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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 …
Payments
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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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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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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, …
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. …
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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 …
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Treasury sets forms for state stablecoin certification
Treasury’s September 30 interim final rule sets the forms and the approve-or-deny process for state payment-stablecoin …
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BVNK adds Stellar to its stablecoin payment rails
BVNK made native Stellar support live for enterprise customers in 130+ countries, adding a stablecoin rail for cross-border …