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Visa Says Business Programs Drive About 17% of Stablecoin Card Volume

Payment volume across Visa’s stablecoin-linked cards grew nearly 200% year over year in its fiscal second quarter.

Visa Says Business Payments Now Drive 17% Of Stablecoin-Linked Card Volume

TL;DR Visa says roughly 17% of its stablecoin-linked card volume in fiscal 2026 year-to-date came from business and commercial card programs. The paym...

Crypto hardware wallets compared for 2026

From touchscreen and QR-code devices to NFC cards and Bitcoin-only models, this guide compares hardware wallets by security, connectivity, usability a...

Coinbase Plans Digital Pokémon Pulls With Real Cards Behind Them

Coinbase wants customers to open Pokémon packs on their phones and collect real cards they may never touch. Its Sept. 28 teaser promised physical back...

Coinbase teases Pokémon card packs backed by physical collectibles

Coinbase's move into tokenized Pokmon cards could revolutionize the collectibles market by enhancing liquidity, security, and accessibility. The post ...

HIFI Raises $37M To Build Stablecoin And Tokenized Market Infrastructure

HIFI has raised a $37 million Series A led by Left Lane Capital. The company says the funding will expand stablecoin payments, cards and infrastructur...

Gnosis Pay to shut down consumer cards, shift to B2B by Dec. 20, 2026

Gnosis Pay's shift to B2B may enhance enterprise offerings but challenges consumer engagement, impacting GNO token utility and ecosystem dynamics. The...

TRON Surpasses $30T in Total Transaction Volume as it Secures its Place as Leading Chain for Stablecoins

Geneva, Switzerland, September 24, 2026 — TRON DAO, the community-governed DAO dedicated to accelerating the decentralization of the internet through ...

Report: Polymarket Ignored Warnings During $10M Fraud Attack

Bad actors targeted Polymarket’s U.S. platform in a $10 million fraud scheme using stolen debit cards, pushing payment processor Checkout.com to rejec...

USDT on TRON Becomes Most Used Onchain Payment Option on CoinsBee as Stablecoin Spending Grows

CoinsBee payment data shows USDT on TRON recorded nearly twice as many payments as Bitcoin over the past 90 days, while its share of all payments on C...

Polymarket loosened anti-money-laundering controls amid $10M fraud attack using stolen debit cards

Polymarket's weakened safeguards highlight the tension between rapid growth and regulatory compliance, risking severe legal and financial repercussion...

Mastercard lets AI agents shop with virtual cards as agentic commerce expands

AI-driven payment options could revolutionize consumer transactions, but widespread adoption hinges on overcoming significant trust barriers. The post...

KuCoin Opens Managed Portfolios to Users with Deposits from 100 USDT

KuCoin is offering eligible users access to professionally managed portfolios starting at 100 USDT; customers can subscribe to a strategy instead of s...

GoMining Launches GoMining Gifts, a Bitcoin Miner You Can Send as a Present in One Link

Visa Stablecoin Settlement Tops $20 Billion as Card Volume Surges

Visa’s stablecoin settlement volume has climbed above a $20 billion annualized run rate, up more than 15-fold from a year ago. The growth is forcing c...

Strategy Roasted Over Bitcoin-Themed Jordans You Can’t Buy With BTC

While market observers and crypto proponents discussed Strategy’s latest STRC buyback, social media is also talking about the company’s new store offe...

Jupiter Mobile Adds Physical Pokémon Card Ripping Feature

Decentralized finance platform Jupiter has integrated its Gacha trading digital card platform directly into the mobile app, allowing users to buy, rip...

Bitcoin Price Rejected at $80.5K as Bulls Scramble to Defend $79K

Bitcoin’s price was trading between $79,300 and $79,500 on Sept. 7 after a significant rejection from $80,537 left its short-term price action caught ...

UK Revolut Nears US Bank Launch as Bitcoin Services Could Follow

Revolut has secured conditional OCC approval for a U.S. national bank charter, clearing a major regulatory hurdle in just six months. If final approva...

Digital Collectibles Platform ‘MEMONS’ Officially Launches

[PRESS RELEASE – Los Angeles, California, United States, September 4th, 2026] Digital collectibles platform MEMONS has officially launched its service...

ETH, SOL, and XRP Price Predictions Flash Major Downside Risk

Despite the latest crypto rally in August, prediction marketplace bettors are signaling a bumpy road for ethereum (ETH), XRP, and solana (SOL) through...

Robinhood Wallet and Fomo let users buy memecoins with credit cards, and Chase is already asking questions

The ease of buying memecoins with credit cards may spur regulatory scrutiny and alter consumer behavior in digital asset markets. The post Robinhood W...

USDC Leads Crypto Card Spending as Top-Ups Reach $13.8 Billion

Crypto cards are turning USDC and USDT into everyday spending balances, with cumulative stablecoin card top-ups reaching $13.8 billion by August. The ...

Etherscan integrates identity cards powered by Web3bio

Etherscan's integration of Web3 identity cards enhances transparency but raises privacy concerns, impacting user anonymity and data aggregation. The p...

Best PayPal Alternatives in 2026

PayPal is a payment platform that helps businesses accept credit cards, debit cards, digital wallets, and PayPal-funded checkouts with buyer protectio...

Afloat, but not ahead: what a survey of Americans told us about banking, credit, and getting ahead

A national survey of 2,001 US adults, commissioned by Krak and conducted by Morning Consult, on how Americans feel about traditional banking, credit a...

Gemini Calls the Segment That Brought In $500,000 Its Biggest Growth Opportunity

Gemini's president is calling prediction markets the platform's biggest near-term growth driver. However the claim has yet to be reflected in the segm...

NFTs gain traction as Pokémon trading cards drive interest in tokenized collectibles

The rise of tokenized collectibles like Pokmon cards highlights a shift towards digital asset liquidity, impacting traditional trading dynamics. The p...

Crypto Platforms Tokenize Pokemon Cards as Sealed Products Outperform S&P 500 and BTC

Sealed Pokémon boxes returned 238% over five years to beat the S&P 500 and Bitcoin, driving crypto startups to tokenize vaulted cards for instant trad...

Sui Co-Founder Is Building Quantum-Safe Hardware Wallets For $10

Mysten Labs co-founder and chief cryptographer Kostas Chalkias says he has quietly leased a factory to mass-produce quantum-resistant hardware wallet ...