Blockchain

Blockchain
This Week in Stablecoins: Winning the Back Office, Not the App Store
December 19, 2025

If stablecoins finally had their moment during 2025, it wasn’t the moment most crypto evangelists imagined. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily...

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Coinbase Launches Stablecoin-as-a-Service to Help Businesses Create Their Own Tokens
December 19, 2025

Coinbase launched a program that helps businesses create their own stablecoins, and, in a separate project, will help Klarna implement stablecoin funding. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins...

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Mastercard, BlackRock Join Middle East-Focused Blockchain Effort
December 18, 2025

Mastercard, BlackRock and Franklin Templeton are all players in a new blockchain adoption promotion effort. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today. By completing...

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Citi Pulls Blockchain Into the Banking Core
December 18, 2025

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Blockchain’s Institutional Future Is Private, Permissioned and Growing Fast
December 17, 2025

There’s a growing divide at the center of the digital asset universe, and it’s one that breaks cleanly over the sector’s fundamental technology: Distributed ledgers, or blockchains. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...

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Bitcoin on Track For 4th Annual Decline Despite Crypto Adoption
December 17, 2025

Bitcoin is on pace for the fourth annual loss in the largest cryptocurrency’s history. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS...

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Big Brands Pile Into Stablecoins but Create a New Problem
December 16, 2025

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Citi Says Identity Is the New Gatekeeper for Financial Blockchains
December 16, 2025

Blockchain’s founding principles centered on being “trustless”: A system where cryptography and consensus replaced intermediaries, regulators and centralized control. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe...

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How Blockchain Works: When Transactions Are Also Settlements, Reconciliation Disappears
December 15, 2025

Money movement and financial services are underpinned by a timeless question: who is trusted to keep the books, and at what cost? Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional...