin-themed Air Jordans have sold out, extending Michael Saylor’s treasury brand from Wall Street into consumer...
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Vitalik Buterin now confident AI won’t break crypto, betting 90% of his net worth
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has pushed back against predictions that artificial intelligence could trigger a 50% Bitcoin c...
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Félix Raises $200 Million in a16z-Led Round to Take Stablecoin Rails Beyond Remittances
Félix, the WhatsApp remittance service for Latinos in the United States, said Tuesday it raised $200 million in new financing: $87...
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Ripple Gets Mastercard Boost as XRP ETF Makes Major Changes
Mastercard deepens its ties to the Ripple ecosystem right as XRP ETF flows show signs of life again. The token is still nowhere ne...
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BNB Chain joins Mastercard’s Crypto Partner Program as payments giant deepens digital asset push
Mastercard's expanded crypto initiative with BNB Chain could accelerate global adoption of blockchain-based payment solutions, enh...
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USDC Leads Crypto Card Spending as Top-Ups Reach $13.8 Billion
Crypto cards are turning USDC and USDT into everyday spending balances, with cumulative stablecoin card top-ups reaching $13.8 bil...
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Banks and Regulators Test Quantum-Safe Crypto Infrastructure Across 3 Regions
Key Takeaways: RFI and Safeheron announced a pilot program on quantum-resistant crypto wallet functionality and transfers. Banks w...
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Ripple Payment Rails Separated From FedNow Access by Volante
Volante Technologies offers U.S. banks and financial institutions a unified solution for the Federal Reserve’s FedNow Service and...
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Inside transfer wipes out $1M executive debt as crypto firm offloads payments business without independent valuation
RocketFuel Blockchain transferred substantially all assets used in its payments business to RPay, whose sole director and CEO, Pet...
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SEC’s latest crypto rules only open a few of Wall Street’s ‘million doors’ – Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan
Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan doesn't think Washington's crypto-friendly turn is the moment that completely unlocks Wall Street. In an i...
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Visa Seeks New Stablecoin Settlement Partner After Mastercard Buys Payments Firm BVNK
Visa is taking bids for a new stablecoin settlement partner after Mastercard bought the firm that had been filling the role, accor...
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Visa seeks new partner for stablecoin settlement after Mastercard snags BVNK
Visa's search for a new stablecoin partner highlights the intensifying competition in real-time payments, impacting global financi...
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Gerber Warns Strategy’s Bitcoin Leverage Could Trigger a Selloff
In Bitcoin news today, Ross Gerber, CEO of Gerber Kawasaki Wealth and Investment Management, argued this week that gold remains ea...
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Clarity Act survives Senate delay, Strategy sells bitcoin and Mastercard’s $1.8bn deal caps crypto’s week
Crypto's grown-up era: the Clarity Act survives the Senate delay, Strategy sells 1,690 BTC and Mastercard completes a $1.8 billion...
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