NEW: @Ripple announces full institutional expansion across Brazil covering payments, custody, prime brokerage, and treasury, in addition to filing for a VASP license with the country's Central Bank. https://t.co/oXth2MIKfP ...

KRAKacquisition Corp. a SPAC associated with the crypto exchange Kraken, is seeking potential acquisition targets with valuations up to $10 billion, though they could be closer to $2 billion. The firm completed an approximately $345 million IPO in January and is targeting crypto-native companies in sectors including stablecoins, asset tokenization, DeFi, and payments. This move comes as Kraken plans to advance its own IPO later this year.https://t.co/Jb3wk94AFD ...

three words: narrative violation chainThe Rollup (@therollupco):The chain everyone wrote off just had its best month ever."Polygon is a narrative violation chain. $500 million of stablecoin transactions in February. New all-time high."While the market debates which L1 would win the chain wars, Polygon pivoted to payments, stablecoin https://t.co/r3VOyBNBiy ...

NEW: Mastercard is launching a major blockchain payments push with more than 85 partners, including Binance, PayPal and Ripple. https://t.co/x3MfQLhYom ...

RT Capital Markets (@capitalmarkets)Visa. Worldpay. Western Union. Fiserv. Cash App. Revolut. Brex. Gusto.All settling or building stablecoin payments on Solana.35+ stablecoins across 7+ currencies.$16.2B stablecoin supply. 42% YoY growth. 46% of all L1 stablecoin transfer volume.h/t @MessariCrypto https://t.co/jcsRAGr0ro ...

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USDC and CCTP are coming soon to @MorphNetwork!This brings trusted, regulated stablecoin settlement and secure crosschain infrastructure to a network built for payments and consumer-facing financial applications.→ USDC for payments, FX, and onchain treasury workflows→ CCTP for seamless USDC movement across supported blockchains→ Use USDC as a core settlement and collateral asset across DeFi applications on MorphIn addition, Morph has launched a $150M Payment Accelerator backing teams building crypto cards, ...

Traditionally, local-currency stablecoin payments meant stitching together wallets, on/off ramps, compliance tooling, and settlement across multiple vendors.Each one a separate integration. Each one a potential failure point.The Open Money Stack packages that into a single integration: settlement, liquidity, wallet infrastructure, and compliance-ready architecture working together out of the box.JPYC on Polygon is one example of what that looks like when it's running. ...

RT WalletConnect (@WalletConnect)Stablecoin payments are already inevitable.WalletConnect CEO @Houlgrave sat down with @trondao founder @justinsuntron for the Payments Pulse.Watch Justin's take on the future of stablecoins, what the WalletConnect + TRON integration means, and a look at his origin story. https://t.co/GWk05iyXZf ...

BNB Chain closed 2025 with strong fundamentals, real usage, and clear traction across DeFi, RWAs, and payments.The @MessariCrypto Q4 2025 report is here and the data tells a clear story 🧵👇Messari (@MessariCrypto):$BNB closed 2025 at $118.9B in market cap, up 17.8% YoY, and making it the 3rd-largest crypto asset.Today, @ahbeaudry published our State of BNB Chain Q4 2025 report.Here are the highlights 🧵 https://t.co/lvlIoyWDJ6 ...