From Fugees to Fintech: Wyclef Jean Joins Circle to Explore Stablecoin Payments Through Art

Circle Internet Group has tapped Grammy Award-winning artist and humanitarian Wyclef Jean as its Global Culture Advisor, in a collaboration aimed at showcasing how stablecoin technology is reshaping financial access and creativity across the globe. Circle Teams up With Wyclef Jean to Connect Culture, Finance, and Technology The partnership will center on storytelling, performance, and … Read more

XDC Ventures Acquires Contour Network to Tokenize Trade Finance

XDC Ventures, the investment arm of the XDC Network, announced the acquisition of Contour Network, reviving the blockchain platform for digitized letters of credit (LCs) and combining Contour’s global bank consortium with XDC’s hybrid Layer‑1 settlement rails. The deal positions XDC as an institutional gateway for tokenized trade finance and real‑world asset settlement, with co‑founder … Read more

Coinbase Makes CDP Embedded Wallets Generally Available for Apps of Any Size

Coinbase Developer Platform (CDP) rolled out general availability for its Embedded Wallets, a toolkit that lets companies add crypto features directly inside their apps without seed phrases. Coinbase Opens CDP Embedded Wallets to All Developers According to the announcement, the production release brings the same infrastructure that powers Coinbase accounts to any business where the … Read more

Circle and Safe Team up to Strengthen Institutional USDC Treasury Management

Circle has announced a strategic partnership with Safe to make the USDC stablecoin a central component of Safe’s onchain ecosystem, positioning Safe as a premier institutional storage and decentralized finance (DeFi) solution for USDC custody. Safe and Circle Join Forces The collaboration aims to integrate Circle’s (NYSE: CRCL) regulated stablecoin infrastructure with Safe’s multisignature smart … Read more

Circle Highlights USDC as Most Trusted Stablecoin in Regulated Financial Markets

USDC is cementing its role at the heart of regulated digital finance, with surging adoption, institutional backing, and unmatched liquidity fueling its rise as a global standard. Circle’s USDC Emerges as Cornerstone of Regulated Digital Currency Framework Growing institutional demand for regulated digital currencies continues to redefine the global financial landscape. The digital payments firm … Read more

Analyst: Yield Will Disrupt the Tether/Circle Stablecoin Duopoly

Nic Carter believes that, given the new opportunities and realities in the stablecoin industry, the market is set to expand and empower new actors. He points out that yield will be one of the disruptions powering this expansion. Analyst: Yield Will Push a Stablecoin Explosion Disrupting the Current Duopoly Things are starting to change in … Read more

Deutsche Börse Teams With Circle as Stablecoins Push Into Core Euro Markets

Europe is taking a massive leap toward regulated digital finance as Circle and Deutsche Börse join forces to embed stablecoins into core market infrastructure. Circle’s USDC and EURC Take Aim at Legacy Systems Via Deutsche Börse Global integration of digital assets into regulated markets is gaining momentum, with Europe emerging as a central hub for … Read more

OKX Singapore Enables USDC and USDT Payments at Grab Merchants via QR Codes

OKX Singapore launched scan‑to‑pay support allowing users to spend USDC and USDT at Grab Pay merchants by scanning Singapore’s unified QR code (SGQR) through OKX Pay. Transactions will be settled onchain using the purpose bound money (PBM) framework, which applies programmable logic for compliant, conditional settlement, while regulated payment provider StraitsX performs compliance checks and … Read more

Stablecoin Sector Sees Nearly $4B Boost as Market Closes in on $300B Milestone

The stablecoin arena just got a little juicier. Over the past week, the market bulked up by $3.969 billion—a 1.36% lift. Tether’s USDT strutted in with a fresh $2 billion under its belt, flexing its dominance at 58.68% of the $295.797 billion fiat-pegged token pool this weekend. Ethena’s USDe and Falcon’s USDf Rise While USDC, … Read more

Space and Time Integrates Stablecoin Payments to Boost Developer Efficiency

The Space and Time Foundation has announced that its network will now accept USDC as a payment method, enabling developers to pay for zero-knowledge (ZK) data processing. USDC Integration Enhances Developer Experience The Space and Time Foundation has announced that its network will now support the stablecoin USDC as a payment method. This integration allows … Read more