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, …
Remittances
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
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 …
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% …
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 …
Projects
El Dorado: LatAm stablecoin superapp for P2P, QR and dollar accounts
El Dorado is a LatAm money superapp to buy, hold and send digital dollars (USDT/USDC) via P2P with 80+ local payment methods, …
News
Borderless.xyz adds alfred to expand stablecoin on-ramps across 11 LatAm countries
Borderless.xyz added alfred as a Participating Financial Institution, extending stablecoin on/off-ramps to 11 LatAm countries and …
News
IDB pilots CBWeb3: LatAm cross-border payments without the dollar middleman
The Inter-American Development Bank is testing CBWeb3, a regional network for tokenized central bank money that could settle …
Policy
Brazil restricts stablecoins in regulated cross-border payments
Brazil’s Central Bank is forcing eFX payment providers to stop using stablecoins and crypto for settling cross-border …