Disclaimer: The analyst who wrote this piece owns shares of MicroStrategy (MSTR).Microstrategy, now known as Strategy (MSTR), has reshaped U.S. capital markets in 2025 by issuing a series of preferred…
Mastercard Circle stablecoin partnership is actually enabling USDC and EURC settlement for acquirers in Eastern Europe, Middle East, and also Africa right now. This Mastercard Circle stablecoin initiative marks the…
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Rich Widmann, Google Cloud's head of Web3 strategy, confirmed that the Universal Ledger is a layer-1 blockchain.
The system uses Python for smart contracts, diverging from industry standards like Solidity…
Cross-border payments may soon move faster as banks gain
access to stablecoin settlement through a new deal between Finastra and Circle.
The collaboration will connect USDC, Circle’s dollar-pegged digital token, to
Finastra’s Global…
South Korea’s largest financial groups are set to meet officials from Tether and Circle Internet (CRCL), issuers of the two largest stablecoins, as early as this week, according to Yonhap.In…
Leading stablecoin issuers Tether and Circle are expected to meet with top executives from South Korea’s largest banks this week, according to local media.South Korea’s state-funded Yonhap News Agency reported…
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Executives from stablecoin issuers Circle and Tether are set to meet with top figures in some of South Korea's biggest financial groups this week, according to reports in local…
Circle, the issuer of USDC, a stablecoin pegged to the U.S. currency, has joined the Global Travel Rule (GTR) network, a Binance-led alliance of cryptocurrency firms, to strengthen international compliance.This…
Stablecoin issuer Circle (CRCL) has acquired Malachite, the consensus engine that is set to underpin payments-focused blockchain Arc, from software development firm Informal Systems, according to a Monday press release.Several…
Every day, there seems to be a new blockchain for stablecoins.Or at least that’s how it felt this week, when USDC (USDC) issuer Circle announced Arc, its own settlement network,…