News
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, …
Stablecoins
News
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 …
News
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 …
News
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 …
News
CFTC registers Coinbase Clearing as a DCO
The CFTC registered Coinbase Clearing LLC as a derivatives clearing organization on September 28, 2026, permitted to clear only …
News
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 …
News
Circle StableFX goes live on Arc
Circle switched on StableFX on Arc for vetted institutions: 24/7 RFQ FX with onchain payment-versus-payment settlement. Developer …
Projects
Lulubit wires local bank rails across Panama, Costa Rica and Guatemala in one custodial app, and the open question is whether that three-country plumbing holds before Panama enacts a VASP law
Lulubit is Panama City’s crypto app with PA/CR/GT local bank rails, Lulucard, and a U.S. virtual account: a small custodial …
Policy
91 Fed. Reg. 53368 would let only permitted U.S. issuers and certain foreign issuers mint payment stablecoins in the U.S., while platforms selling those coins to people located there would face 2027 and 2028 limits if Treasury keeps its location test
Treasury’s 18 August 2026 proposed rule at 91 Fed. Reg. 53368 (Doc 2026-16796) would implement GENIUS section 3 on issuance …
News
Bolivia's VIVA first carrier live on Iris
Bolivia’s VIVA is the first carrier live on Iris, an Avalanche-based telco finance network, settling in Agora-issued USDi …
Guides
Token approval checker: how to revoke on Etherscan, Arbiscan and Polygonscan when a leftover allowance can still let a contract pull your USDC without asking again
Open the Token Approvals page on Etherscan, Arbiscan or Polygonscan, list leftover USDC allowances, then revoke on-chain. Solscan …
News
Nu launches U.S. banking and Nu Global
Nu Holdings started U.S. operations on Sept. 10 via FDIC-insured Lead Bank and launched Nu Global, converting deposits into Circle …