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 …
Payments
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
Can you pay gas fees with stablecoins? Planning gas for USDT and USDC
Usually no: gas is paid in the chain’s own coin, not USDT or USDC. Here is where paying fees in stablecoins does work, and …
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 …
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 …
Guides
How to pick the right network for USDT and USDC
USDT and USDC exist on many chains. Wrong-network sends are a top permanent-loss risk. Use this checklist to match asset, network, …
News
AZ-COM Maruwa to pay partners in JPYC stablecoin
Tokyo-listed logistics firm AZ-COM Maruwa plans to pay about 2,300 partners, including truck drivers, in JPYC, Japan’s …
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) …