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Payward plans surveillance across five market types, but Nasdaq monitoring cannot determine U.S. legal classifications. Those classifications remain key to market access and investor protections as 24/7 tokenized trading develops.
US Bank tested a live USBDC payment on Stellar between its North American and European entities. The internal trial examined minting, redemption and issuer controls without involving outside participants.
Decrypt reports that Bitcoin’s near-term technical outlook has changed as rate-hike bets strengthen. The cryptocurrency’s golden-cross signal is flickering off amid rapidly shifting expectations in the interest-rate market.
Bitcoin has pulled back following another golden cross. CoinDesk reports that the signal may support the longer-term outlook, while historical patterns indicate much of the upside often arrives before the crossover appears.
Bitcoin’s rally has cooled amid an inflation-driven selloff, but its chart is nearing a golden cross—the first potential shift of this kind since November, according to Decrypt.
Bitcoin is trading near $78,000 as markets weigh potentially underpriced macro risks. CryptoSlate points to CPI data, central-bank developments and oil-market moves as factors that could determine whether BTC breaks its current range.
The US sanctioned Xinbi and restrained $52 million in cryptocurrency, while the Justice Department seized its Telegram channels and two wallets. Investigators are pursuing 47 additional wallets tied to the alleged laundering network.
US Bank tested its proprietary USBDC stablecoin in a transfer between North American and European entities using the public Stellar blockchain, Cointelegraph reported. The pilot connects institutional stablecoin activity with the Stellar network and XLM.
The euro’s onchain presence remains far below the dollar’s, with euro-pegged stablecoins totaling €711 million and less than 1% of supply. RockawayX’s Ryan Connor points to missing DeFi infrastructure and emerging MiCA-regulated rails.
U.S. Bank completed a live cross-border payment transaction while exploring its USBDC stablecoin for treasury payments, liquidity management and collateral. CoinDesk reported that the test represents another step toward a possible stablecoin launch.
Bitcoin may benefit from a euro-led DXY decline, but CryptoSlate said weakness in the dollar would need confirmation from real yields, credit conditions and Bitcoin’s performance across currencies to signal a broader liquidity improvement.
CryptoSlate reports millions of AI-agent micro-payments on the XRP Ledger, but limited XRP buying. A September 8 dashboard also recorded 4,125 RLUSD settled, showing payment counts alone do not prove substantial XRP demand.
Circle has agreed to buy cross-border payments firm Tazapay for $400 million, CoinDesk reported. The deal could provide regulated last-mile infrastructure linking stablecoins with traditional local banking systems.
