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Volante Technologies Partners with Circle to Offer Stablecoin Payments
Payments platform Volante Technologies has formed a strategic collaboration with stablecoin issuer Circle designed to ease the integration of Circle’s USDC into the payments operations of financial institutions. USDC – which is pegged 1:1 with the US Dollar – is the world’s second most liquid stablecoin, with around $75 billion in circulation. Via the collaboration,…
Circle’s Arc Layer 1 Blockchain Goes Live
Circle has executed the public mainnet launch of Arc, an open Layer 1 blockchain specifically engineered for financial markets, real-time money movement, and AI-driven economic activity. The new platform debuts with native integration into Circle’s full-stack infrastructure, which features the USDC stablecoin. Arc distinguishes itself from traditional blockchains through several core design choices intended to power…
Collateral Management Winner for Tokenisation Use Cases in UK Survey
Collateral management was the winning use case cited by respondents to the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and Bank of England call for input survey, titled “The future of tokenisation: A joint vision from the authorities for UK wholesale financial markets.” With the survey garnering 123 responses, the results report notes that “Collateral was by…
S&P Global Acquires Smart Contract Security Leader OpenZeppelin
S&P Global has announced the acquisition of OpenZeppelin, a prominent smart contract and blockchain security specialist. The financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. According to the companies, the acquisition is intended to integrate OpenZeppelin’s security and development services into S&P Global’s digital asset capabilities, focusing on the creation of future on-chain security assessments and…
Thanks to LayerZero, Tether Extends Reach with Stellar. Ecosystem Benefits Now; More Chains to Follow?
Via an integration developed by LayerZero Labs, Tether – the world’s most popular stablecoin – is now available on the Stellar blockchain. While adding Stellar represents an immediate significant addition to Tether’s USDT reach, by leveraging LayerZero’s Omnichain Fungible Token (OFT) standard, in the future, extending Tether to other blockchains theoretically requires little effort. Before…
Remi Secures Stellar Funding for Privacy-Oriented Payments
Remi, an Egyptian-founded FinTech based in the UAE, has secured a grant of approximately USD 135,000 from the Stellar Community Fund. Founded in the cross-border payments infrastructure startup connects financial institutions to local payout rails. The newly acquired funding will be dedicated to developing a confidential settlement layer on the Stellar blockchain specifically designed for…
Bank Group Plans USD Stablecoin Launch in 1H27
Reuters reports that a yet-to-named coalition of 21 major financial institutions, including Goldman Sachs, Bank of America, Citi, and Deutsche Bank, has announced plans to form a new company dedicated to launching a US dollar-pegged cryptocurrency in the first half of 2027. This stablecoin aims to integrate DLT technology into the mainstream financial system, with…
BankChain Alliance Kicks Off to Build Next Generation of Banking Infrastructure
Banking associations from 39 US states have formed the BankChain Alliance to build an industry-owned and governed blockchain platform that will allow participating financial institutions to “offer emerging banking capabilities while maintaining the regulatory standards, security, and trust that customers expect from their banks.” Examples of services that will likely be provided by BankChain members…
LayerZero Announces ATLAS, a Universal Blockchain-based Headless Exchange
Financial markets infrastructure developer LayerZero has announced ATLAS (for Aggregated Trading Liquidity and Settlement), a universal “headless exchange” built to power “the future of global markets.” Based on the company’s Zero blockchain, it combines matching, clearing, settlement and risk into a single integrated technology stack and provides the performance and fairness of a traditional exchange…
Standard Chartered and HSBC Complete First Tokenised Deposit via SWIFT’s Blockchain
Standard Chartered and HSBC have completed bank-to-bank tokenised deposit interoperability through the execution of the first live cross-border transaction on Swift’s blockchain-based ledger. This transaction is a milestone in the use of tokenised deposits by regulated financial institutions to issue, transfer, record and settle tokenised deposits through Swift’s blockchain-based ledger, not only demonstrating interbank interoperability,…