The future of money is being written in the plumbing, not the halls of Congress. On August 18, 2026, Rain launched the Agentic Payments Alliance (APA), a coalition of 26 founding members including Visa, Mastercard, Fiserv, Circle, Solana, and others, all aiming to define the rules for agentic commerce. The industry is essentially treating the […]
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Thunes now lets eligible network members use the euro-backed stablecoin EURC to fund transactions around the clock. The service allows members of its Direct Global Network to manage treasury flows outside banking hours, including on weekends and holidays. It is available across Ethereum, Solana, Base and Stellar. EURC is issued by a regulated Circle affiliate [...] The post Thunes Adds 24/7 Funding With Euro-Backed Stablecoin EURC appeared first on Fintech Singapore .
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Circle renewed its revenue-sharing agreement with Coinbase on August 5, locking in a distribution model that cost the issuer approximately $908 million in fiscal year 2024. The following day, CoinShares published a research note identifying the Open USD (OUSD) consortium as an existential threat to Circle’s business model. The friction point is structural. In its […]
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BlockTower, the regulated issuer of ZARU, its Rand-backed stablecoin, has announced that Luno Global has listed ZARU/USDT and ZARU/USDC trading pairs. This is the first time an institutional-grade ZAR stablecoin has listed on a large, regulated crypto exchange, giving the Rand its first continuous, on-chain secondary market – available 24/7 on Luno’s exchange – and its first direct on-chain link to the world’s two largest dollar stablecoins. The listing builds on ZARU’s existing footprint. Since launch, ZARU has been available […]
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The primary obstacle to global stablecoin adoption is not the speed of settlement, but the friction of compliance. As stablecoin volumes surge — Circle’s Q2 2026 report showed $14.8 trillion in onchain volume, up 151% year-over-year — the industry faces a structural bottleneck. Every transaction between disparate providers currently requires redundant verification, a process that […]
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