The global payments landscape is undergoing a seismic shift, driven not by traditional financial powerhouses but by the dynamic innovation surging through emerging markets. As geopolitical tensions escalate, nations across…
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Ripple has agreed to acquire Rail for $200 million.
The Canadian stablecoin platform has key compliance features.
The companies will promote RLUSD and XRP’s use in payments.
Ripple has entered into a…
ASEAN countries are quietly revolting against the US dollar on the ground level without the world noticing. Bobby Liu, a Singaporean digital nomad, roams across Asia armed with a smartphone…
Brazil’s new payment system Pix is causing concerns in Washington as it is competing with US credit card companies while modestly advancing the de-dollarization agenda. Pix is run by Brazil’s…
The UK is moving forward with a ban on its public sector and operators of critical national infrastructure paying ransomware demands.The proposals released on Tuesday as a result of a…
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Ant Group plans to integrate Circle's USDC stablecoin into its blockchain platform serving 1.6 billion users.
Integration timeline depends on USDC achieving full U.S. compliance after GENIUS Act passage.
Ant focuses…
Ripple’s US dollar-pegged stablecoin, Ripple USD (RLUSD), has received a significant boost by integrating with Transak, a major cryptocurrency payments platform.Transak has officially integrated support for the Ripple USD stablecoin,…
Plume, the first full-stack chain and ecosystem purpose-built for real world asset finance (RWAfi), has announced a strategic integration with TRON to launch SkyLink across the TRON Network. TRON’s vast…
This is a segment from The Drop newsletter. To read full editions, subscribe.A crypto researcher has whipped up an open-source payment processor within a week that lets a buyer tap…
David Ramil has announced his new position as Co-Founder at
Willybit LTD. He shared the update on LinkedIn today (Monday).On the post Ramil wrote: “I have started in a new Co-Founder
position…