Key Highlights: Sui demonstrated a capacity of 40.6 million transactions per second (TPS) through off-chain tunnels, verified independently by blockchain security firm CertiK. Mysten Labs co-founder Adeniyi Abiodun emphasized that autonomous AI agents, rather than human users, are the primary market driver for such extreme throughput. While the technical milestone illustrates high throughput, bridging the ...
Key Highlights: Payment volume across more than 160 Visa stablecoin-linked card programs surged nearly 200% year-over-year, pushing Visa’s annualized settlement run rate above $20 billion. Business and commercial card programs now represent approximately 17% of Visa’s stablecoin-linked card volume fiscal year-to-date. Broader commercial stablecoin payments reached between $401 billion and $527 billion in the first ...
Key Highlights OpenPayd is pursuing public market opportunities to finance its planned U.S. market rollout by April 2027, backed by the recent absorption of MSB USA Inc. and 43 state licenses. The financial infrastructure provider generated $73 million in revenue and $13 million in EBITDA for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2026, while expanding ...
Key Highlights Stellar is trading at $0 with no recorded volume over the past 24 hours. Traders are awaiting developments from the Meridian conference amid mixed cryptocurrency market signals. Potential partnerships and progress in real-world asset tokenization could influence Stellar’s market outlook. Stellar Trading Activity Remains Muted Current trading data shows Stellar at $0, with ...
Key Highlights: Lloyds and Visa tested stablecoin settlement for cross-border payments operating around the clock. The pilot connected Lloyds’ private Canton network with a separate public blockchain used by Visa. The test examined how digital money could improve payment speed, transparency, flexibility and liquidity management. Lloyds and Visa Test Stablecoin Settlement Across Blockchain Networks Lloyds ...
Key Highlights: Open USD is designed for banking, cross-border payments, card settlement, institutional trading and lending. Open Standard has moved from an initial network of more than 140 partners to five founding investors. Coinbase, Mastercard, Shopify, Stripe and Visa have committed more than $1 billion to establish OUSD liquidity over the coming months. Open USD ...
Key Highlights: Citi has expanded Citi Token Services to Japan and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The blockchain-based platform uses tokenized deposits and a private blockchain to move funds between Citi accounts almost instantly. The service will support USD transactions in Japan and both USD and EUR transactions in the UAE. Citi Expands Tokenized Payment ...
Key Highlights Federal Reserve Financial Services launched early-adopter testing on September 23 for enhanced ISO 20022 messages that enable FedNow to settle the U.S. leg of cross-border payments while correspondent banks handle the international portion. The model does not create a direct global FedNow network; it relies on existing correspondent-banking infrastructure and remains contingent on ...
Key Highlights BVNK has integrated the Stellar blockchain into its stablecoin payments platform, enabling enterprise customers in over 130 countries to access Stellar for cross-border payments, merchant payouts, and treasury transfers. The Stellar network processed $55.6 billion in payment volume in 2025, offering average settlement times of approximately five seconds and transaction fees costing a ...
Key Highlights BVNK integrated the Stellar blockchain on September 22, 2026, enabling corporate clients in over 130 countries to access high-volume, sub-penny cross-border payments via a single API. The Stellar network processed $55.6 billion across 3.6 billion transactions in 2025 with 5-second average settlement and 99.99% uptime, offering a cost-efficient alternative to traditional banking rails. ...
Key Highlights SoFi becomes the first nationally chartered U.S. bank to settle debit and credit card transactions via blockchain on Mastercard’s global network, processing an estimated $25 billion annually through its SoFiUSD stablecoin. SoFiUSD is backed primarily by cash reserves, redeemable 1:1 for U.S. dollars, and overseen by the Office of the Comptroller of the ...
Key Highlights Stablecoin payments infrastructure firm dtcpay has formally closed a $25 million Series A round with strategic participation from Japan’s SBI Group. The round was initially anchored by Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia & India, with SBI entering via SBI Ventures Asset and the SBI-NTU-Kyobo Digital Innovation Fund. Dtcpay holds a Major Payment Institution license ...