Samsung Wallet plans stablecoin support in digital payments expansion
Samsung Electronics plans to add stablecoin support to Samsung Wallet, expanding its mobile payments and rewards platform to include digital assets.…
Philippine bank BPI plans stablecoin payments pilot
The Philippine bank is preparing a stablecoin settlement pilot intended to speed up and reduce the cost of overseas payments to Filipino remote workers.…
Coinbase lets businesses accept USDC payments from AI agents
The exchange also introduced AI trading tools and a developer kit as part of a broader push to build financial infrastructure for autonomous AI agents.…
Coinbase's corporate customers can now accept payments from AI agents
Rolling out this week, Coinbase Business users will be able to accept payments from AI agents, done via the x402 protocol, developed and incubated by the…
Kakao taps Circle to explore won stablecoin payment infrastructure
Kakao Group and Circle signed an MOU to explore won stablecoin payments, remittances, merchant settlement and tokenized financial services. Source:Cointelegraph
More than 70% of recent home buyers were counting on mortgage rates to drop. Now they’re stuck.
Refinancing to a lower rate isn’t an option for many homeowners, who now face “financially unsustainable” mortgage payments. Source:MarketWatch
Franklin Templeton calls agentic AI next ‘killer’ use case for blockchain
Franklin Templeton’s digital assets lead said that the autonomous AI agent economy will increase demand for blockchain protocols hosting machinetomachine…
MoneyGram's CEO says blockchain works best when customers don't know it's there
In an interview with CoinDesk, MoneyGram CEO Anthony Soohoo said that their blockchain strategy has evolved from early experimentation into a broader effort to…
Exodus to cut 25% of staff in company reorganization
The wallet company said it expected the layoffs to generate between $10 million and $13 million in savings as part of its strategy to build a fullstack card…
Iren’s stock surges as the neocloud lands $2.8 billion worth of new deals
The AI infrastructure provider is easing anxiety over high datacenter buildout costs as it secures new customers and prepayments for chips. Source:MarketWatch
Exodus to cut 25% of global workforce in payments shift
This restructuring is part of a strategy to build a fullstack payments platform following the company's acquisitions of Monavate and Baanx. Source:CoinDesk
Russia’s parliament to hold final readings on crypto bill Tuesday
Russia’s State Duma is set to consider the crypto regulation bill in second and third readings, with rules for investors and crossborder payments included.…