Latest updates, press releases, and insights from the volatile world of digital assets.
South Korea’s Shinhan Card and two SBI Holdings subsidiaries signed an agreement to explore yen-backed stablecoin use in card payments, wallet transfers and trade settlement between the countries
Stablecoin issuer backs expansion of payment rails linking USDT to banking systems, merchant tools and food delivery in four countries amid Bolivia’s dollar constraints
Dogecoin Labs has been formed to combine wallet, platform and merchant tools under one entity, with the goal of expanding everyday uses for the cryptocurrency
Visa and Mesh have partnered to allow users to spend cryptocurrency and stablecoin balances directly from digital wallets at merchants worldwide without transferring funds to a bank account or loading a separate card
KB Kookmin Card has joined forces with Japanese and South Korean partners to examine how AI agents could verify identities and enable stablecoin spending by travelers crossing the border
Blockchain.com has applied to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission for designated contract market and futures commission merchant licenses, paving the way for a fully regulated platform offering prediction markets and cryptocurrency derivatives to American retail and institutional traders
OKXICE LLC, the joint venture between cryptocurrency exchange OKX and Intercontinental Exchange, has notified the Securities and Exchange Commission of plans to launch a tokenized securities venue initially covering 63 NYSE-listed companies, aiming for nonstop trading through permissioned automated market makers
Fintech firm shifts focus to everyday users with messaging on Bitcoin’s fixed rules and role as spendable money, building on prior merchant and policy efforts
SBI DigiTrust, NICE Information & Telecommunication and DSRV have agreed to jointly validate a stablecoin-based payment and remittance system focused on Japanese tourists in South Korea, aiming to complete the work by the end of December 2026
HSBC has officially named its forthcoming Hong Kong dollar stablecoin RedCoin, targeting person-to-person transfers and merchant payments in the second half of 2026 through its existing retail platforms
