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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.
2 min readBusiness · NewsVisa 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.
2 min readBusiness · EventVisa 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.
1 min readBusiness · AnalysisBNY 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.
2 min readBusiness · EventBNY 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.
2 min readMarkets · BriefingCircle'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.
2 min readBusiness · NewsCircle 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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