Visa now allows certain partner banks and fintechs to settle their obligations to Visa in USDC, rather than traditional bank transfers. Settling means “squaring the tab” at the end of the day between banks, card issuers, and Visa. Instead of waiting on slow, expensive bank wires, they can send USDC on-chain, and now they can do that on Solana, a fast, low-fee blockchain built for high transaction throughput.First, a quick definition. A stablecoin is a crypto token that tracks a real-world asset, usually the ...

When PayPal launched almost three decades ago, the company made its name as one of the world’s first fintechs. Now, PayPal faces a slew of competitors, from the payments colossus Stripe to Big Tech giants like Apple. “One of the challenges when you are at a certain scale and you’ve been around for a while is the very classic innovator’s dilemma,” Alex Chriss, the president and CEO of PayPal, told Fortune. “What you’ve done has worked, and are you constantly thinking about how to disrupt yourself?” Invest ...

The macro environment for Bitcoin is strengthening in 2025, even as the asset continues to struggle in the market. That contrast framed a recent discussion between Frank Holmes, executive chairman of HIVE Digital Technologies (NASDAQ: HIVE) and TheStreet Roundtable's Jackson Hinkle. Consumer interest in digital assets is rising, and regulatory clarity is progressing across Washington. A recent survey from the National Cryptocurrency Association found that one in four Americans plan to either spend crypt ...

Tether's Bitcoin reserves, USDT, Tether's USDT, Tether. Photo by BeInCrypto Tether’s USDT processed $156 billion in payments of $1,000 or less in 2025, according to figures shared today by CEO Paolo Ardoino, based on Chainalysis and Artemis data.  The number highlights a side of crypto adoption often missed by price charts and ETF flows – everyday transactional use. USDT is Being Used as a Substitute for Banks and Cash Small-value transfers now represent a meaningful share of USDT activity. The data show ...

Nuvei received approval to operate under the European Union’s new regulatory framework for cryptocurrency.By completing this form, you agree to receive marketing communications from PYMNTS and to the sharing of your information with our sponsor, if applicable, in accordance with our Privacy Policy and Terms and Conditions .Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required.The Canadian payments got a Crypto-Asset Service Provider (C ...

Bitcoin gets the headlines. Ethereum powers the smart contracts. Yet behind closed doors on Wall Street, the conversation keeps circling back to something most retail investors barely notice: dollar-pegged stablecoins.This isn’t just another crypto trend catching institutional attention. What’s happening runs deeper. Stablecoins are quietly positioning themselves at the intersection of payments infrastructure, regulatory frameworks, and government financing in ways that make them impossible for traditional ...

Uniform Labs, a blockchain infrastructure company founded by former Standard Chartered, UniCredit and other digital banking executives, has put its institutional liquidity protocol Multiliquid into production following build, audit and testing phases, the company said in a press release Wednesday. Multiliquid is designed to allow institutions to swap instantly, around the clock, between blue-chip tokenized money market funds and stablecoins, aiming to remove the days-long redemption lags and liquidity con ...

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Shares of digital assets firm Hashkey Holdings were flat in Hong Kong trading today, following the firm’s IPO last week. The Chinese city has steadily embraced digital assets since 2022 as it tries to maintain its status as a global financial center. The crypto firm’s shares ended the day 0.2% lower in a choppy day of trading, with a post-opening surge, followed by a slump for most of the day before recovering right before market close. Hashkey, founded in 2018, operates a Hong Kong-licensed crypto excha ...

Crypto investment firm and index fund manager Bitwise thinks Bitcoin will hit new all-time highs again in 2026, even after falling into a rut over the last two months. The firm is predicting that the leading crypto asset will buck the trend of previous four-year cycles thanks to the diminishing strength of previous cycle indicators, and burst through to a new high mark above $126,080—its current all-time high set in early October. “Bitcoin has historically moved in a four-year cycle, with three significant ...