Elizabeth Warren is pressing Meta for answers about its reported stablecoin plans, warning that a company with its reach should not get anywhere near private control of digital payments without serious scrutiny. Meta stablecoin plans are drawing fresh Senate scrutiny USDC creator payouts may be only the starting point Privacy, competition, and financial stability are […]
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Senator Elizabeth Warren is turning up the heat on Meta’s USDC payment pilot, demanding answers about a move that could give Big Tech a bigger grip on money, data, and payments infrastructure. Warren wants answers by May 20 Meta is testing USDC payouts in Colombia and the Philippines The pilot uses Solana, Polygon, and Stripe […]
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Circle is heading into earnings in four days, and the market is not in the mood for fairy tales. Investors want to know whether USDC is actually becoming a real payments and finance rail for AI agents, or whether Circle’s “Agentic Economy” pitch has been running hotter than the numbers. Earnings on May 11 USDC […]
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Bitcoin Sees $239 Million Net Inflow as Crypto Markets Show Active Capital Rotation Bitcoin pulled in about $239 million in net inflows as crypto traders shuffled capital across BTC, stablecoins, major altcoins, and a handful of speculative tokens. The numbers point to rotation and hedging, not a clean all-out bullish stampede. BTC led with $239 […]
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Stellar and MoneyGram are doubling down on Latin America, extending their partnership for several more years as stablecoin-based payments move from crypto buzzword territory into actual remittance infrastructure. Multi-year extension: Stellar Development Foundation and MoneyGram extend their partnership Latin America focus: Colombia is live, El Salvador has been added, and more markets are coming in […]
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Visa is expanding stablecoin settlement across nine blockchains as annualized volume reaches roughly $7 billion, a clear sign that crypto payment rails are moving from sandbox experiments to real-world infrastructure. Nine-chain support: Ethereum, Solana, Avalanche, Stellar, Base, Polygon (POL), Arc, Canton, and Tempo Fast growth: Annualized stablecoin settlement volume is around $7 billion, up roughly […]
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Wall Street is getting more bullish on Circle as stablecoin regulation tightens and institutional adoption stops looking like a PowerPoint fantasy. Morgan Stanley initiated coverage on Circle Internet Group ($CRCL) $80 price target with an Equal Weight rating USDC is being treated as crypto infrastructure, not just a speculative token Circle Payment Network targets banks […]
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Meta is testing USDC payouts for selected creators in Colombia and the Philippines, using Solana and Polygon to move the money. It’s a small rollout, but it marks a very different kind of crypto move from the Libra/Diem mess: less ego, more utility. USDC payouts for selected creators Colombia and Philippines first Solana and Polygon […]
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Stablecoins have outgrown their original use as trading chips and are now moving serious money across the digital economy, with annual transaction volume reportedly topping $30 trillion. Stablecoin volume: Annual transaction volume has surpassed $30 trillion USDC momentum: Circle’s USDC is leading institutional settlement usage USDT remains massive: Tether still has the larger supply, but […]
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Meta is back in stablecoins, and this time it’s using USDC payouts on Solana and Polygon to pay creators in Colombia and the Philippines. That’s a real-world use case, not just another corporate crypto press release polished to death. Meta launched USDC creator payouts on Solana and Polygon The rollout began April 29 in Colombia […]
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