The stablecoin question is: Who gets paid?
Stablecoin infrastructure delivers velocity but issuers and exchanges capture the rent. Velocity beats market cap as digital dollars become invisible financial plumbing.
OpenFX raises $94M to speed up cross-border payments with stablecoins
OpenFX raised $94 million in a Series A round to expand its stablecoin-based FX network, as firms explore faster cross-border payment infrastructure.
Base joins Ethereum, Tron, others in betting big on AI agent future
Coinbase’s Ethereum layer-2 Base said it will be upgrading its chain to allow AI agents to use it the same way developers or traders would.
AI agents like OpenClaw could drain crypto wallets via ‘malicious skills’: CertiK
CertiK has advised ordinary users “who are not security professionals, developers, or experienced geeks” against installing and using OpenClaw.
Ethereum’s EEZ and the attempt to rebuild one Ethereum
The Ethereum Economic Zone promises to stitch fragmented rollups back into a single system, but a similar model struggled to gain traction on Cosmos.
Standard Chartered says faster stablecoin turnover could curb demand
Stablecoin turnover has doubled in the past two years as AI payments and traditional finance use cases grow, though Standard Chartered still sees the market reaching $2 trillion.
Faster settlement may make for poorer markets
Atomic settlement demands instant capital per trade. T+0 eliminates netting efficiency while empowering liquidity coordinators.
Is $450B in Bitcoin vulnerable to the quantum threat? Analysts weigh in
BTC price will find it difficult to establish a new record high if Bitcoin developers don’t take the quantum threats seriously, one analyst says.
Crypto dispute over Resupply exploit lands in Singapore harassment court
A court ordered OneKey founder Wang Lei and an X user to stop making threatening or defamatory claims against a Curve-linked contributor after a dispute tied to the 2025 Resupply exploit.
CoinDCX plans anti-fraud push after founders cleared in impersonation case
After an Indian court found no case against CoinDCX’s founders, the Coinbase-backed exchange said it will roll out an anti-fraud network to tackle impersonation and cyber fraud.