Japanese stablecoin issuer, JPYC, has raised 6 billion Yen ($38 million) in an extended Series B funding round bringing its total funding since 2021 to about $106 million as it seeks to accelerate adoption of its regulated Yen-backed stablecoin. The latest round added Japanese logistics firm, AZ-COM Maruwa Holdings, as a strategic investor. The companies plan to integrate JPYC into logistics and payment operations with AZ-COM expected to use the stablecoin to settle payments with about 2,300 contractors and business […]
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Mastercard and Borderless.xyz are testing whether assurance signals can reduce compliance friction in cross-border stablecoin payments. The pilot will explore how Mastercard Crypto Credential can support verification across stablecoin payment flows. The framework provides assurance signals that payment providers can incorporate into their approval, compliance and risk processes. Infinia, Walapay and Koywe will take part [...] The post Mastercard Tests Crypto Credential for Stablecoin Payment Verification 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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Maybank Singapore has joined the central bank’s BLOOM initiative to advance programmable cross-border settlement. Launched in October 2025, BLOOM stands for Borderless, Liquid, Open, Online, Multi-currency. It builds on Project Orchid, which explored use cases for a digital Singapore dollar and the infrastructure needed to support it. The initiative explores cross-border settlement using tokenised bank [...] The post Maybank Singapore Joins MAS’ BLOOM for Tokenised Cross-Border Payments appeared first on Fintech Singapore .
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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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Visa has moved stablecoin integration beyond experimental pilots into production-grade infrastructure. As of August 5, 2026, the company is deploying stablecoin capabilities across Visa Direct, its real-time push payments platform, to reach more than 18 billion endpoints across eligible cards, accounts, and digital wallets in 195 countries and territories. This is a live, scalable deployment […]
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A classificação reconhece a capacidade do fundo de manter um valor patrimonial estável, enquanto a S&P reiterou a baixa avaliação atribuída ao USDT em sua metodologia de análise.
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Western Union is bringing stablecoins into everyday payments with the launch of Stablecard in 37 markets. Developed with Rain, Stablecard combines a digital USDPT wallet with a Visa secured credit card linked to the U.S. dollar stablecoin. USDPT is issued by Anchorage Digital Bank on the Solana blockchain. It is redeemable one-for-one for U.S. dollars [...] The post Western Union Links Remittances, Stablecoin Spending With Stablecard appeared first on Fintech Singapore .
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Autoridades dos dois países destacaram a implementação da Lei GENIUS, a modernização dos sistemas de pagamento e a ampliação da cooperação regulatória no setor de ativos digitais.
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