Bolivia is evaluating integrating Tether’s USDt into its national payments system, a move that could mark one of Latin America’s most significant stablecoin adoption initiatives as the country grapples with a persistent shortage of US dollars. Economy and Public Finance…
Bitcoin Magazine ‘Don’t Let China Win’: President Trump Presses Senate on Clarity Act in Final Stretch The Senate returns to Washington on July 13, with the clock running down on the most consequential piece of crypto legislation in years. Lawmakers now…
Coinbase is still trying to make on-chain activity feel less like a specialist task. Its latest Smart Wallet verification upgrade fits that broader effort, targeting a problem that becomes more obvious every time users move between chains: dApp authorization is…
Coinbase Ventures, the corporate venture capital (VC) arm of cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase, led the ranks of crypto-focused VC’s with 30 deals in the first half of 2026. Runner-up Animoca Brands completed 19 investments, while Silicon Valley VC a16z logged 18…
Bitcoin Magazine Strive (ASST) Adds 18 Bitcoin, Pushing Treasury to 19,900 BTC Strive, Inc. (Nasdaq: ASST) bought 18 bitcoin last week, a modest addition that lifted the Dallas-based company’s treasury to 19,900 coins, according to an 8-K filing with the…
ETF flows are back in the green, and that gives crypto traders a cleaner demand signal after weeks of nervous positioning. Bitcoin and Ethereum funds recording $282 million in net inflows does not erase the previous selling pressure, but it…
The United Kingdom could add up to 33 billion pounds ($44 billion) to its annual economic output by 2035 by becoming a leader in tokenized financial markets, according to a government-backed industry task force. The estimate appears in the first…
Japanese convenience-store operator Lawson plans to test yen-denominated stablecoin payments at a Tokyo location in August, examining whether stablecoin payments can work inside a standard convenience store checkout flow. On Monday, blockchain company HashPort said it had signed an agreement…
Thailand’s central bank is stepping up stablecoin surveillance as part of a wider effort to crack down on money laundering, illicit finance and “gray money” in the country. The Bank of Thailand is working with the Kingdom’s Securities and Exchange…
AI-enabled microbusinesses could provide a major boost for stablecoin transaction volumes as the global gig and freelance payment market grows, according to Australian crypto exchange Swyftx. In a second-quarter industry report, Swyftx estimated the global gig and freelance payments market…