329 posts tagged with "Stablecoins"
Stablecoin projects and their role in crypto finance
Tempo's Machine Payments Protocol: How Stripe's Payment L1 Creates OAuth-for-Money and Rewires the AI Agent Economy
Tempo's Machine Payments Protocol introduces 'sessions' — an OAuth-for-money primitive that lets AI agents stream stablecoin micropayments without per-transaction approval. Backed by Stripe and Paradigm with partners including OpenAI, Visa, and Mastercard, we break down the architecture, competitive landscape, and what purpose-built payment chains mean for the trillion-dollar agent economy.
The Other Flippening: Why USDT Is Closing In on Ethereum's #2 Spot — and What It Means for Crypto
Polymarket gives 57% odds that USDT overtakes ETH in market cap by end of 2026. Explore the structural divergence between Tether's utility-driven growth and Ethereum's speculative value model.
TON's Sub-Second Upgrade Goes Live April 7 — What Happens When 950 Million Telegram Users Get Instant Finality
TON activates its Sub-Second consensus upgrade on April 7, 2026, cutting block finality from five seconds to sub-second across both basechain and masterchain. We analyze the three-phase rollout, the Telegram distribution advantage powering 950 million potential users, and what instant finality means for payments, gaming, and DeFi on the network.
From Groceries to Gas Fees: How Walmart's $4B Super App Is Quietly Onboarding 3 Million Americans Into Crypto
Walmart-backed OnePay has listed 15+ crypto tokens and reached 3 million monthly active users in under three months. We examine how America's largest retailer is quietly solving the crypto onboarding problem by embedding digital assets inside a $4 billion super app that 150 million weekly shoppers already trust.
x402 Joins the Linux Foundation: How a Dormant HTTP Status Code Became Crypto's First Enterprise Payment Standard
The Linux Foundation launched the x402 Foundation with Google, Visa, Stripe, AWS, and 20+ industry leaders to govern crypto's first internet-native payment standard for AI agents. Here is why a 35-year-old HTTP status code could become the SSL of money.
The CLARITY Act's April Do-or-Die Window: Why America's Most Important Crypto Law Hangs by a Thread
The CLARITY Act faces its make-or-break April deadline as a four-way deadlock between banks, crypto companies, Senate Democrats, and the White House threatens to kill the most important US crypto market structure legislation. If the Senate Banking Committee doesn't advance the bill by late April, passage odds for 2026 drop sharply.
Q1 2026 Crypto Fundraising Hits $9.27B — Wall Street Is No Longer Investing in Crypto, It's Acquiring It
Q1 2026 saw $9.27B raised across 255 crypto deals — a 3.2x surge from Q4 2025. Mastercard's $1.8B BVNK acquisition, ICE's $2B Polymarket commitment, and Core Scientific's $1B debt facility signal a structural shift from VC-led funding to TradFi acquisitions.
SoFi Becomes the First National Bank to Launch a Stablecoin — What SoFiUSD Means for the Future of Money
SoFi launches the first bank-issued stablecoin on a public blockchain. SoFiUSD, backed by reserves at the Federal Reserve, arrives with SoFi Big Business Banking — a 24/7 enterprise platform on Solana that could reshape how institutions interact with crypto.
Tempo: How Stripe's Payment-First L1 Blockchain Is Replacing SWIFT With Sub-Second Stablecoin Settlement
Stripe's Tempo L1 blockchain launched mainnet with $500M funding and partners like Deutsche Bank, Visa, and Klarna. Learn how its Machine Payments Protocol, TIP-20 standard, and ISO 20022 compliance are reshaping the $190T cross-border payment market.