Key Takeaways Mir cards captured 85% of Russia’s market as sanctions rendered Visa and Mastercard effectively useless. Remaining foreign cards will soon fail due to physical wear and the expiration of security certificates. Russia’s central […]
Key Takeaways Visa Stablecoin Platform combines stablecoin issuance, wallet infrastructure and payment-network connectivity in one managed environment. The platform initially supports Open USD and targets treasury, settlement, liquidity and embedded-payment use cases. Select-client beta testing […]
Visa launched VSP with OUSD support for secure institutional stablecoin operations. Wallet-as-a-Service lets firms manage stablecoins without building blockchain infrastructure. Beta platform connects stablecoin workflows with Visa’s global payment network. Visa has introduced the Visa […]
Key Takeaways Coinbase’s Rob Witoff said 95–100% of the company’s code is now written by or with AI, up from 40% in February. Most Coinbase engineers run 5 to 10 AI agents at once, together […]
Adjusted stablecoin transaction volume reached a record $1.79 trillion in June, according to Visa Onchain Analytics, up 63% from May’s $1.10 trillion and 125% higher than a year earlier. Across the same four weeks, the […]
Key Takeaways Visa, M-Pesa, and Onafriq launched a pilot in 2026 using stablecoins for mobile transactions in the DRC. Sub-Saharan remittances cost nearly 8%, making this blockchain initiative a major disruption for SWIFT. Next, partners […]
A Canadian financial technology firm has completed an agentic-commerce proof of concept. Montreal’s Nuvei this week announced the proof of concept alongside payments titan Visa, merchant technology provider Arvato Systems, and fashion brand Kings and […]
Another stablecoin? Not quite. Open USD is being pitched as a new standard for digital dollars, and the cast backing it is the sort of thing that makes product roadmaps and board decks change overnight. […]
Open Standard unveils OUSD with shared governance backed by over 140 global partners. OUSD removes mint and redemption fees while sharing reserve earnings with partners. Visa, Coinbase, and BlackRock support OUSD to expand enterprise stablecoin […]
Key Takeaways Open Standard launched Open USD on June 30 with more than 140 partners including Visa. Coinbase, Stripe and Mastercard back the coin, which charges no mint or redeem fees. Open USD goes live […]
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