News
U.S. Bank completes USBDC Stellar pilot
U.S. Bank completed a live intercompany USBDC payment between its North American and European entities on Stellar on Sept. 9, …
Stablecoins
News
Liquid restarts; Blockstream refuses 598 BTC ransom
Liquid resumed blocks and transactions on 10 September with peg-outs still off. Blockstream rejected the exploiter’s 10% …
Projects
ikigii, Towerbank's Panama-licensed banking app, lets you borrow dollars or stablecoins against Bitcoin at a 50% loan-to-value with a margin call at 65%, so the liquidity arrives without selling the coins
ikigii is Towerbank’s SBP-supervised Panama app: borrow USD or stables against BTC at 50% LTV, margin call at 65%, dollar …
News
MoneyGram Card launches Visa spend in Colombia
MoneyGram launched a USDC-backed Visa card in Colombia on Sept. 10. Eligible users can hold a dollar balance in the app, spend at …
Policy
91 Fed. Reg. 37234's PPSI CIP proposal left open whether a secondary-market holder redeeming directly must open an issuer account, and the ABA's 21 August 2026 letter says that cash-out must trigger CIP before dollars move
ABA’s 21 Aug 2026 letter on 91 Fed. Reg. 37234 says every direct stablecoin purchase or redemption must open a PPSI account …
News
Bybit Pay connects to Bre-B QR in Colombia
On 8 September 2026, Bybit said Bybit Pay can scan Colombia’s Bre-B merchant QR codes and pay from a crypto balance—no local …
News
RedotPay Instant QR live in Brazil, Colombia, Peru
On 8 September 2026, RedotPay said users can scan local merchant QR codes in Brazil, Colombia, and Peru and pay from stablecoin …
Guides
What is Bre-B? Banco de la República's instant-payment keys move pesos in about 20 seconds, and you can buy or cash out USDT only when the venue's deposit screen actually lists that rail instead of PSE
Bre-B is Colombia’s instant-payment rail: a llave, about 20 seconds, 24/7. Buy or cash out USDT only if the venue lists …
News
SoFiUSD lists on Kraken; Payward joins SEN
On 3–4 September 2026, SoFi and Payward linked bank rails to Kraken: SoFiUSD (SOFID) listed, Payward joined SoFi’s 24/7 SEN …
News
21 banks commit to USD stablecoin for H1 2027
Twenty-one banks and asset managers, including Citi, Goldman, Santander and BBVA, committed on 1 Sept 2026 to form a company for a …
News
Kravata goes live on Sui for LatAm payments
On 2 September 2026, Bogotá fintech Kravata said its LatAm stablecoin rails (transfers, payouts, and embeddable accounts) are live …
Projects
Littio, Bogotá's YC W23 dollar neobank, issues US ACH and EU IBAN details settled in USDC and EURC, a Mastercard for spend, and Bóvedas advertising up to 9.8% E.A., while Selenio S.A.S. operates as a mandatario outside Superfinanciera supervision
Littio is Bogotá’s YC W23 dollar neobank: US ACH and EU IBAN rails on USDC/EURC, a Mastercard, and Bóvedas up to 9.8% E.A., …