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Amazon Japan distributor AZ-Com Maruwa to adopt yen stablecoin JPYC for payments

A Japanese logistics company that counts Amazon Japan as a client plans to settle payments in the regulated yen stablecoin JPYC with business partners,...

Trump targets Brazil’s payments system while dollar stablecoins are quietly overtaking country’s payments

Dollar-linked stablecoins already account for roughly 90% of crypto transaction volume in Brazil, most of it used for payments and settlement, according to tax...

Why Stripe’s $53 billion PayPal bid is a high-stakes play to own the future of digital payments

“If Stripe owns PayPal, Bridge becomes the shared infrastructure layer under PYUSD, OpenUSD and Tempo. That's infrastructure consolidation, not token competition, and it's a...

Ripple joins card giants backing x402 as 75 million payments move just $24 million

Coinbase, among others, filled that gap in May 2025. Under x402, a server that wants payment answers a request with a 402 and a...

Bolivia weighs adding Tether’s USDT to its national payments system

Bolivia is considering adding Tether's USDT stablecoin to its national payments system, marking another step in the country's shift from banning crypto transactions to...

USDT Leads Payments, USDC Dominates DeFi

The world’s biggest stablecoins are increasingly becoming chain-specific financial products, with Tether’s USDt (USDT) and Circle’s USDC (USDC) serving distinct roles across the crypto...

StablecoinX Launches Harness API to Simplify Stablecoin Payments and Treasury Operations

StablecoinX has launched Harness, a middleware API to simplify stablecoin payments, swaps, cross-chain transfers and treasury operations.The platform lets businesses accept major stablecoins, convert...

UK Payment Blueprint Outlines Tokenized Payments for ‘Multi-Money Ecosystem’

UK regulators are calling for tokenization and “new forms of digital money” to be part of the core infrastructure of the country's future retail...

Cloudflare Launches Monetization Gateway for Stablecoin Payments via x402

Cloudflare opened a waitlist for its Monetization Gateway on Wednesday, letting customers charge for web pages, datasets, APIs or MCP tools with payments settling...

J.P. Morgan broadens Kinexys blockchain settlement network as banks modernize cross-border payments

J.P. Morgan has expanded the number of currencies supported by its Kinexys blockchain payments platform, a move that could make it easier for multinational...

Alchemy’s AI-driven AgentCard gains access to Visa payments network

Blockchain infrastructure firm Alchemy said AI agents with its AgentCard now have access to the Visa (V) network with complete identity and payment capabilities,...

Polygon’s 5,000 TPS Upgrade Could Make Stablecoin Payments Viable for Payroll, Remittances and B2B Settlement

Polygon Chain can now support up to 5,000 payment transactions per second.The capacity upgrade makes stablecoin payments more practical for payroll, remittances and B2B...