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Asia's growing share of stablecoin payments is pushing banks and regulators to focus on governance, liquidity and cross-border rules.
More than 600 delegates are expected in Singapore as stablecoin regulation remains unsettled and institutions push deeper into onchain finance.
South Korea's banks and payments firms are testing stablecoin rails, with Kakao Pay and Kakao Bank assessing local rules before any wider rollout.
The enlarged pilot lets up to 20,000 users spend and swap THBT inside TrueMoney, testing blockchain payments for everyday use.
Creators and livestream crews in over 200 countries can now be paid through WasabiCard, which links stablecoins to local bank transfers.
The tie-up gives both firms access to more than 20,000 merchant sites as they test new payments and rewards products across Asia.
It aims to cut repeated verification checks and let businesses trust AI agents without collecting the same personal documents from users each time.
Priority access to more than 1,600 new internet domains will be tied to blockchain vault deposits as ICANN opens its rare expansion round.
Interoperability gaps could slow tokenised finance as the Barcelona-based firm adds its standards work to a wider open-source debate on digital assets.
Banks can now track tokenised deposits and stablecoins against backing funds even when core systems go offline.
Users can now access stocks, gold and foreign exchange alongside crypto as the exchange pushes into payments, wealth and AI tools.
The funding will help the Singapore payments firm expand regulated stablecoin services and merchant acceptance across Asia and Europe.
In emerging markets, users are increasingly treating crypto wallets as everyday money tools, with stablecoins helping fill costly gaps in payments.
Retail traders can now bet on AI chip rental costs, as Bitget opens around-the-clock perpetuals tied to Nvidia GPU indices.
AI agents gain a dedicated payment rail as the partnership aims to remove reliance on human card details for software-led purchases.
The hire underlines Ledger's push into institutional digital asset security as AI-driven attacks and tokenised assets raise the stakes for breaches.
Early access users can now keep stablecoin balances under their own control as Modern Treasury adds wallets alongside fiat payment rails.
Liquidity constraints for stablecoin card programmes may ease as Visa links settlement data with onchain lending to improve credit access.
Blockchain apps risk losing new users unless developers simplify approvals and signing while keeping private keys and transactions secure.
Institutional traders on Canton can now settle tokenised asset trades in a dollar-backed stablecoin as World Liberty Financial moves USD1 into its network.
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