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Ex-Binance communications lead joins stablecoin specialist KAST
Brad Jaffe, the former global communications leader at Binance, becomes chief communications officer at KAST.
Sui’s native stablecoin goes live with promise of Treasury yield going back to the network
Plans for a Sui Dollar, which is issued by stablecoin firm Bridge, were introduced toward the end of last year.
Visa and Bridge plan stablecoin-linked card expansion to over 100 countries
Bridge has partnered with Lead Bank, a participant in Visa’s stablecoin settlement pilot, to help businesses and fintechs offer stablecoin-backed Visa cards.
The 'stablecoin sandwich' is dead: Why the next phase of crypto payments is all about the user relationship
The real competitive advantage in stablecoins, the moat that holds competitors at bay, now lies in the distribution held by incumbents, according to the person behind Meta's abandoned Diem token.
Billionaire Alan Howard’s crypto incubator WebN closes down
WebN backed innovative digital asset firms like KAIO, Twinstake, TruFin and Geometry.
Mark Zuckerberg's Meta is planning stablecoin comeback in the second half of this year
The Facebook owner’s stablecoin integration involves a third party vendor to help administer stablecoin-based payments and a new wallet to be implemented, sources said.
Your AI is getting a bank account: MoonPay just gave bots the power to spend money
MoonPay Agents is a non-custodial, permissionless financial infrastructure for AI agents that move money.
KuCoin told to halt new EU business due to compliance staffing shortfalls
Austria's financial regulator said KuCoin EU must appoint an anti-money-laundering officer and deputy officer, as well as a sanctions compliance officer and deputy.
Susquehanna-backed Blockfills up for sale after $75 million lending loss
The Chicago-based company said it was temporarily suspending client deposits and withdrawals last week due to recent market and financial conditions.
American crypto holders are scared and confused about this year’s new IRS tax rules
Crypto tax platform, Awaken Tax, polled 1,000 crypto holders about a radical shift from self-disclosure to automatic reporting of transactions.
