Stablecoins
X Pay Raises $1 Million to Let AI Agents Pay for API Calls
Start-up X Pay has raised $1 million to develop a payment layer for autonomous agents and APIs. Its solution uses Coinbase’s x402 standard to...
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South Korea to amend forex law to regulate stablecoins as payment instruments: report
South Korea plans to amend its forex law to regulate stablecoins as payment instruments, according to a report. The country is currently developing the...
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HSBC launches Hong Kong dollar stablecoin for retail payments
HSBC is rolling out RedCoin (RCHKD), its first stablecoin pegged to the Hong Kong dollar, within the PayMe app for transfers and merchant payments....
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KuCoin Adds USDT Perpetuals Tied To Stocks And ETFs
KuCoin announced five new USDT-margined perpetual contracts scheduled for launch on October 21 at 09:00 UTC, subject to regional availability. The products, identified by...
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Crypto Broker Gets 160 Months In US Drug-Money Laundering Case
Leonardo de Jesus Zuluaga Duque, a Colombia-based crypto broker, was sentenced to 160 months in prison, or more than 13 years, by a federal...
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Malaysia and Thailand join Singapore’s BLOOM initiative for stablecoins
Bank Negara Malaysia and Bank of Thailand have joined BLOOM, an initiative launched by the Monetary Authority of Singapore on October 16, 2025, to...
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Malaysia, Thailand join Singapore’s cross-border stablecoin push
Bank Negara Malaysia and the Bank of Thailand joined Singapore’s cross-border BLOOM initiative on Friday as policymaker members. Launched in October 2025 by the...
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Visa in Advanced Talks to Acquire Fireblocks, the Crypto Infrastructure for Stablecoins
Axios reports that Visa is in advanced talks to acquire Fireblocks in a deal valuing the company at approximately $2.5 billion. Fireblocks provides private-key...