Payments News
Jack Dorsey’s Cash App Picks Solana – Not Bitcoin – for New Stablecoin Payments
Cash App will launch stablecoin transfers on Solana next year, expanding beyond Bitcoin as traders eye the network’s speed, costs and risi...
Visa Pilots USDC Payouts, Bringing Instant Global Payments to Freelancers and Creators
Visa has introduced a new pilot that allows businesses to send USD-backed stablecoins directly to recipients’ wallets via Visa Direct, mar...
Sui Launches USDsui Stablecoin with Stripe-Owned Bridge for Compliant, Cross-Chain Payments
Sui Launches USDsui Stablecoin with Stripe-Owned Bridge for Compliant, Cross-Chain Payments ...
Bitcoin User Accidentally Pays US$105K Fee to Send Just US$10
Blockchain data shows a trader paid 0.99 BTC in fees by mistake; experts say manual wallet errors like this can lead to costly crypto losses...
Ripple Expands Institutional Push with Acquisition of Crypto Custody Firm Palisade
Ripple Labs has acquired crypto wallet provider Palisade to bolster Ripple Custody, its toolkit for banks and corporates managing digital as...
Square Bitcoin: Bringing Crypto to Main Street with Zero-Fee Payments and Seamless Integration
Block Inc.’s payments arm Square has launched Square Bitcoin, a suite of tools allowing businesses to accept and manage Bitcoin within its...
Samsung and Coinbase Join Forces to Bring Crypto Trading to 75 Million Galaxy Devices
Accessibility has been a major obstacle to widespread adoption throughout the history of cryptocurrency. Because of this, several projects i...
Stripe Unveils ‘Open Issuance’ to Let Businesses Launch Their Own Stablecoins
Payments giant, Stripe, has launched a new platform to allow businesses to issue their own stablecoin in just a matter of days, using “onl...
Visa Pilots Stablecoin Settlements to Speed Up Global Payments
Visa has begun a pilot program allowing businesses to pre-fund their Visa Direct accounts with stablecoins rather than fiat. The compa...
Swift Teams Up With Global Banks to Build Tokenised Payments Ledger
Global payments giant Swift is building a blockchain-based ledger for cross-border payments, in a project that involves more than 30 financi...
Card Race: Trump’s WLFI Preps Stablecoin Debit Card as Stripe and Visa Back Fold’s Bitcoin Rewards Card
While crypto adoption moves forward with institutional backing, payment cards using crypto for daily spending are also gaining traction – ...
Hana Wallet Launches: An Aussie-Made Crypto Wallet for Everyday Payments
Sydney-founded crypto startup, Hana Wallet, has officially launched its virtual prepaid crypto card, the Hana Web3 Debit Mastercard, a non-c...