CADD Is Live: What a Regulated CAD Stablecoin Actually Changes for Cross-Border Payments
CADD puts regulated Canadian-dollar settlement on Base, Ethereum, and Tempo. Here is the payment-path breakdown of what it changes for cross-border transfers—and the FX, payout, custody, and support work it does not replace.
Private x402 Payments: What Mind Network’s x402z Adds—and What It Doesn’t
Mind Network’s x402z adds FHE-backed confidential value handling to x402 agent payments. See what it can protect, what still leaks, and the controls a production deployment needs.
Fasset's $51M Series B: The Stablecoin-Powered Islamic Neobank Quietly Moving $32B Across 50+ Emerging Market Corridors
Fasset's $51M Series B reveals where stablecoin adoption is actually accelerating: not in New York boardrooms, but across 50+ payment corridors in Asia, Africa, and the Middle East — where a Sharia-compliant neobank is processing $32B in annualized volume for 1,000+ SMEs and 2 million wallets.
Circle Bets $3 Billion That Owning the Rail Beats Riding Someone Else's
Circle's $222M Arc token presale at a $3B valuation marks the company's pivot from stablecoin issuer to blockchain operator — combining USDC issuance with its own settlement rail and competing with Coinbase Base and Stripe Tempo for institutional on-chain finance.
From Libra's Ashes: How Meta's Stablecoin Comeback Changes Everything
Meta launched USDC creator payouts in Colombia and the Philippines in April 2026, using Stripe's Bridge infrastructure — a compliance-first return to crypto payments four years after the Libra/Diem collapse. Four structural changes made this launch succeed where Libra failed.
Visa Goes Nine-Chain: Inside the $7B Stablecoin Settlement Expansion
Visa expanded its stablecoin settlement program to nine blockchains — adding Arc, Base, Canton, Polygon, and Tempo — as its annualized run rate hit $7 billion, up 50% in one quarter. What the multi-chain architecture means for Web3 builders, DeFi protocols, and the institutional payments race.
The Stablecoin Land Grab: How the GENIUS Act Blew Open a $320B Market
The GENIUS Act created the first federal pathway for banks to issue stablecoins, and now JPMorgan, Ripple, MetaMask, SoFi, and a 20-firm pipeline through Anchorage are racing to fragment the $322B market that Tether and Circle built.
Your AI Agent Just Got a Wallet: Solana and Google Cloud's Pay.sh Changes How Machines Pay for the Internet
Solana Foundation and Google Cloud launched Pay.sh on May 6, 2026 — a stablecoin gateway letting AI agents pay-per-call for APIs using USDC on Solana, with no credit card or subscription required. Here's what it means for the agent economy and the infrastructure layer beneath it.
Anchorage's 20-Issuer Queue: The Stablecoin Factory Hiding in Plain Sight
Anchorage Digital is the only operational federally chartered crypto bank under the GENIUS Act, with 20 institutions queued to issue stablecoins through its OCC charter — a structural moat that resembles the early AWS, Stripe, and Plaid windows.