REALITY CHECK | Circle’s $400 Million TazaPay Deal Shows the Importance of Local Rails, Local Payments for Stablecoins
Circle’s planned $400 million acquisition of Singapore-based cross-border payments firm TazaPay will give the USDC issuer access to local payment rails, banking relationships and regulatory infrastructure that could otherwise take years to build. “This is the latest signal that stablecoins’ next battleground is in emerging markets,” Martins Benkitis, Co-Founder and CEO of global liquidity provider, Gravity Team. CASE STUDY | Why USDC Issuer, Circle, Acquired this Leading Asian Local Payments Platform TazaPay operates across more than 100 […]
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- REALITY CHECK | Circle’s $400 Million TazaPay Deal Shows the Importance of Local Rails, Local Payments for Stablecoins
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