11+ hour ago   (449+ words) Ripple reportedly considers the corporate treasury space a $13 trillion opportunity for its stablecoin business. Jack McDonald, Ripple’s senior vice president of stablecoins, said in an interview with CoinDesk on Sunday (Sept. 13) that one of the biggest opportunities is Ripple Treasury....

3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (517+ words) Stablecoins are becoming financial infrastructure, not just payment rails. The competitive moat is shifting toward the layers around the token: custody, credit, liquidity, settlement, FX, compliance and developer distribution. Payments data is starting to become a financing input. Visa’s settlement…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (387+ words) The partnership, announced Thursday (Sept. 10), aims to add acceptance, settlement and real-time funding, built directly into the systems the banks already use. “Community banks and credit unions have witnessed their customers use digital assets for years,” Ryan VanGrack, vice chair…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (340+ words) MVB Financial has partnered with Velocity to join a Visa Direct pilot supporting stablecoin-enabled funding and settlement for push-to-card payouts, Velocity said in a Wednesday (Sept. 9) press release. Through their partnership, MVB will use stablecoin payments to settle its Visa…...

4+ day, 14+ hour ago   (268+ words) ACH network operator Nacha and its Payments Innovation Alliance launched a new digital assets-focused initiative, according to a Wednesday (Sept. 9) press release. The Next-Gen Currency Project Team will be led by Nacha and the Digital Sovereignty Alliance, the release said....

4+ day, 14+ hour ago   (384+ words) According to an announcement from M0 Wednesday (Sept. 9), PYUSDx launched with three live projects — Saturn, Concrete and Cap — with more than $100 million in processed volume on the platform. “Each has different users, different business models, and different requirements for how their…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (407+ words) “The integration will enable Marqeta’s customers to embed stablecoin capabilities into wallets, cards and everyday financial products,” the companies said in a news release. “Together, the companies are unlocking stablecoin spendability to allow users to transact in digital dollars at…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (388+ words) U.S. Bank has debuted its own stablecoin, the latest lender embracing the digital asset. The bank announced Wednesday (Sept. 9) that it had used the dollar-backed USBDC for a cross-border payment between U.S. Bank entities in North America and Europe. “As one of…...

4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (615+ words) Visa is testing whether settlement data can become an underwriting input, not just a reporting output. Verified payment obligations could help lenders price risk more precisely and reduce the need for excess collateral or prefunding. Stablecoins matter because they can…...

5+ day, 8+ hour ago   (337+ words) Block aims to establish a national trust bank that would provide custody and related fiduciary services, including those for bitcoin and stablecoins, the company said in a Tuesday (Sept. 8) press release. Block said in the release that it submitted an…...