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Western Union launches Stablecard with Rain in 37 markets
Western Union and Rain launched Stablecard on August 4: a USDPT wallet plus Visa card live in 37 markets, so remittance receivers …
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Wells Fargo launches tokenized deposits this fall
Wells Fargo will roll out tokenized bank deposits for corporate clients this fall, starting with USD–GBP on its proprietary …
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Mastercard closes BVNK deal for stablecoin rails
Mastercard completed its acquisition of stablecoin infrastructure firm BVNK on August 3, folding on-chain payments into the card …
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Coldcard weak-seed sweeps hit 1,367 BTC in 3 waves
Galaxy Research now tracks 1,367 BTC ($89M) drained from 4,585 addresses across three Coldcard weak-seed waves, with wave three …
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Bank of Italy: USDC remittances cost 0.3%–9%
Banca d’Italia’s mystery-shopping study of 200 USDC remittances found total costs from 0.30% to nearly 9%, with on- and off-ramps …
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Tether posts $1.5B Q2 profit as buffer halves
Tether reported about $1.5B net operating profit for Q2 2026, added gold and bitcoin, and closed June with a $4.11B reserve …
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Coldcard seed entropy warning after 594 BTC drain
Coinkite warned Coldcard users after ~594 BTC was swept from ~500 single-sig wallets. Mk3 seeds from firmware 4.0.1+ are …
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Blockaid: 212 exploits, $1B+ lost in H1 2026
Blockaid verified 212 crypto security incidents and more than $1B in H1 2026 losses. Ethereum and Solana led the dollar damage, …
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El Salvador BCR: crypto still 0.7% of remittances
El Salvador’s central bank data for H1 2026 put crypto remittances at $35.4M of more than $5B total (about 0.7%), up 39% …
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Galaxy puts $5M toward Bitcoin quantum readiness
Galaxy Digital launched a Bitcoin Quantum Readiness Initiative with up to $5M in developer grants, a research program, and an …
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BitMart winds down: trading ends Aug. 26
BitMart is winding down after nine years: deposits stopped July 26, trading ends Aug. 26 at 01:00 UTC, and the platform aims to …
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Augustus raises $180M for stablecoin clearing bank
Augustus closed a $180M Series B at a $1B valuation to build a U.S. federally chartered clearing bank that moves dollars across …