Latest Stablecoins News: Finextra Research

Mastercard and Coinbase in bidding war for stablecoin firm BVNK - Fortune

Mastercard and Coinbase are battling it out to acquire stablecoin infrastructure platform BVNK in a deal that could be worth up to $2.5 billion, according to Fortune.

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News/crypto

Citi invests in stablecoin outfit BVNK

Citi is the latest big-name traditional financial services player to invest in stablecoin infrastructure platform BVNK.

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Company update/crypto

Ripple expands into Kingdom of Bahrain

Ripple, the leading provider of digital asset infrastructure for financial institutions, today announced a strategic partnership with Bahrain Fintech Bay (BFB), the Kingdom’s leading fintech incubator and ecosystem builder which partners with government bodies and others to further accelerate the development and adoption of blockchain and digital assets technology in Bahrain.

09 October 2025

Company update/crypto

US Bank selected to provide custody for reserves backing stablecoins from Anchorage Digital

US Bank announced today that it has been selected to serve as the custodian for reserves backing Anchorage Digital Bank’s payment stablecoins. Anchorage Digital Bank is the only crypto-native bank in the U.S. to hold a federal charter, operating under the direct oversight of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC).

08 October 2025

Company update/crypto

Coinflow raises $25m

Coinflow, the next-generation payment service provider (PSP), today announced a $25 million Series A funding round led by Pantera Capital, with participation from CMT Digital, Coinbase Ventures, The Fintech Fund, Jump Capital, Reciprocal Ventures, and founders & operators from more than a dozen other companies.

08 October 2025

Company update/crypto

TerraPay taps Fipto for stablecoin-native flows

TerraPay, a global money movement company, today announced the launch of stablecoin–native flows in partnership with Fipto, the regulated infrastructure layer powering secure, compliant blockchain-based treasury operations.

06 October 2025

News/crypto

Robinhood CEO calls tokenisation unstoppable 'freight-train'

It is inevitable that the entire financial market will be tokenised, according to Vlad Tenev, co-founder and CEO of online trading platform Robinhood

02 October 2025

Company update/crypto

BVNK surpasses $20bn in annualized processing volume

BVNK, the global stablecoin infrastructure company, today announced it has exceeded USD $20bn in annualized processing volume, just four years after its launch in October 2021.

02 October 2025

Sibos 2025: Are new products fulfilling their hyped-up promise? Part 2: Digital assets

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Scott Hamilton Contributing Editor at Finextra Research

Sibos 2025: Are new products fulfilling their hyped-up promise? Part 2: Digital assets

01 October 2025

Company update/startups

Fiat and stablecoin payment network Mesta raises $5.5 million

Mesta, the Global fiat + Stablecoin Payment Network, today announced it has raised a $5.5 million seed round led by Village Global, with participation from Circle Ventures, Paxos, and WTI – Western Technology Investment.

01 October 2025

Company update/payments

Couldflare to introduce US dollar stablecoin for the agentic web

Cloudflare, Inc. (NYSE: NET), the leading connectivity cloud company, today announced plans to introduce NET Dollar, a new U.S. dollar-backed stablecoin that will enable instant, secure transactions for the agentic web.

01 October 2025

Company update/crypto

Aleo Network Foundation and Paxos Labs team on privacy-preserving US dollar stablecoin

The Aleo Network Foundation, the non-profit corporation that oversees the health of the Aleo Network, a privacy and compliance infrastructure that powers secure, programmable, worldwide payments, today announced a partnership with Paxos Labs, the enterprise infrastructure platform for embedded on-chain finance, from branded stablecoin creation to yield-on-stablecoins, integrating compliant money markets, and more.

01 October 2025

News/crypto

Stripe and Brex make stablecoin moves

Payments giant Stripe and corporate spend management player Brex have unveiled products that bring stablecoins closer to the mainstream.

30 September 2025

News/Sibos

Sibos 2025: Why Europe needs the integration of capital markets

In the only Europe-centric session at Sibos in Frankfurt, Swift’s Marianne Demarchi led a conversation titled: “View from the Top: Securing Europe’s financial future - Resilience, autonomy, and global impact.”

30 September 2025

Company update/crypto

Integral launches stablecoin-based crypto prime brokerage

Integral, a global leader in FX and digital asset technology, today announced the launch of PrimeOne, the world’s first stablecoin-based crypto prime brokerage.

30 September 2025

News/Sibos

Sibos 2025: How to build the bank of tomorrow

Following the popular session on building tomorrow’s bank at Sibos 2024, McKinsey’s Megha Kansal moderated a follow-up session on the year’s developments in Frankfurt.

30 September 2025

News/payments

Visa Direct to pilot pre-funded stablecoins

Visa is promising financial institutions a long-overdue upgrade to the movement of capital in cross-border payments via a pre-funding stablecoin platform.

30 September 2025

Company update/crypto

OKX launches stablecoin-powered scan-to-pay service in Singapore

OKX SG Pte Ltd (OKX SG), a leading digital payment token (DPT) platform, today launched OKX Pay, the first stablecoin-powered scan-to-pay service in Singapore.

30 September 2025

Company update/payments

DeCard introduces premium Visa card for stablecoin payments

DeCard by DCS (formerly Diners Club Singapore), today announced the launch of DeCard Luminaries, a premium Visa credit card that brings stablecoins into real-world payments at Visa-accepting merchant locations while offering members global access and exclusive lifestyle privileges.

30 September 2025

News/crypto

Sibos 2025: Unpacking the impact and future of digital assets

Digital assets are one of the key themes at Sibos 2025, and day one featured several sessions covering the intricacies of stablecoins, CBDCs, and the world of crypto.

30 September 2025