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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 …
Fintech
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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 …
News
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 …
Projects
Lemon's Bitcoin-backed credit card in Argentina has no margin calls
Lemon’s Visa credit card in Argentina is secured with bitcoin, has a fixed ARS 1,000,000 monthly limit and bills in pesos. …
News
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 …
Policy
SEC's Regulation Crypto Assets: what the $5M and $75M exemptions require
Release 33-11434, at 91 FR 54510, proposes a $5 million four-year startup exemption and fundraising tiers of $20 million and $75 …
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Onda Finance first in BCB VASP auth process
BCB Comunicado nº 45.986, published 21 September 2026, names Onda Finance as the first virtual-asset firm in a formal …
Projects
Lulubit wires local bank rails across Panama, Costa Rica and Guatemala in one custodial app, and the open question is whether that three-country plumbing holds before Panama enacts a VASP law
Lulubit is Panama City’s crypto app with PA/CR/GT local bank rails, Lulucard, and a U.S. virtual account: a small custodial …
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SEBI Demat 2.0 settles tokenized bonds in e₹
SEBI launched Demat 2.0 on Sept. 10, 2026: corporate bonds issued as tokens on a depository-owned ledger and settled atomically in …
News
Nasdaq Ventures agrees $100M Payward stake
On Sept. 10, 2026, Nasdaq Ventures agreed to invest $100 million in Payward, Kraken’s parent, deepening Nasdaq Equity Tokens …
Projects
ikigii, Towerbank's Panama-licensed banking app, lets you borrow dollars or stablecoins against Bitcoin at a 50% loan-to-value with a margin call at 65%, so the liquidity arrives without selling the coins
ikigii is Towerbank’s SBP-supervised Panama app: borrow USD or stables against BTC at 50% LTV, margin call at 65%, dollar …
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MoneyGram Card launches Visa spend in Colombia
MoneyGram launched a USDC-backed Visa card in Colombia on Sept. 10. Eligible users can hold a dollar balance in the app, spend at …