Africa’s largest payments infra provider just made its move... onchain. Flutterwave has chosen Polygon as its default blockchain to launch low-cost cross-border stablecoin payments for millions of consumers and global corporations, like Uber and Audiomack. This marks one of the largest real-world stablecoin deployments in emerging markets to date, spanning 30+ African countries.show more

.Stellar has selected Zebec as its global stablecoin payroll... infrastructure provider for the Stellar ecosystem. This expands our partnership with one of the original blockchain networks in crypto, powering global payments and remittances, including a direct integration to MoneyGram's 50 million customers across Latin America and beyond.show more

Compliant Euro Stablecoin Goes Live on Stellar Blockchain According... to an official announcement, AllUnity's Euro stablecoin is now live on Stellar $XLM. $EURAU is fully-backed by reserves and is fully compliant with European regulations around crypto, blockchain and stables. According to Stellar, the launch brings... "euro liquidity onchain, unlocking fast, low-cost cross-border payments and institutional-grade settlement at scale."show more

Fireblocks adds Tron support to its Flow stablecoin payments... product Businesses using Flow can now accept payments and deposits from Tron wallets and settle in a chosen stablecoin. Fireblocks listed Tron as a planned addition when the product launched in June. Flow covers more than 800 wallet types across EVM chains, Solana, and Bitcoin, with Flutterwave among its launch customers. TRON DAO carries heavy $USDT volume in remittance corridors.show more

Polygon Brings Stablecoin Payments Closer To Japan's Stores Lawson,... one of Japan's largest convenience store chains, has completed its second stablecoin payment test at a physical store in Japan. The trial used USDC, USDT, and JPYC through Netstars' StarPay system. USDC and USDT were tested across Solana (Solana), Morph (Morph), and Polygon (Polygon). JPYC was tested on Polygon, with MetaMask used as the compatible wallet. The test focused on payment speed, user experience, and existing store operations.show more

EURC is now live on World Chain! Following the... launch of USDC and CCTP earlier this year, developers and businesses on World Chain can now access the world’s largest euro stablecoin for a range of use cases: → User-verified payments: Use EURC and World ID to send and receive euro payments with verified humans to reduce fraud. → DeFi and financial services: Power trading and lending with 24/7 onchain euro settlement → Global euro savings: Offer digital euro savings accounts for users in emerging markets seeking a reliable store of value With World Chain, EURC is supported natively on 6 blockchains, bringing euro liquidity to a growing global ecosystem. Get started:show more

Avalanche Powers Hyundai Stablecoin Pilot Hyundai Card has completed... its first real world test of stablecoin based cross border payments, using Tether's USDT on the Avalanche (Avalanche🔺) network. The pilot moved funds between Hyundai Motor's US and Mexico units and settled in about seven minutes. Traditional bank transfers take three to four hours for the same route. Axiym supported the blockchain payment infrastructure for the test.show more

Mastercard Expands Stablecoin Settlement With Polygon Mastercard is expanding... stablecoin settlement to nights, weekends and holidays, with Polygon (Polygon) selected as one of the blockchain networks supporting the initiative. The move allows issuers and acquirers to settle transactions beyond traditional banking hours. Polygon joins Ethereum, Solana, XRPL, Base and other networks in Mastercard’s growing onchain settlement ecosystem.show more

Polygon Hits Visa Like Payment Speeds Polygon (Polygon |... POL) says its network now supports up to 5,000 payments per second following a recent upgrade. According to the team, that puts Polygon in the same tier as Visa's average daily payment load, while operating at a fraction of the cost. The milestone comes as Polygon's Open Money Stack enters technical preview, targeting stablecoin payments, neobanks, and financial institutions through a single integrated API.show more

🚨LATEST: POLYMARKET IS DITCHING USDC AND LAUNCHING ITS OWN... STABLECOIN Prediction market giant Polymarket is set to launch its own stablecoin, 'Polymarket USD,' replacing the existing bridge-based USDC currently used on the platform. According to CoinDesk, the new collateral-backed stablecoin is designed to overhaul the platform's payment and trading architecture. Polymarket has described the move as "the largest infrastructure upgrade since its launch." The rollout will be carried out in phases over the coming weeks, alongside upgrades to its trading engine and smart contracts.show more

Your digital wallet is about to go global. Say... hello to PayPal World. PayPal and Venmo are partnering with some of the world's largest payment systems and digital wallets - starting with Mercado Pago, NPCI International Payments Limited, and Tenpay Global - to make cross-border payments a breeze. Shop virtually anywhere. Accept payments globally. Send money between Venmo and PayPal. This will change everything! Learn more:show more

🚨HAPPENING NOW: IS TETHER'S $USDT ABOUT TO LOSE ITS... PEG?! Tether's world-leading USD stablecoin has dropped to its lowest price in five years. $USDT is currently priced at around $0.998 but dropped as low as $0.9973 in the early hours of this morning. The stablecoin boasts a market cap of more than $185 billion and is responsible for the majority of crypto trading.show more

SWIFT Unveils Blockchain Ledger For Global Banks SWIFT has... launched its blockchain based ledger for initial use after nine months of development. Seventeen major banks, including HSBC, Citi and UBS, will pilot cross border payments using tokenized bank deposits. The platform supports round the clock payments while preserving existing compliance, risk and settlement standards. SWIFT plans to expand the ledger after the initial controlled rollout.show more

Korea's biggest bank just ran a won stablecoin end-to-end... KB Financial Group, parent of KB Kookmin, completed a proof of concept covering the full lifecycle of a won-denominated stablecoin, from issuance through offline payments, merchant settlement, and overseas remittance. The retail test ran at a Hollys coffee kiosk, keeping the normal checkout while moving back-end settlement to blockchain. A cross-border leg converted the won stablecoin to a dollar stablecoin via Kaia's on-chain liquidity, then paid out to a Vietnamese bank account in three minutes, down from days, cutting fees roughly 87% versus traditional rails. KB Kookmin is South Korea's largest bank, with about $266 billion in assets. It wants to launch the moment Korea's digital asset law lands.show more

🚨UPDATE: RIPPLE RELEASES INSTITUTIONAL DEFI BLUEPRINT FOR $XRPL WITH... $XRP AS SETTLEMENT BACKBONE Ripple published its Institutional DeFi roadmap Feb 5, positioning $XRPL as "an end-to-end operating system for real-world finance" with $XRP playing a central role in payments, liquidity, and credit markets. $XRPL ranked among the top 10 chains for real-world assets and surpassed $ 1 B in monthly stablecoin volume.show more

A traveler taps her card at a market thousands... of miles from home. The payment feels instant, simple, straightforward. It’s not. Behind that tap, money may need to move across currencies, banks, payment providers, and borders. Traditional systems often require companies to park funds in local accounts before they are needed, leaving capital stagnant for long periods of time where it’s not able to earn a return or be put to work. Members of the Avalanche Payments Collective are building a more efficient global payments model, one that keeps capital productive up until the moment it needs to move. Here are five members working across different parts of cross-border payments and treasury infrastructure: Axiym provides payment and treasury infrastructure that helps institutions route liquidity and settle transactions without pre-funding every market. Its technology supported Hyundai Motor America’s stablecoin payment to its Mexico affiliate, completed on Avalanche in minutes instead of days. Nonco helps institutions exchange currencies and stablecoins by requesting prices directly from a network of professional liquidity providers. That gives them access to more competitive rates while allowing both sides of the transaction to settle together onchain. SMBC, Japan’s second-largest bank, is exploring stablecoin infrastructure for wholesale institutional payments. It is also working alongside MUFG and Mizuho on a potential yen-pegged stablecoin initiative built on Avalanche. StraitsX is working with KBank through Project BLOOM to develop payment infrastructure that can improve settlement across Southeast Asian corridors where moving money remains particularly slow and expensive. AeraTech helps multinational companies manage cash across subsidiaries, offset internal obligations, and settle inter-company payments without unnecessarily routing every transaction through external banks. These different companies all represent or engage with different parts of the payment and treasury stack. But they all have a shared goal: keep capital working longer, move it when it is needed, and make cross-border payments faster and more efficient. That is what the Avalanche Payments Collective is bringing together. Frictionless, borderless payments that really are instant, simple, and straightforward.show more

CIRCLE SETTLES $68 MILLION INTERNALLY WITH USDC IN JUST... 30 MINUTES Circle has started using its own $USDC stablecoin for corporate treasury moves, completing $68M across eight entities in under 30 minutes. This bypasses slow traditional bank wires that can take days. CEO Jeremy Allaire calls it the company “eating its own dog food,” a clear sign stablecoins are going mainstream for real-world business payments and efficiency.show more

Tenet announces the launch of its native bridge, designed... around LayerZero Labs technology, on mainnet. This marks a critical milestone in Tenet’s evolution as it allows LSDs to be bridged to Tenet for the first time, in preparation for the launch of restaking and Tenet’s stablecoin, LSDC. Utilising the bridge, Tenet has unlocked omnichain access to the vast reserves of idle LSDs across other networks, bringing additional utility and opportunity to LSDfi.show more

USDC and CCTP V2 are now live on XDC... Network! Institutions, developers, and businesses on XDC can now access the world’s largest regulated stablecoin for key use cases: ✅ Global Trade Finance: Settle tokenized invoices, letters of credit, and other trade instruments ✅ RWA Tokenization: Issue and exchange tokenized assets like treasuries, private credit, and real estate ✅ Enterprise Payments: Enable fast, low-cost, B2B and cross-border transactions Day 1 partners: Fireblocks SBI XDC Network APAC 株式会社 With XDC, USDC is supported natively on 26 blockchains and securely moves across 15 with CCTP V2. Get started today:show more

🚨 BREAKING 🇨🇳 CHINA JUST CALLED AN URGENT ECONOMIC... MEETING FOR TODAY AT 11:30 PM ET - RIGHT AFTER THEIR MARKET OPENS. INSIDERS REPORT CHINA IS PREPARING TO LIQUIDATE HALF OF ITS U.S. TREASURY HOLDINGS - WORTH ROUGHLY $315,000,000,000.00 THIS ONE OF THE LARGEST TREASURY SELLOFFS IN HISTORY - SHOCKWAVES ACROSS GLOBAL MARKETS! EXTREMELY BAD NEWS FOR GLOBAL MARKETS! 👀show more