Solutions in search of problems tend to get nowhere. Stablecoins, which have the potential to become widely used for payments, are trying to avoid that fate. Stablecoins are being held as more than a cryptocurrency curiosity, as evidenced by news Thursday (May 15) that Mastercard...
Mastercard has launched a stablecoin-focused partnership with cryptocurrency payments FinTech MoonPay. The collaboration will allow consumers and businesses to send and receive stablecoin payments across global markets, according to a Thursday (May 15) news release. Companies and FinTechs will be able to employ Mastercard-branded cards linked to...
Republican and Democratic senators are reportedly working to resurrect stablecoin legislation. As Bloomberg News reported Tuesday (May 13), this legislation, supported by the cryptocurrency industry, had lost momentum due to backlash against President Donald Trump’s involvement in digital asset ventures. However, Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-TN)...
For digital assets to fulfill their promise of providing real-time, borderless, programmable finance, the blockchains powering them must become mature enough for institutional use. Institutional adoption of digital assets like cryptocurrencies and tokenized securities is increasingly seen as inevitable. Yet, despite growing interest, risk remains...
May 12, 2025
Welcome to another edition of Washington Weekly, the series in which PYMNTS CEO Karen Webster and QED Investors partner Amias Gerety start their conversation with a Manic Monday check-in. The weekly question: How manic is this Monday? Well, turns out this Monday — even if only for the moment — was somewhat magical. The freeze […]
May 12, 2025
As global trade reels from ongoing disruptions, businesses and institutions are being forced to reimagine how value moves across borders. At the same time, traditional finance is undergoing a technological...
May 06, 2025
Donald Trump promised to transform the U.S. into the “crypto capital of the planet,” and he will need cryptocurrency legislation for his administration to do it. But while bills for both...
April 23, 2025
This isn’t last week’s crypto landscape. And it’s far shake from last year’s, too. Bitcoin has surged past $90,000, signaling renewed investor confidence in crypto markets after a classically volatile...
May 15, 2025
Mastercard has launched a stablecoin-focused partnership with cryptocurrency payments FinTech MoonPay. The collaboration will allow consumers and businesses to send and receive stablecoin payments across global markets, according to a Thursday (May 15) news release. Companies and FinTechs will be able to employ Mastercard-branded cards linked to users’ stablecoin balances, allowing cardholders to spend their stablecoins, which […]
May 14, 2025
Republican and Democratic senators are reportedly working to resurrect stablecoin legislation. As Bloomberg News reported Tuesday (May 13), this legislation, supported by the cryptocurrency industry, had lost momentum due to...
May 12, 2025
Stablecoins are entering the mainstream, two Deutsche Bank analysts wrote in a report provided to PYMNTS. Despite the U.S. Senate blocking the GENIUS Act last week, progress toward landmark legislation is...
May 12, 2025
Could the stablecoin market someday surpass the larger cryptocurrency ecosystem? New regulatory efforts promoting the integration of the dollar-pegged coins into the mainstream economy might soon make that happen, CoinDesk...
