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Business · Deep Dive

Stablecoins are becoming a payment rail. The hard part sits offchain

Visa, Mastercard and their infrastructure partners are moving tokenized dollars into treasury funding, settlement and payouts. The blockchain transfer is only one layer of the product.

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Business · News

Visa Direct adds Zero Hash rails for stablecoin funding and payouts

Eligible clients can use stablecoins on both sides of a Visa Direct transfer: to fund an account and to deliver value to a recipient. The capability is not a universal switch-on across Visa's network.

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Business · Event

Visa Direct stablecoin rollout moves from pilots to infrastructure integration

Public announcements now cover prefunding, recipient payouts and Zero Hash's infrastructure role. Availability remains limited rather than network-wide.

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Business · Analysis

BNY is turning crypto custody into a servicing stack

Bitcoin and ether safekeeping was the entry point. USDC issuance and redemption, followed by planned staking, show BNY assembling the accounting and operational layer around institutional crypto assets.

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Business · Event

BNY digital-asset custody expands into stablecoins and planned staking

BNY's platform has moved from bitcoin and ether safekeeping to USDC issuance and redemption. Galaxy is now helping design a staking layer that remains under regulatory review.

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Markets · Briefing

Circle's July 30 USDC snapshot reports reserves, issuance and redemptions

The weekly disclosure describes Circle's reserve assets and customer flows. Secondary-market liquidity, holder distribution and exchange trading sit outside its scope.

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Business · News

Circle wins final OCC approval for a national trust bank

Circle National Trust will begin with custody for Circle and its affiliates. Managing USDC reserves and serving outside institutions remain future capabilities.

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