Western Union joins stablecoin race, eyes crypto partnerships — CEO

Western Union is exploring stablecoin integration for cross-border transfers, conversions and digital wallets, positioning it as an innovation opportunity.

Western Union is exploring stablecoin integration for cross-border transfers, conversions and digital wallets, positioning it as an innovation opportunity.
The anticipated US crypto market structure bill, seen as a landmark piece of laws following the GENIUS Act, is unlikely to move this 12 months as Senate Banking Committee Chair Tim Scott introduced the postponement of a committee vote. Instead, discussions relating to the invoice are anticipated to renew in early 2026. Pushing Crypto Bill Discussions…
Block has switched on Bitcoin funds throughout its Square service provider community, giving roughly 4 million sellers the flexibility to settle for Lightning Network funds on the level of sale. The service provider selects Bitcoin at checkout, Square generates a Lightning bill QR code, the client pays with Cash App or any Lightning-enabled pockets, and…
SBI Holdings has submitted applications to Japan’s Financial Services Agency for the approval of two exchange-traded funds tracking Bitcoin and XRP. The filings represent the first dual-asset spot crypto ETF proposal in the country and arrive shortly after the regulator opened discussions around reclassifying digital assets as financial instruments under the Financial Instruments and Exchange…
The Philippine government has officially launched a blockchain-based system to verify government documents on the Polygon network as part of a broader initiative to modernize public services and improve trust in state-issued records, local media reported on July 31. The new platform, introduced on July 30 by the Department of Budget and Management (DBM), allows…
A community of crypto wallets linked to Russian state-linked entities helped transfer greater than $8 billion in digital belongings to bypass Western sanctions, in accordance to a Sept. 26 report from blockchain analytics agency Elliptic. The findings draw from a trove of just lately leaked knowledge exposing how sanctioned Russian companies relied on stablecoins—notably Tether’s…
Donald Trump Jr. has stepped right into the prediction market world, joining Polymarket’s advisory board while his firm, 1789 Capital, invested in the platform. The move comes after Polymarket spent $122M to buy a U.S. derivatives exchange and clear the path for its comeback in America. If Trump Jr. is putting his name behind crypto…