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Small-business focused FinTech Payoneer is adding stablecoin capabilities to its platform. The new offering, powered by stablecoin infrastructure platform Bridge, will let businesses securely receive, hold and send stablecoins as part of their everyday operations, Payoneer said in a Tuesday (Feb. 17) news release. “Stablecoin adoption is accelerating,...
Human civilization and the concept of money have historically been intertwined. And, as the financial landscape is faced with the question of stablecoins and tokenized deposits, a February 2026 Federal Reserve Bank of New York staff study argues that this may be less a technological...
Fast food chain Steak ’n Shake is crediting cryptocurrency for a boost in sales. “Nine months ago today, Steak n Shake launched its burger-to-Bitcoin transformation when we started accepting bitcoin payments,” the company wrote in a post on X Monday (Feb. 17). “Our same-store sales have risen dramatically ever...
Last year saw an explosion in cryptocurrency-related crime, though not all losses were financial. As a recent report by blockchain data firm Chainalysis points out, the ties between crypto and suspected human trafficking intensified during 2025, with transaction volume reaching hundreds of millions of dollars,...
Three years after battling with regulators, crypto platform Nexo has returned to the U.S. The company announced in a new release Monday (Feb. 16) that this return is being carried out in collaboration with “regulated partners,” giving Nexo’s investment and credit products a U.S.-compliant framework....
Crypto markets are slumping just as institutional interest in blockchain is growing. But as Presidents Day promotions roll out across the U.S., crypto holders who still have some liquidity left in their digital wallets to spend may paradoxically find more retailers than ever ready to...
X is reportedly set to allow users to trade socks and cryptocurrencies on their timelines. That’s according to a report Sunday (Feb. 15) from Coindesk, which characterizes this development as part of the Elon Musk-headed social media platform’s widening push into the financial services space....
Welcome to the Weekender, where the only thing more volatile than Bitcoin is the human heart. In 2026, couples still swap playlists and promise forever, but now they also swap custody arrangements for a ledger, argue over who pays the gas fees, and discover that...
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Friday (Feb. 13) that the crypto industry should support the CLARITY Act and help get it passed as soon as possible. During an interview on CNBC, Bessent said the crypto market structure bill has bipartisan support in Congress, but if it is delayed, it...