Projects
Meru: Stellar USDC wallet for LatAm freelancers
Meru is a Stellar-based non-custodial USDC wallet built for LatAm freelancers: inbound US and EU bank rails, a Rain-issued Visa …
Latam
Policy
Resolução BCB 520: Brazil's Oct 30 SPSAV deadline
Under Resolução BCB nº 520 (in force since 2 Feb 2026), incumbents have until 30 Oct 2026 to file SPSAV authorization. Miss it and …
News
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% …
News
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 …
Policy
France ANJ orders ISPs to block Polymarket
On 16 July 2026, France’s Autorité nationale des jeux ordered ISPs to block Polymarket after French traffic kept rising past …
News
Mallers exits Twenty One as Tether merger collapses
Jack Mallers stepped down as CEO of Twenty One Capital (XXI); Tether scrapped the planned three-way merger with Strike and …
News
USTR's 25% Brazil tariff cites Pix payments
USTR set a 25% Section 301 tariff on certain Brazilian goods from July 22, after a probe that flagged preferential Pix-style …
News
Visa Stablecoin Platform beta opens with Open USD
Visa opened beta on its Visa Stablecoin Platform, an enterprise hub for banks and fintechs to mint, hold, and move Open USD (OUSD) …
Projects
Takenos: Solana payroll rails for LatAm freelancers
Argentine fintech Takenos settles LatAm freelancer payroll on Solana, with TakeCard spend rails via Rain and a company-reported …
Policy
Brazil BCB Resolution 580: VASPs as Type 3
Resolução BCB nº 580 (1 July 2026) puts virtual-asset service providers in Type 3 prudential supervision, bars the simplified S5 …
News
Bonzo Lend loses $9M in Supra oracle exploit
A zeroed BLS signature on Supra’s Hedera verifier let an attacker turn 250 SAUCE into about $9.05M of borrowed USDC and wrapped …
News
Circle wins OCC approval for national trust bank
Circle received final OCC approval on July 10 to establish Circle National Trust, a federally supervised national trust bank for …