Republican senators on Tuesday (June 24) unveiled a set of principles to serve as a framework for the development of legislation for digital assets. Senate Banking Chairman Tim Scott, R-S.C., Subcommittee on Digital Assets Chair Cynthia Lummis, R-Wyo., Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., and Sen. Bill...
Stablecoins represent an important opportunity for a subset of use cases, including in emerging markets, Visa Chief Product and Strategy Officer Jack Forestell wrote in a Sunday (June 22) blog post. Problems stablecoins may solve include use cases in which users want to hold U.S. dollars but...
Visa has partnered with licensed stablecoin payments orchestrator Yellow Card to explore stablecoin use cases and opportunities across the African markets in which Yellow Card is licensed to operate. Together, the companies will seek opportunities to help streamline treasury operations and enhance liquidity management as well...
U.S. President Donald Trump, who has referred to himself as America’s first “crypto president,” wanted stablecoin legislation to reach his desk prior to the Congressional recess in August. On Tuesday (June 17), that wish got one step closer to reality with the Senate passing the...
June 17, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump, who has referred to himself as America’s first “crypto president,” wanted stablecoin legislation to reach his desk prior to the Congressional recess in August. On Tuesday (June 17), that wish got one step closer to reality with the Senate passing the GENIUS Act, an acronym for Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for […]
June 10, 2025
Last month, U.S. lawmakers promised stablecoin regulations would be approved by Memorial Day. That didn’t happen. But the GENIUS Act, an acronym for Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins...
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...
March 21, 2025
When financial institutions and payments players talk about their “blockchain strategy” today, what they’re really grappling with is architecture. Amid the noise surrounding crypto, tokens and Web3 hype cycles, the...
September 02, 2025
Web3 companies are reportedly developing devices in an effort to add blockchain features to consumers’ daily lives. The latest example comes from Gaia Labs, which said Tuesday (Sept. 2) that it is developing an artificial intelligence (AI) smartphone for users in South Korea and Hong Kong, Cointelegraph reported Tuesday. Gaia Labs is a decentralized AI […]
June 24, 2025
Republican senators on Tuesday (June 24) unveiled a set of principles to serve as a framework for the development of legislation for digital assets. Senate Banking Chairman Tim Scott, R-S.C.,...
June 23, 2025
Stablecoins represent an important opportunity for a subset of use cases, including in emerging markets, Visa Chief Product and Strategy Officer Jack Forestell wrote in a Sunday (June 22) blog post. Problems...
June 18, 2025
Visa has partnered with licensed stablecoin payments orchestrator Yellow Card to explore stablecoin use cases and opportunities across the African markets in which Yellow Card is licensed to operate. Together, the...
