digital assets

Chainlink Helping Banks Launch Cross-Border Stablecoin Trades

Chainlink Helping Banks Launch Cross-Border Stablecoin Trades
Chainlink Helping Banks Launch Cross-Border Stablecoin Trades
June 23, 2026  |  Cross-border Payments

Chainlink is reportedly joining several dozen international banks on a cross-border stablecoin payments project. The goal is to bring about real-time, stablecoin-based cross-border payments for...

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Crypto Stopped Fighting Banks and Started Copying Them
Crypto Stopped Fighting Banks and Started Copying Them
June 23, 2026  |  Cryptocurrency

The most consequential developments in blockchain finance today are no longer happening at the edges of the financial system. They are happening at its core....

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Illinois Puts Crypto Transfers in the Tax Crosshairs
Illinois Puts Crypto Transfers in the Tax Crosshairs
June 17, 2026  |  Cryptocurrency

The governor of Illinois signed a law that will impose a 0.2% tax on customers’ use of digital asset services, including exchange, transfer or custody activities, according...

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Trace Finance Raises $32 Million for Stablecoin Infrastructure Offering
Trace Finance Raises $32 Million for Stablecoin Infrastructure Offering
June 17, 2026  |  Investments

Cross-border payments/stablecoin settlement infrastructure company Trace Finance has raised $32 million in new funding. The Series A financing, announced Wednesday (June 17), will help Trace...

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MiCA’s Moment of Truth: Can Crypto Survive the Regulation It Asked For?
MiCA’s Moment of Truth: Can Crypto Survive the Regulation It Asked For?
June 17, 2026  |  Blockchain

The question for banks and payment players isn’t whether crypto is becoming compliant, but whether compliance finally makes crypto useful. For years, crypto firms argued...

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Binance Vows EU Commitment as License Application Faces Rejection
Binance Vows EU Commitment as License Application Faces Rejection
June 16, 2026  |  Cryptocurrency

Binance remains committed to securing a license so that its cryptocurrency exchange can continue operating in the European Union (EU), the company said in a Tuesday (June 16) blog...

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Nigeria Leads Africa’s Adoption of Cross-Border Stablecoin Payments
Nigeria Leads Africa’s Adoption of Cross-Border Stablecoin Payments
June 16, 2026  |  Cross-border Payments

Nigeria has become sub-Saharan Africa’s leader in cross-border stablecoin payments. That’s according to an International Monetary Fund (IMF) report published Tuesday (June 16), showing that...

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Crypto Experts Tell PYMNTS Where Digital Assets Go Next
Crypto Experts Tell PYMNTS Where Digital Assets Go Next
June 12, 2026  |  Cryptocurrency

There’s something rare happening across the digital asset landscape: it’s quiet. The sector’s typical drumbeat of disruptive headlines has been dampened by bitcoin’s sinking price...

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