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Mastercard and Visa Lead Institutional Push Into Stablecoins and Crypto

Mastercard is close to acquiring the stablecoin platform Zerohash for nearly $2 billion.VISA supports stablecoin payments on four blockchains and has facilitated $140 billion...

Visa tests stablecoin pre-funding for faster cross-border payments

VISA has launched a pilot program for banks and financial institutions to use stablecoins for pre-funding cross-border payments.The pilot allows select partners to send...

Visa-Backed Rain Raises $58M to Expand Stablecoin Card Platform

Rain, a stablecoin fintech firm, secured $58 million in Series B funding. The company has now raised a total of $88.5 million, with VISA among...

Visa Expands Stablecoin Support, Adds EURC, PYUSD, and USDG

VISA has expanded its stablecoin settlement support to include Global Dollar (USDG), Paypal USD (PYUSD), and Euro Coin (EURC), as well as two new...

UAE Denies TON’s Golden Visa Offer for $100K Staked Toncoin

The Open Network (TON) announced a program offering 10-year UAE Golden Visas to applicants who stake $100,000 in Toncoin for three years and pay...

Visa Expands Stablecoin Settlement in CEMEA, Partners Yellow Card

VISA is expanding its stablecoin settlement capabilities in Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. The company formed a partnership with African fintech...

RedotPay Launches Crypto Payment Cards in South Korea via Visa

RedotPay introduces cryptocurrency payment cards in South Korea, enabling users to make purchases with digital assets at any VISA-accepting merchant.The cards support major cryptocurrencies...

Visa Invests in BVNK to Boost Stablecoin Payment Innovation

VISA makes a strategic investment in stablecoin payment startup BVNK, highlighting ongoing interest in digital assets.The investment marks a partnership and follows BVNK closing...

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Google’s New Diffusion Model Hits 1,000 Tokens/Sec

Google released DiffusionGemma today, an open-text AI generating entire 256-token blocks at once via text diffusion, hitting 1,000+ tokens...

OpenAI Sets IPO Goal, Preps “5.6” Model Release

OpenAI has submitted its IPO documents with the SEC and CEO Sam Altman told employees a public listing is...

Saylor clarifies reposts weren’t endorsements as DeFi tokens slide

Michael Saylor clarified his social media reposts of DeFi projects were "notifications," not endorsements, as their STRC-backed tokens faltered.DeFi...