Stripe and Paradigm Unveil Tempo, a Blockchain Designed for Payments

Crypto venture capitalist and Paradigm co-founder Matt Huang says, “Tempo is purpose-built for stablecoins and real-world payments.” Stripe and Paradigm Announce Tempo to Power Onchain Payments Bitcoin is peer-to-peer digital cash, Ethereum is the world computer, and now Tempo, a new blockchain unveiled by payments giant Stripe and crypto venture capital firm Paradigm on Thursday, … Read more

USDD Launches Natively on Ethereum With Peg Module and Airdrop

USDD, an algorithmic stablecoin, associated with Tron and its founder Justin Sun, is now live natively on Ethereum, the project said Monday. Tron-Affiliated USDD Expands to Ethereum With sUSDD on Deck According to the team’s blog post, the deployment went live Sept. 8, 2025, after a Certik audit, and includes a Peg Stability Module that … Read more

TLGY and StablecoinX Secure $890 Million PIPE to Build ENA Treasury for Ethena Ecosystem

TLGY Acquisition Corp. and StablecoinX Assets Inc. announced an additional $530 million in PIPE financing, bringing total committed PIPE proceeds to $890 million in support of their proposed business combination and a multi‑year treasury strategy focused on accumulating ENA, the Ethena protocol’s native token. The financing—priced at $10 per share—includes participation from YZi Labs, Brevan … Read more

3-Way Push for USDH: Paxos, Agora, and Frax Pitch Stablecoin Infrastructure to Hyperliquid

This week, Hyperliquid received competing proposals from Paxos, Agora, and Frax to supply stablecoin infrastructure for USDH, with each bidder emphasizing regulatory posture, distribution, and how yield from reserves would be shared with the ecosystem. Hyperliquid Is Now Weighing Multiple Proposals Bitcoin.com News previously reported on Paxos on Sunday, Sept. 7, and Paxos’s written bid … Read more

Paxos Proposes USDH Stablecoin to Anchor Hyperliquid Ecosystem and Fund Buybacks

Paxos proposed issuing USDH, a Hyperliquid‑first regulated stablecoin, aimed at accelerating adoption and enterprise integration across the Hyperliquid ecosystem. The Paxos Labs initiative, backed by Paxos’s decade of regulated stablecoin issuance and recent acquisition of Molecular Labs, would mint USDH natively on HyperEVM and HyperCore, offer multi‑jurisdictional compliance (including MiCA/GENIUS claims), and route onchain and … Read more

ECB Pushes Digital Euro to Enhance Strategic Autonomy, Counter Foreign Stablecoins

On September 4, 2025, ECB Executive Board Member Piero Cipollone addressed the European Parliament, advocating for a digital euro to strengthen Europe’s payment system resilience and strategic autonomy. Speaking in Brussels, Cipollone highlighted the digital euro’s role in reducing reliance on non-European payment providers, which dominate 66% of euro area card transactions, citing high fees … Read more

Ripple Brings RLUSD to African Markets With Chipper Cash, Yellow Card, VALR

Ripple’s RLUSD stablecoin is storming into Africa, unlocking explosive growth across finance, insurance, and crypto markets with real-world utility and powerhouse institutional backing. Ripple Brings RLUSD to Africa to Support Finance, Insurance, and Crypto Expansion Ripple announced on Sept. 4 that its USD-backed stablecoin, Ripple USD (RLUSD), will be made available in Africa through partnerships … Read more

Fireblocks Launches Stablecoin Payments Network With Single-Integration Access

Fireblocks has launched a stablecoin payments network built around a single integration to multiple providers, pitching compliance tooling and global coverage as its core features. Fireblocks Adds Compliance Tooling Across 100+ Countries for Stablecoin Payments Fireblocks, the enterprise-grade digital asset platform, unveiled the “Network for Payments” on Sept. 4, a set of APIs and connections … Read more

ECB President Christine Lagarde Calls for Toughening Stablecoin Regulatory Compliance

Lagarde stressed that stablecoins should comply with EU-equivalent regulations in other jurisdictions to operate in the region. She also called for establishing assurances to avoid the transfer of EU funds abroad in the case of runs on these assets. Lagarde Stresses Stablecoin Projects Should Comply With EU-Equivalent Regulation in Other Jurisdictions The European Union (EU) … Read more

Economist: USDT Leveraged to Settle Crude Oil Sales in Venezuela

The Venezuelan government is using USDT to receive payments for crude shipments, according to local sources. The move prevents a blockade of crude payments, allowing the Venezuelan government to supply the local foreign currency market directly. Venezuela Leverages USDT to Receive Crude Sale Settlements Stablecoins, such as USDT, have become essential in countries facing both … Read more

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