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Visa is testing whether stablecoins can settle payments every single day of the week, weekends and holidays included, in a pilot that could reshape how banks move money across borders. The card network has partnered with cross-border payments firm Nium for a trial under Singapore’s BLOOM initiative, aiming to prove that regulated stablecoins can close the gaps left by traditional banking hours. The Visa stablecoin settlement pilot marks the company’s first project inside the framework run by the Monetary Authority of Singapore, and it signals a deeper push by major payment networks to build settlement rails that never really close.…

Bitcoin trades at $63,963 on July 30, down 2%, as a hawkish Fed hold and a looming September rate hike debate collide with a weekly RSI divergence that historically signals the opposite of what the macro backdrop suggests. Four analysts read the same Fed decision and reached four different conclusions about what August holds. The Weekly Chart Has a Bullish Signal Inside a Bearish Structure $BTC 1W Price Action (Source: TradingView) The weekly chart shows $BTC pressing against a descending trendline from the October 2025 peak near $126,000, with price sitting just below that trendline near $64,000 after the Fed…

JPMorgan’s reported position in BlackRock’s Bitcoin exchange-traded fund increased by about 25% in the second quarter, while its Ether ETF position more than quadrupled, according to its latest securities filing. The Form 13F filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, submitted Wednesday, covers holdings as of June 30 and includes 17 other investment managers across JPMorgan. That makes it difficult to determine whether individual positions reflect a directional market view, Jonatan Randin, senior market analyst at PrimeXBT, told Cointelegraph. “It gives you some idea of what they are doing but not their opinion about the future direction of a…

Protocol 27 is the final planned upgrade. ESMA registered the whitepaper. But PayPal integration remains unconfirmed, RoboPay is disputed, and PI trades at a fraction of its peak. What is real and what is not. Every few weeks, a headline declares that Pi Network has secured a partnership that will finally deliver the real world utility its community has been waiting for since the project launched in 2019. In August 2026 alone, reports emerged that PayPal had added PI to its merchant payment program and that RoboPay would integrate PI for AI driven robot service payments. Each announcement triggered a…

The Thai Securities and Exchange Commission (Thai SEC) is currently seeking public feedback on improving the criteria for guiding clients who wish to invest in futures contracts linked to digital assets abroad. This initiative aims to enhance the regulatory framework for such investments and cultivate a safer environment for investors. As the global market for digital assets evolves, the feedback gathered could significantly shape future investment strategies and regulatory practices in Thailand. For more information, see the official tweet here. The Latest The Thai SEC’s call for feedback marks a crucial step in refining investment guidelines surrounding futures contracts that…

OpenPayd has integrated Circle Payments Network to enable near-instant cross-border fiat payments for businesses. The integration uses stablecoins such as $USDC and $EURC for settlement without requiring businesses to manage blockchain infrastructure. OpenPayd, a financial infrastructure provider, has integrated with Circle Payments Network (CPN) to enable near-instant cross-border fiat payments for businesses. The integration uses stablecoin infrastructure for settlement, without requiring businesses to manage blockchain technology directly. This allows businesses using OpenPayd to send and receive fiat currencies, while stablecoins such as $USDC and $EURC are used to support settlement. It connects blockchain-based settlement with existing banking and local payment…

Every answer you get from an AI chatbot begins with electricity. The words appear on your screen, but the actual work happens in a distant building packed with computer chips. Those chips draw power, move data, and produce enough heat to require heavy-duty cooling from AI data centers. When you multiply that process across millions of prompts, image requests, and business tasks, you begin to understand why a quick answer to a question that feels weightless becomes a physical demand on power plants and wires. Electric utilities are being asked to supply that demand in enormous, concentrated blocks. Your average…

Bitcoin is showing early signs of undervaluation as traders weigh improving on-chain metrics against mixed exchange flows and weak short-term demand. CryptoQuant author CryptoOnchain noted Bitcoin closed at $63,850.66 on July 28, down from its recent high of $66,520 on July 21. However, blockchain data suggests that the market could be preparing for a larger move. NVT Golden Cross CryptoOnchain pointed to the NVT Golden Cross as a key bullish trend. This metric compares Bitcoin’s market value with its transaction activity and helps identify when the price may be lower than the network’s actual usage suggests. The indicator jumped 429%…

South Korean IT services giant LG CNS is developing a platform designed to support the issuance, trading, and distribution of stablecoins, according to the company’s half-year report released on Aug. 14. The move signals a significant enterprise commitment to blockchain-based financial infrastructure in one of Asia’s most advanced digital economies. Blockchain as a core R&D focus LG CNS has designated blockchain as one of its primary research and development areas, with the stablecoin platform listed as a key project within its digital trust solutions segment. The company is also pursuing technologies required for central bank digital currency (CBDC) and stablecoin…

Ripple’s U.S. dollar-backed stablecoin $RLUSD has surpassed $2 billion in market capitalization. The product, which was launched in December 2024, $RLUSD has emerged as one of the fastest-growing regulated stablecoins. Notably, its supply is currently approaching $1 billion on the $XRP Ledger. $RLUSD’s market capitalization has climbed to an impressive $2.035 billion, CoinGecko data shows. It is within striking distance of PayPal USD ($PYUSD), which currently holds a market cap of roughly $2.87 billion. $RLUSD is currently ranked among the top stablecoins by market capitalization, sitting behind major players such as Tether’s $USDT, Circle’s $USDC, Maker’s USDS, Dai, Ethena’s $USDe,…