Travala has launched an AI-powered hotel booking protocol that gives agents access to more than 2.2 million properties and enables near-instant USDC payments on Base for about $0.01 per booking. According to reports, Singapore-based crypto travel platform Travala has released…
The cryptocurrency-funded peptide market has surpassed a $100 million annual run rate after first-quarter sales jumped 159% quarter-over-quarter to $32 million, according to a new report from Chainalysis. According to Chainalysis, demand for off-label peptides has expanded rapidly beyond niche…
XRP trades near $1.39-$1.47 in late May 2026, down approximately 26% year-to-date and 34% year-on-year despite multiple institutional catalysts that historically would have driven significant price appreciation. Five-spot (XRP) ETFs are now trading in the US with cumulative inflows of…
Tether and Georgia plan GEL₮, a lari-backed stablecoin built for faster payments, lower costs, and regulated digital value transfers.
Bitcoin Pizza Day has once again drawn attention to the first known real-world Bitcoin transaction, a 2010 pizza purchase that later became one of the most referenced moments in cryptocurrency history. According to archived posts on the Bitcointalk forum, early…
Coinbase says AI cut account restriction resolution times by 90%, with humans still checking compliance outcomes.
Alchemy Pay joins Mastercard Crypto Partner Program to build fiat-crypto payment tools and explore on-chain commerce integrations worldwide.
Crypto bank Anchorage Digital has introduced an agentic banking service that allows AI systems to access and move funds across traditional and crypto payment rails without human intervention. According to Anchorage Digital co-founder and CEO Nathan McCauley, the new infrastructure…
dLocal (NASDAQ: DLO) has launched Stablecoin Full, a stablecoin payments solution that enables merchants to collect, convert, and pay out funds in stablecoins across more than 44 emerging markets through a single API. dLocal stablecoin payments went live on April…
Cross-border B2B stablecoin payments have been projected to reach $5 trillion by 2035, according to a new report from Juniper Research. The report published on April 27 has estimated that the total cross-border B2B stablecoin transaction value will climb from…
DoorDash has begun building stablecoin payment infrastructure on Tempo, the Layer-1 blockchain incubated by Stripe and Paradigm, to pay delivery workers and merchants across more than 40 countries at near-instant settlement speeds and fixed US dollar fees, in one of…
Fold Holdings has rolled out a Bitcoin-based bonus program for employees, expanding its push to bring BTC into everyday workplace compensation. Fold said the new offering, launched under its enterprise arm Fold Business, allows companies to distribute recurring bonuses in…
The hidden risk facing luxury sellers who accept USDT — and what can be done about it.
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Latin American e-commerce platform Mercado Libre has announced plans to sunset its Mercado Coin after just four years of operation. Mercado Libre has notified its users that they must sell or spend their loyalty coin balances through the Mercado Pago…
Walmart-owned OnePay has added more than a dozen crypto tokens to its platform in response to growing demand from its customers. In an announcement shared with crypto media, OnePay said its offering now includes tokens such as SUI (SUI), Polygon…
Australians are increasingly using cryptocurrency for day-to-day payments, even as banking restrictions continue to hamper access to the ecosystem. A recent survey by crypto exchange Independent Reserve, which polled 2,000 “everyday Australians” between Jan. 12 and Jan. 30, found that…
Crypto.com has partnered with KG Inicis to introduce crypto payment options for foreign tourists visiting South Korea. The two companies plan to roll out Crypto.com Pay across KG Inicis’ merchant network, according to a March 17 press release. The integration…
The Sui Foundation has introduced USDsui, a native stablecoin built to power digital payments and decentralized finance across the Sui network. The token went live on mainnet on March 4, 2026. USDsui is issued through Bridge, a subsidiary of Stripe, using its…
Crypto payments platform MoonPay has introduced a new product designed to give artificial intelligence systems direct access to digital wallets and on-chain transactions. MoonPay Agents, a non-custodial software layer that enables AI agents to create wallets, manage funds, and trade…
An Australian executive has been accused of accepting cryptocurrency payments in exchange for selling sensitive cyber tools that threatened the national security of Five Eyes allies. For those unaware, Five Eyes is a long-standing intelligence sharing alliance between the United…
Cryptocurrency use for transactions involving human trafficking surged 85% in 2025. According to a Feb. 13 Chainalysis report, which tracked cryptocurrency-facilitated human trafficking payments tied to escort services, labor recruiters connected to Southeast Asian scam compounds, and child sexual abuse…
Crypto isn’t dying; it’s becoming invisible. Just as e-commerce has simply become shopping, crypto is evolving into just finance.