News
El Vecino launches WhatsApp stablecoin remits to Mexico
El Vecino, RISE, and Movement launched a WhatsApp digital-dollar path for U.S.–Mexico remittances on Aug 7: stablecoin settlement, …
Payments
News
BTCPay Server 2.4.2: patch now after active exploit
BTCPay Server shipped 2.4.2 after attackers exploited a flaw exposing LND macaroon credentials. Update, audit your node — and note …
News
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 …
News
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 …
News
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 …
News
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 …
News
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 …
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 …
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% …
Guides
How to plan gas so your stablecoins stay spendable
USDT can land in a wallet and still be unspendable. You need the chain’s own coin for fees. This guide shows how to keep …
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 …
Projects
Circle Gateway: one USDC balance across 13 chains
Circle Gateway lets apps and exchanges hold one unified USDC balance and mint it on 13 supported chains in under 500ms, with no …