MoonPay launches enterprise stablecoin suite with M0, taps ex-Paxos leaders

MoonPay launches enterprise stablecoin suite with M0, taps ex-Paxos leaders

The move pushes MoonPay deeper into stablecoin infrastructure, giving issuers a ready-made stack for launching fully backed digital dollars across multiple chains. Crypto payments platform MoonPay has launched a new stablecoin suite that allows companies to issue and manage stablecoins across multiple blockchains, supported by an integration with M0. The collaboration offers enterprises a stack…

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Coinbase Business launches in Singapore to reshape payments with USDC

Coinbase Business launches in Singapore to reshape payments with USDC

Expanding outside the US, Coinbase Business launches in Singapore to give startups and SMEs a unified platform for USDC payments, asset management and more. Coinbase Business, a new business platform from major US crypto exchange Coinbase, has launched in Singapore, marking the company’s first international expansion. After introducing Coinbase Business in June, Coinbase has rolled…

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Japan’s FSA backs joint stablecoin initiative by nation’s top banks

Japan’s FSA backs joint stablecoin initiative by nation’s top banks

Japan’s financial regulator has launched a “Payment Innovation Project” backing a joint initiative by major banks and corporations to issue yen-based stablecoins. Japan’s financial regulator, the Financial Services Agency (FSA), endorsed a project by the country’s largest financial institutions to jointly issue yen-backed stablecoins. In a Friday statement, the FSA announced the launch of its…

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Columbia Business professor casts doubt on tokenized bank deposits

Columbia Business professor casts doubt on tokenized bank deposits

Tokenized bank deposits lack the flexibility and technical features of stablecoins, making them an inferior product, according to Omid Malekan. Banks and financial institutions have started experimenting with tokenized bank deposits, bank balances recorded on a blockchain, but the technology is doomed to lose out to stablecoins, according to Omid Malekan, an adjunct professor at…

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Malaysia’s central bank sets three-year roadmap to pilot asset tokenization

Malaysia’s central bank sets three-year roadmap to pilot asset tokenization

BNM’s tokenization roadmap aims to focus on real-world use cases such as SME supply chain financing, Shariah-compliant Islamic products, green finance and 24/7 cross-border payments. Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM), the country’s central bank, has unveiled a three-year roadmap to explore and test asset tokenization across the financial sector. Under the initiative, BNM will launch proof-of-concept…

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Crypto’s changing demographics demand a new approach to crypto security

Crypto’s changing demographics demand a new approach to crypto security

Stablecoins dominate 40% of crypto volume as emerging markets prioritize utility over ideology. Security must become invisible, not user homework. Opinion by: Louise Ivan, co-founder and CEO of Ryder Step aside, maximalists. Crypto isn’t the domain of early adopters and philosophically driven “hodlers” anymore. The demographics of crypto usage are shifting fast, with stablecoins, in…

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