Cross-Border Payments


Finance

Banco Inter, Chainlink Power Real-Time CBDC Trade Settlement Between Brazil and Hong Kong

The pilot, part of Brazil's Drex initiative, used Chainlink's infrastructure to connect Brazil's Drex network with Hong Kong's Ensemble platform.

Chainlink CEO and co-founder Sergey Nazarov

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Crypto for Advisors: The Growth of Stablecoins

Stablecoin adoption surges post-GENIUS Act. Discover how cost savings, liquidity, and regulatory clarity are driving their growth in global finance.

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Stablecoins Will Be Bigger Than Bitcoin

The success of stablecoins isn’t about speculation but about efficient utility — they are quietly becoming the most-used form of digital currency around the world, writes CoinFund’s David Pakman.

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Markets

Stablecoins Can Cut Cross-Border Payments Cost by 99%, KPMG Says

Institutions are embracing stablecoin technology to cut costs, speed up settlement times, and unlock liquidity in a $150 trillion payments market.

Stablecoin networks (Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

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Stablecoins: The Revolution in Global Money Transfers

Stablecoins are no longer just a bridge between crypto and fiat — they are becoming the rails of global commerce, writes Nonco CEO Fernando Martinez.

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Finance

Visa Pilots Pre-Funded Stablecoins for Cross-Border Payments

Businesses would pre-fund their Visa Direct account with stablecoins instead of fiat, which Visa would count as "money in the bank."

A Visa card being held to next to a payment terminal. (CardMapr.nl/Unsplash)

Finance

Crypto Exchange Kraken Unveils ‘Krak,’ Its New All-in-One Global Money App

The Krak app allows users to instantly transact across borders for almost no cost, while earning competitive rewards on their account balances.

the Krak app (Kraken)

Policy

Russia Is About to Try Using Crypto to Get Around Sanctions

Experts doubt it will work, given the traceability of blockchains and the risk of even tougher sanctions for Russia.

16:9 Crop: Russian President Vladimir Putin. (DimitroSevastopol/Pixabay)

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Finance

Fireblocks, Zodia Markets Partner to Improve Cross-Border Payments

The two crypto firms are attempting to improve cross-border payments via stablecoins for large corporations and institutions.

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Policy

IMF Official Presents Blueprint for Cross-Border CBDCs

The organization wants to help cut the cost of cross-border transactions without abandoning compliance checks or capital controls, Tobias Adrian, director of IMF’s monetary and capital markets department said.

The IMF is looking at crossborder payments using CBDC (World Bank/Flickr)

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