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Visa supports more than 160 stablecoin-linked card programs, and payment volume across those programs has risen about 200% from a year earlier, The Block reported. Corporate and commercial programs accounted for about 17% of stablecoin-linked card payment volume in Visa’s…

BDACS, a digital asset infrastructure company, demonstrated a StableFX trade swapping dollar stablecoin USDC for won-denominated stablecoin KRW1 on Circle’s institutional blockchain Arc testnet at the Bridging Finance Onchain event held today, Edaily reported. StableFX is Circle’s foreign exchange trading…

Lloyds Bank announced on its official website that it has completed a real-time cross-border payment pilot based on stablecoins with Visa. In the seven-day pilot, Lloyds Bank bought USDC through Archax, an exchange under the UK Financial Conduct Authority, and…

Binance announced the addition of CT/USDT perpetual futures at 7:45 a.m. UTC today, with support for up to 20x leverage.

Vlad Novakovski, CEO of Lighter, said at Korea Blockchain Week that fixed income markets, including bonds and interest rates, could become DeFi’s next growth opportunity. Lighter has already launched a related product, introducing its US10Y perpetual futures in August to…

Binance announced it will delist the PROMPT/USDT, PUMPBTC/USDT and 1000000BOB/USDT perpetual futures at 9:00 a.m. UTC on Oct. 5.

Whale Alert reported that 277,162,705 USDT has been transferred from Binance to an unknown wallet. The transaction is valued at about $277 million.

Payment stablecoin oversight rules in the U.S. state of Florida took full effect today, according to Odaily. Under the new rules, trust companies in Florida must obtain state approval to issue payment stablecoins. Issuers are required to maintain reserves of…

Christopher Montanaro, chief legal officer at Orca, said at Korea Blockchain Week 2026 that the U.S. SEC’s new innovation exemption gives the DeFi industry a chance to test whether blockchain-based financial infrastructure is actually more efficient than traditional financial systems.…

An anonymous whale withdrew 39,018 AAVE, worth about $6.2 million, from Kraken three hours ago, according to AmberCN. Exchange outflows are typically interpreted as a sign of holding intent.