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The Xinbi crypto freeze locks $52.8 million in USDT as U.S. authorities target a Telegram marketplace tied to $24 billion in illicit deals.

U.S. Bank’s stablecoin USBDC has completed a live cross-border payment test, signaling a push into treasury, liquidity and collateral use.

Tether and Fasanara are putting $400 million into StableFund, a stablecoin private credit fund targeting fintech lending across 60+ countries.

Bitcoin and USDT are getting a wider role in Iran’s foreign trade as Tehran loosens currency rules while Washington tightens crypto sanctions.

Hypersearch is Tether’s peer-to-peer search project, already showing a working Wikipedia demo as it tests search without a central server.

PayPal’s stablecoin platform PYUSDx is now live, letting companies issue custom tokens backed by PYUSD as competition heats up.

Digital euro payments under €10 could face fees of just €0.02 or zero as Italy pushes to protect small merchants ahead of EU talks.

Visa is linking stablecoin payment data with onchain lending as card programs surge, giving lenders a new way to finance settlement receivables.

Circle is acquiring Tazapay for $400 million, expanding USDC cross-border payments across Asia-Pacific and more than 100 global markets.

Nine major firms are testing a Swiss franc stablecoin to tackle e-commerce fraud and ticket scalping. Here is how Switzerland aims to reshape digital cash.