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Mastercard and BVNK launch a stablecoin money platform
Mastercard Global Money Platform is available now through BVNK. Banks and fintechs can add accounts that hold traditional …
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EBA will oversee USDC as first significant EMT
From 12 November the EBA will supervise USDC reserves, capital, liquidity and recovery and redemption plans. The ACPR keeps …
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Standard Chartered opens bitcoin and ether trading in UAE
Affluent Professional Investor clients in the UAE can buy and sell bitcoin and ether from their Standard Chartered accounts. The …
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FSB: Global stablecoins untested in severe stress, insolvency
Global stablecoins and national rules around them are still untested in a severe stress or an insolvency. One country may miss the …
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Singapore central bank will settle bills in CBDC
Chia Der Jiun said there may be limits to using stablecoins for large wholesale settlement. Singapore will next settle tokenised …
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ESMA: three months to drop non-MiCA stablecoins
ESMA told EU national regulators that MiCA-authorised crypto firms should stop serving EU clients with non-compliant stablecoins, …
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Samsung Wallet to add USDC transfers on U.S. Galaxy phones
Samsung Wallet will let eligible U.S. Galaxy users send USDC starting in the last week of October, to outside crypto wallets and …
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Startale Japan opens digital bond paid in JPYSC
Startale Japan opened the Startale Bond, a one-year digital corporate bond that pays interest and principal in JPYSC, the yen …
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BND launches Roughrider Coin bank-to-bank pilot
Bank of North Dakota launched Roughrider Coin with four local banks and credit unions. The dollar-backed token is for bank-to-bank …
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Schuman and eToro launch Eurøpe Consortium
Schuman Financial, Nasdaq-listed eToro and nine other European firms announced the Eurøpe Consortium in Paris on 5 October 2026, …
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Lloyds and Visa settle US$750,000 in USDC
Lloyds Banking Group and Visa settled US$750,000 of payment obligations with USDC in a seven-day live pilot. Funds reached Visa in …
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Open Standard launches Open USD stablecoin
Open Standard launched Open USD (OUSD) on September 30, 2026. Mint and burn are 1:1 with dollars at no cost; Coinbase business …