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Meta exploring stablecoin integration for payouts: Report

Meta exploring stablecoin integration for payouts: Report

Tech company Meta is reportedly exploring integrating stablecoin payments into its platforms after a three-year hiatus from cryptocurrencies, Fortune reported, citing sources familiar with the matter.The Facebook parent held talks with several crypto infrastructure firms in consultation but has not …

Coinbase Stock Has Tumbled. What to Watch for in Earnings.

Coinbase Stock Has Tumbled. What to Watch for in Earnings.

Paul R. La MonicaBitcoin has been on a wild ride this year, just like the stock market. But the world's most valuable cryptocurrency, unlike the S&P 500 and other major indexes, is actually up a bit this year. Will that be good news for crypto asset manager and brokerage firm Coinbase Global as it g…

Coinbase x402 payments protocol to make AI agents more autonomous

Coinbase x402 payments protocol to make AI agents more autonomous

Coinbase has introduced a new payments protocol for online payments that enables stablecoin transfers over standard internet protocols and AI agents to transact autonomously. On May 6, Coinbase announced that it is launching a protocol called x402 for instant stablecoin payments directly over the in…

 Tether posts $1B in Q1 operating profit, $5.6 billion excess in reserves

Tether posts $1B in Q1 operating profit, $5.6 billion excess in reserves

Tether, the company behind the world’s largest stablecoin by market capitalization, has released its financials for the first quarter of 2025, disclosing nearly $120 billion in exposure to US Treasurys and over $1 billion in operating profit.According to Tether’s Q1 2025 financial report, the compan…

Ethena partners with TON to offer USDe to one billion Telegram users

Ethena partners with TON to offer USDe to one billion Telegram users

Decentralized stablecoin platform Ethena has partnered with The Open Network (TON) to make its stablecoins available to Telegram’s user base of over one billion people.The partnership, announced on May 1 at Token2049 in Dubai, will see the deployment of Ethena’s USDe (USDE) and Ethena Staked USDe (s…

SEC drops investigation into PayPal’s stablecoin

SEC drops investigation into PayPal’s stablecoin

PayPal says the US Securities and Exchange Commission has abandoned its investigation into the payment giant’s US-dollar stablecoin.PayPal said in an April 29 regulatory filing that the SEC concluded its investigation into PayPal USD (PYUSD) and wouldn’t be taking any action.The company said it rece…

Circle Secures In-Principle Abu Dhabi Approval as It Pursues NYSE IPO

Circle Secures In-Principle Abu Dhabi Approval as It Pursues NYSE IPO

Circle, the company behind the USDC stablecoin, has received in-principle approval from the Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) of Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM). The company shared the update today (Tuesday) through an official press release, as reported by Cointelegraph. Separately, Cir…

Circle secures in-principle approval to operate as money services provider in Abu Dhabi

Circle secures in-principle approval to operate as money services provider in Abu Dhabi

The Financial Services Regulatory Authority of Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) granted stablecoin issuer Circle in-principle approval to serve as a money services provider, according to a release shared with The Block. The move comes after Circle incorporated a new legal entity within the ADGM in Dec…

Mastercard moves to integrate stablecoins into global payments network

Mastercard moves to integrate stablecoins into global payments network

Mastercard is moving to allow consumers to spend and merchants to receive payments using stablecoins."To allow consumers and businesses to use stablecoins as easily as the money in their bank accounts, Mastercard is providing an integrated, 360-degree approach," the company said in a release on Mond…

WEEX Lists AB (AB) under the RWA and Blockchain Infrastructure Category

WEEX Lists AB (AB) under the RWA and Blockchain Infrastructure Category

SINGAPORE, April 08, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — WEEX , a global digital asset trading platform, officially listed the AB/USDT trading pair on April 2, 2025.AB is a public blockchain infrastructure project committed to building a decentralized future. It provides efficient and secure foundational supp…

Acting SEC chair Uyeda directs staff to review statements on investment contract framework, Bitcoin futures fund guidance

Acting SEC chair Uyeda directs staff to review statements on investment contract framework, Bitcoin futures fund guidance

Mark Uyeda, acting chair of the US SEC, has directed staff to review several crypto-related regulatory statements, including guidance on the investment contract analysis of digital assets and the treatment of Bitcoin futures under the Investment Company Act.Other key documents under review are crypt…

 Stablecoin adoption grows with new US bills, Japan’s open approach

Stablecoin adoption grows with new US bills, Japan’s open approach

Stablecoins are front and center of late: critical bills have made their way through US Congress, First Digital’s coin briefly depegged over reserve concerns, and Coinbase’s efforts to take on banks saw pushback from lawmakers — to name just a few recent headlines.Dollar-backed cryptocurrencies are …