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TL;DR Visa says U.S. willingness to use stablecoins rises from 36% to 56% when hypothetical bank-level fraud protection and deposit insurance are added. The study covered 2,192 U.S. adults and more than 45,000 respondents across 20 markets. The findings suggest…
Bitcoin researchers have proposed a system for private transfers directly on the network without requiring a soft fork or changes to its consensus rules. The Sept. 24 paper from [[alloc] init] researchers Clara Shikhelman, Mikhail Komarov, and Aleksei Moskvin introduces Shielded…
Block joins Google, Microsoft, AWS and Coinbase in backing x402, an open payment standard enabling agentic AI commerce.
Copper's 2026 record highs are closing the gap with gold, as the metal surges 20% while bullion trades flat this year.
Tether's offshore banking partner just froze its funds after a US seizure, raising new questions about risk to USDT.
TL;DR Galaxy has added $100 million of Sky Protocol’s sUSDS to its own corporate treasury. The firm has also approved sUSDS as collateral across an institutional trading business carrying an average loan book of about $1.4 billion. Galaxy additionally bought…
The disclosed flaw affected older software and could mislead merchants; the tapd and lnd fixes shipped in 2025.
Bitget CEO Gracy Chen said a preliminary investigation found IP addresses matching VPN choices associated with a DPRK hacking group.
TL;DR Blockchain.com and NYSE Group have signed an agreement to explore access to tokenized U.S.-listed stocks and ETFs. The proposed service would use NYSE’s planned digital trading venue and could support around-the-clock trading for eligible global users. Nothing is live…
The S&P 500 closed nearly unchanged, but under the surface, breadth collapsed as yields surged and Oracle flagged AI-buildout strain.
Tom Lee says rising yields help strong firms and expects inflation to cool sharply within six months.
TL;DR Circle has launched StableFX on Arc, giving approved institutions 24/7 access to stablecoin-based foreign exchange settlement. The system uses RFQ pricing from multiple liquidity providers and smart-contract settlement so both sides of a trade complete together. Circle is providing…
