Bybit’s Bybit Card was recently honored by Mastercard as the Best Performing Crypto Card at its flagship forum, EDGE 2025, which focuses on shaping the future of payments across EEMEA (Eastern Europe, Middle East, and Africa). The event gathered industry leaders to discuss emerging trends like agentic AI, embedded finance, stablecoins, and tokenization. Since its … Read more
Solana (SOL) is attracting significant trader attention as it consolidates within a key range and the community buzzes over a cryptic social media teaser pointing to October 20, 2025. The short video, showing stacked cards and a payment sound, has led to widespread speculation that the project is preparing to launch a Solana-branded debit or … Read more
Vietnam is poised for significant growth in its digital asset sector, driven by the central bank’s policy of actively encouraging substantial credit growth through supportive, low-interest-rate policies. The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) recently raised the credit limit for commercial banks and directed them to cut lending rates to meet ambitious national GDP expansion goals, … Read more
ACI Worldwide, a Nasdaq-listed veteran in payments infrastructure, has forged a strategic partnership with cryptocurrency payment processor BitPay to significantly boost its digital asset capabilities for merchants and payment service providers (PSPs). Under the agreement, ACI will integrate BitPay’s crypto payment solution into its Payments Orchestration Platform. This integration will allow ACI’s clients to seamlessly … Read more
Thumzup Media, a digital advertising firm, has announced plans to integrate Dogecoin (DOGE) as a direct payout option within its influencer rewards app. This platform allows users to earn money by sharing branded content. According to CEO Robert Steele, using Dogecoin for rewards would significantly enhance the system’s efficiency and scalability by: Reducing transaction costs. … Read more
Compass Coffee, a popular Washington, D.C. chain with 27 locations, became the first merchant globally to accept Bitcoin payments through a standard Square point-of-sale terminal this week. The pilot, demonstrated during DC Fintech Week, utilized the Lightning Network for near-instantaneous transactions. Compass Coffee CEO Michael Haft confirmed that payments from 10 different wallets were fast, reliable, … Read more
Sony’s financial division is making a major push into the U.S. crypto market. Sony Bank has submitted an application to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) for a national banking license. This strategic move, carried out through its subsidiary Connectia Trust, would allow Sony Bank to: Issue its own U.S. dollar-pegged stablecoin. … Read more
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has granted preliminary conditional approval to Erebor Bank, a new national bank backed by tech heavyweights including Peter Thiel, Palmer Luckey, and Joe Lonsdale. This decision marks the first new national charter approved under Comptroller Jonathan Gould and signals a subtle but significant shift in U.S. … Read more
Payments giant Stripe is taking a major step toward deeply integrating digital assets into traditional finance, as its stablecoin infrastructure arm, Bridge, has filed for a national bank trust charter with the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC). The filing, confirmed by Bridge co-founder Zach Abrams, aims to create a federally regulated … Read more
Steak ‘n Shake, the 90-year-old fast-food chain, has canceled plans to accept Ether payments following intense criticism from its loyal Bitcoin (BTC) customer base. The company, which has seen a 15% sales boost since adopting Bitcoin payments in May, ran a poll on X (formerly Twitter) asking its followers if it should expand to include … Read more