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 …
Stablecoins
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 …
News
AFX Trade bridge drained of $24M after keys compromised
AFX Trade lost about $24.15M USDC on July 22 after attackers used compromised hot-validator keys on its Arbitrum custody bridge, …
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
Allbridge Core pauses after $1.65M flash-loan exploit
Allbridge paused Core on July 19 after an attacker used a $1.12M Kamino flash loan to skew Solana USDC/USDT pools and drain about …
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) …
Projects
Takenos: Solana payroll rails for LatAm freelancers
Argentine fintech Takenos settles LatAm freelancer payroll on Solana, with TakeCard spend rails via Rain and a company-reported …
News
Ostium pauses trading after ~$18M OLP vault exploit
Ostium halted trading July 15 after an attacker abused a registered PriceUpKeep component and future-dated oracle reports to pull …
Policy
Brazil BCB Resolution 580: VASPs as Type 3
Resolução BCB nº 580 (1 July 2026) puts virtual-asset service providers in Type 3 prudential supervision, bars the simplified S5 …
News
Galaxy launches GOFR institutional DeFi credit rate
Galaxy Digital launched GOFR on July 14: a managed onchain financing program with up to $100M first-loss capital, blending Aave, …