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Mastercard pilots stablecoin compliance layer with Borderless
Mastercard and Borderless.xyz are piloting Mastercard Crypto Credential for cross-border stablecoin payments, testing a single-audit compliance model that lets a verified provider pass trusted KYC signals across an entire payment network.
Whales are loading up as the bear market grinds toward its floor
On-chain data from CryptoQuant shows Bitcoin, Ethereum, and XRP whale holdings climbing through price weakness, a pattern the analytics firm calls the clearest smart-money signal ahead of a market bottom.
Western Union's stablecoin card goes live in 37 countries
Western Union has launched Stablecard, a Visa-enabled digital wallet powered by its USDPT stablecoin on Solana, now live in 37 markets and targeting 60 by year-end.
LBank taps Chainlink to run rapid-fire prediction markets
LBank has integrated Chainlink Data Streams to power 5 and 15-minute Bitcoin and Ethereum prediction markets, offering near-instant settlement for its 25 million users.
Wall Street and gold print fresh records in broad risk rally
The Dow touched an all-time high of 54,744 on Wednesday as the S&P 500 and Russell 2000 also tagged fresh records. Gold surged to $4,308 while Bitcoin traded near $64,600, up about 1% on the day.
Banks want stablecoin issuers policing wallets after tokens leave
The Bank Policy Institute and The Clearing House filed a comment letter urging the FDIC to extend stablecoin AML rules into secondary-market activity, drawing sharp pushback from Paradigm and the Hyperliquid Policy Center over DeFi risks.
Cosmos Labs taps Zeeve to push tokenized deposits to banks
Cosmos Labs has partnered with enterprise blockchain infrastructure platform Zeeve to help financial institutions deploy tokenized deposits and digital assets on the Cosmos stack, combining managed networks, validator operations, and privacy tooling.
Ethereum Foundation backs press-freedom tech to fight front-end hacks
The Ethereum Foundation's Trillion Dollar Security initiative has awarded a grant to the Freedom of the Press Foundation to expand WEBCAT, a browser-based code verification tool designed to protect Ethereum wallets and apps from front-end attacks.
World Chain is shipping Ethereum's Glamsterdam headliner early
World Chain says it will become the first production Layer 2 to stream EIP-7928 block access lists on mainnet from August 17, targeting up to one gigagas per second without raising validator hardware requirements.
PEPE just saw its biggest exchange exodus in nearly two years
Some 4.54 trillion PEPE tokens left exchanges in a single day, the largest net outflow since November 2024, as bulls point to thinning sell-side supply and a pending meme coin ETF decision later in 2026.
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