Trump's extensive trading activity highlights potential conflicts of interest and raises questions about transparency and market influence.
CryptoBriefing•Editorial Team22 Aug
Visa is reportedly seeking a stablecoin settlement partner licensed in four markets after Mastercard completed its BVNK acquisition.
Visa's search for a new stablecoin partner highlights the intensifying competition in real-time payments, impacting global financial dynamics.
CryptoBriefing•Editorial Team18 Aug
CoinDesk•Ian Allison18 Aug
Open USD launched with 140 partners including Visa, Mastercard and BlackRock. Standard Chartered began rolling out a Hong Kong dollar stablecoin. World Liberty Financial got a bank charter to issue its own. The competition has moved from who can mint a token to who controls the rails it travels on.
The Credit Card Competition Act could reshape financial dynamics, challenging entrenched power and potentially lowering costs for merchants.
CryptoBriefing•Editorial Team16 Aug
CoinDesk•AI Boost15 Aug
The collapse highlights systemic risks in Brazil's fintech sector, prompting regulatory scrutiny and potential shifts in financial accountability.
CryptoBriefing•Editorial Team14 Aug
Zoomex has expanded its Stock Perpetuals lineup with twelve new USDT margined contracts, giving traders around-the-clock exposure to some of the most closely watched names in U.S. equities. UnitedHealth Group (UNH), General Electric (GE), JPMorgan Chase (JPM), Gilead Sciences (GILD), Regeneron Pharmaceuticals (REGN), Amgen (AMGN), Walmart (WMT), Coca-Cola (KO), PepsiCo (PEP), Mastercard (MA), PayPal Holdings
BeInCrypto•Zoomex11 Aug
Mastercard's acquisition of BVNK strengthens its position in the crypto payments space, intensifying competition with Visa and impacting Coinbase's strategy.
CryptoBriefing•Editorial Team10 Aug
CoinDesk•Ian Allison10 Aug
Mastercard Crypto Credential does not move money; it vouches for the people moving it, and that distinction is now worth more than the rails beneath every stablecoin transaction. At a glance, the Mastercard Crypto Credential announcement from August 5, 2026,…
Mastercard has completed its acquisition of stablecoin payments company BVNK, adding onchain settlement and wallet infrastructure to its global network. The deal positions the card giant to connect fiat currencies, stablecoins and tokenized deposits through one payments layer. Mastercard to Link Stablecoins to 17B Global Payment Network Mastercard has completed its acquisition of BVNK, […]
Bitcoin.com News•Emmanuel Musa6 Aug
The biggest card companies are taking different paths to the same goal: dominating the rails beneath stablecoins.
Circle's USDC distribution deal with Coinbase has been renewed on existing terms, and Arc's testnet has processed half a billion transactions.
BlackRock, SBI Group, Visa, Mastercard, and many other major financial firms have joined Circle in its move to launch Arc, serving as its founding validators.
U.Today•Caroline Amosun5 Aug
Mastercard's integration of identity checks in stablecoin transfers could enhance security and compliance, potentially reshaping global transactions.
CryptoBriefing•Editorial Team5 Aug
Mastercard and Borderless are exploring ways to bring more trust into cross-border stablecoin transfers through the payment processing giant’s Crypto Credential framework.
Cointelegraph•Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai5 Aug
The pilot, whose first participants are Infinia, Walapay and Koywe, will test whether compliance checks performed once at origination can be relied on across Borderless.xyz's network of stablecoin payment providers.
The Defiant•The Defiant Team5 Aug
Mastercard and Borderless.xyz are piloting Crypto Credential to support trusted cross-border stablecoin payment flows.
The Block•Brian Danga5 Aug