Latest Stablecoins News: Finextra Research

Visa unveils agentic commerce and stablecoin plays

Visa has unveiled its plans for two of the next big things in payments: agentic commerce and stablecoins.

01 May 2025

Company update/crypto

Innovate Finance says UK must act now to lead the global stablecoin economy

Innovate Finance, the industry body for UK FinTech, through its Digital Pound Foundation programme, has today published a blueprint to make the UK the leading international market for stablecoin – a key pillar of the future digital economy.

29 April 2025

News/crypto

Mastercard takes 360-degree approach to cover stablecoin transactions

Mastercard is doubling down on stablecoins, unveiling new global end-to-end acceptance and payments capabilities.

28 April 2025

News/startups

Stablecoin payment system Next Generation secures $5 million in Seed funding

French fintech Next Generation has secured $5 million in Seed funding to drive the launch of its B2B payment ecosystem and pursue M&A opportunities.

28 April 2025

Company update/crypto

Bybit card introduces USDC cashback

Bybit, the world's second-largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, now offers cashback in both of the dominant USD-denominated stablecoins for Bybit Card holders.

24 April 2025

News/crypto

PayPal offers 3.7% yield on stablecoin balances

PayPal is bidding to encourage uptake of its stablecoin by offering US users an annual rewards rate of 3.7% on their holdings.

24 April 2025

News/payments

Inside the tech behind the transformation: Sponsors announced for NextGen Nordics

Ever wanted to be in the same room as the senior executives leading payments innovation across the Nordics and Europe? NextGen Nordics on 29 April 2025 at the Münchenbryggeriet in Stockholm, Sweden, is your chance to hear from the technology vendors that are supporting financial institutions expertly navigate a convoluted web of regulations, at a time when fraud is at an all-time high and consumer experience must be kept front of mind.

15 April 2025

News/payments

Félix raises $75 million for WhatsApp-based stablecoin remittance platform

Félix, a chat-based platform that utilises WhatsApp and stablecoins to enable Latino immigrants in the US to send money abroad, has secured $75 million Series B in equity and growth financing.

08 April 2025

Company update/crypto

Flowdesk joins the Canton Network

The Canton Network today announced that Flowdesk is joining as a key participant in the development of an on-chain collateral and margin management solution for bilateral derivatives.

03 April 2025

News/crypto

Ripple integrates stablecoin into cross-border payments platform

Ripple has integrated its recently-launched stablecoin into its flagship cross-border payments system.

03 April 2025

Company update/crypto

Next Generation acquires digital asset service provider from French retailer Casino Group

A French fintech company has acquired a digital asset service provider (DASP) from a leader in the French retail market.

02 April 2025

News/crypto

Circle files for $5 billion IPO

Circle, the issuer of the world's second-largest stablecoin, USDC, has officially filed for an IPO.

02 April 2025

News/crypto

Galaxy Digital reaches $200m settlement over Luna token

Galaxy Digital has reached a $200 million settlement with the New York Attorney General (NYAG) over claims the crypto investing company promoted the now collapsed Luna digital asset without disclosing its interest in the token.

31 March 2025

News/markets

ICE partners Circle to explore stablecoin uses

Nyse parent Intercontinental Exchange is exploring how it can use Circle's stablecoin and tokenised money market offering.

27 March 2025

Company update/payments

French stablecoin fintech Fipto secures Payments Institution licence from France’s ACPR

Fipto, a blockchain-based stablecoin payments infrastructure, has been officially licensed as a Payments Institution by the French Prudential Control and Resolution Authority (ACPR), part of the Bank of France.

27 March 2025

News/crypto

Fidelity Investments preps stablecoin

Fidelity Investments is in advanced stages of testing its own stablecoin, which is designed to act as cash in cryptocurrency markets and will be managed through its digital assets arm.

26 March 2025

News/payments

Stablecoin-based card issuer Rain raises $24.5 million

Rain, a card issuing platform for stablecoins, has raises $24.5 million in new funding led by Norwest Venture Partners.

25 March 2025

Company update/payments

Rain raises $24.5m for stablecoin-powered card issuing platform

Rain, the global card issuing platform powered by stablecoins, announced $24.5 million in new funding led by Norwest Venture Partners. New investors joining the round included Galaxy Ventures, Goldcrest, Thayer, and Hard Yaka. Existing investors Lightspeed Venture Partners, Coinbase Ventures, Vinyl Capital, Canonical Crypto, and Latitude Capital also participated.

24 March 2025

News/markets

Stablecoin de-pegging to be probed by Ripple, Warwick Business School’s Gillmore Centre

The research is funded by the University of California, Berkeley’s Centre for Responsible Decentralized Intelligence, and will involve collaboration between Warwick’s own Dr Ganesh Viswanath-Natraj, Ripple Research, and the University Blockchain Research Initiative (UBRI), the $50 million research division of Ripple.

21 March 2025

News/crypto

MoonPay secures $200 million revolving credit line from Galaxy

In what has been dubbed one of the largest of its kind in the crypto industry, MoonPay’s credit line with Galaxy comes at a time of unprecedented momentum for the crypto industry, ensuring the solution provider is in a position to capitalise and solidify its role in the global digital economy.

21 March 2025