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This Week in Stablecoins: TradFi Doesn’t Want DeFi. It Wants Blockchain

July 17, 2026
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Spendability Emerges as the Next Test for Digital Assets
Cryptocurrency // July 17, 2026

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Citadel Securities Takes $400 Million Stake in Crypto.com
Cryptocurrency // July 16, 2026

Crypto.com secured a $400 million strategic investment from Citadel Securities, according to a Thursday (July 16) press release. 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...

Fireblocks Integrates Circle Payment Rails Into Its Platform
Cryptocurrency // July 16, 2026

Circle’s Gateway and Circle Payments Network (CPN) are now natively accessible within Fireblocks’ stablecoin infrastructure, Fireblocks said in a Thursday (June 16) blog post. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...

Stripe Doesn’t Just Want PayPal, It’s Targeting Shopper Habit Formation
Cryptocurrency // July 16, 2026

If Stripe’s reported pursuit of PayPal signals anything, it is that the next competitive frontier in payments may not be creating new consumer experiences at all. It may be replacing the financial plumbing beneath the ones consumers already trust. Get the Full Story Complete the...

Interviews & Exclusives
Why a $545 Slice of a Dubai Apartment Is the Biggest Story in Tokenization

July 16, 2026
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Plasma Wants to Be the First Stablecoin Bank

June 30, 2026
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Crypto’s Future May Depend on Lawyers Who Think Like Operators

June 18, 2026
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23% of CFOs See Stablecoins Gaining Ground

June 17, 2026
Stablecoins may be finding their lane with chief financial officers, not as a financial revolution, but as a controlled way to move money through more familiar banking channels. Get the...

Quick Reads
Citadel Securities Takes $400 Million Stake in Crypto.com

July 16, 2026
Crypto.com secured a $400 million strategic investment from Citadel Securities, according to a Thursday (July 16) press release. 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 this form, you […]

Fireblocks Integrates Circle Payment Rails Into Its Platform

July 16, 2026
Circle’s Gateway and Circle Payments Network (CPN) are now natively accessible within Fireblocks’ stablecoin infrastructure, Fireblocks said in a Thursday (June 16) blog post. Get the Full Story Complete the...

Open Standard Challenges Circle With Yield-Sharing Stablecoin

July 15, 2026
The upcoming launch of Open Standard’s Open USD (OUSD) stablecoin could pose an “existential threat” to Circle’s USDC, but it depends on how things play out, a CoinShares analyst said...

Cyclops Raises $20 Million to Scale Stablecoin Platform for Payments Firms

July 15, 2026
Cyclops raised $20 million in a Series A funding round to accelerate the development of its stablecoin rails for the payments industry. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...