Circle/page/4 news and trends

Coinbase Wants to Turn Every FinTech Into a Crypto Company

October 31, 2024
This Week in Web3: FTX Engineer Singh Walks, Crypto Payments Surge
Cryptocurrency // October 30, 2024

For almost their entire history, despite designs to the contrary, the primary role of cryptocurrencies and digital assets has been confined largely to trading and speculation. But recent advancements in blockchain infrastructure are positioning digital assets as more functional tools for real-world financial transactions. And...

Circle Teams With Thunes on Stablecoin Liquidity Management
Cryptocurrency // October 29, 2024

Money movement platform Thunes has launched a partnership with stablecoin issuer Circle. The collaboration is designed to “accelerate innovation in stablecoin liquidity management,” letting members of Thunes’ Direct Global Network to fund and execute cross-border transactions using USDC, the companies said in a Tuesday (Oct. 29) news release. This...

The Payment Professional’s Guide to Stablecoins
Cryptocurrency // October 21, 2024

The stablecoin market is collectively worth north of $170 billion. That’s a large number. And with the news Monday (Oct. 21) that FinTech giant Stripe has reportedly acquired stablecoin platform Bridge for $1.1 billion, it’s becoming a harder one for the payments sector to ignore. Stripe...

BVNK and Circle Team to Promote Stablecoin Business Payments
Cryptocurrency // October 17, 2024

Payments infrastructure provider BVNK has launched a partnership with USDC-issuer Circle. The collaboration is designed to accelerate the utility of the USDC stablecoin for BVNK customers, according to a Thursday (Oct. 17) news release. “BVNK will integrate USDC more deeply into its payment offerings, enabling businesses to leverage...

Interviews & Exclusives
Stablecoins, Unstable Crypto Market Propel Coinbase Profits

February 16, 2024
Renewed investor enthusiasm for crypto has been good news for U.S. cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase. And while 2023 wasn’t the greatest year for crypto, it was no 2022, and Coinbase’s latest quarterly results, announced Thursday (Feb. 15), highlight that the famously volatile digital asset sector could, once again, be on the upswing.  The company’s fourth-quarter revenue beat […]

Circle Says Lack of Direct EMI Access to EU Central Bank Accounts Stifles Payments Innovation

May 19, 2023
To access central bank accounts in the European Union (EU) today, electronic money token (EMT) issuers, and by extension all electronic money institutions (EMIs), have no choice but to rely...

FinTech SPAC Stock Listings Face Tough Reckoning as 2023 Looms

December 19, 2022
For FinTechs looking to go public, 2023 will not be the year of the SPAC stock listing. If they opt to go public at all, that is. As PYMNTS’ own...

Has SWIFT Beaten Crypto to Punch on Cross-Border Payments Interoperability?

October 05, 2022
In a pair of papers today, financial messaging service SWIFT claimed that it has solved two of the thorniest problems digital assets must overcome if they are to revolutionize the...

Quick Reads
Circle Teams With Thunes on Stablecoin Liquidity Management

October 29, 2024
Money movement platform Thunes has launched a partnership with stablecoin issuer Circle. The collaboration is designed to “accelerate innovation in stablecoin liquidity management,” letting members of Thunes’ Direct Global Network to fund and execute cross-border transactions using USDC, the companies said in a Tuesday (Oct. 29) news release. This will allow for faster transfers in seconds, seven days a […]

BVNK and Circle Team to Promote Stablecoin Business Payments

October 17, 2024
Payments infrastructure provider BVNK has launched a partnership with USDC-issuer Circle. The collaboration is designed to accelerate the utility of the USDC stablecoin for BVNK customers, according to a Thursday (Oct. 17) news...

Stripe Enables Merchants to Accept Stablecoin Payments for Online Transactions

October 10, 2024
In the first 24 hours of allowing its merchants to accept stablecoin payments for online transactions on its platform, Stripe reportedly saw that customers from more than 70 countries made...

Circle/Sony Block Solutions Team-up Targets Creator Economy 

September 16, 2024
Stablecoin issuer Circle has launched a partnership with Sony Block Solutions Labs. The collaboration, announced in a news release Sunday (Sept. 15), is designed to “drive innovation and creativity through...