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Mastercard closes BVNK deal for stablecoin rails
Mastercard completed its acquisition of stablecoin infrastructure firm BVNK on August 3, folding on-chain payments into the card …
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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 …
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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 …
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 …
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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 …
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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, …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …