Look Back, Look Forward
Interest Rates Look Back: Interest rates were a major backdrop (macro-economic) heading into 2025. As expected, the Fed continued its easing, completing three more 25
December 30, 2025
Coinbax Raises $4.2M to Bring Institutional Controls to Stablecoin Payment
Coinbax, the programmable trust layer for stablecoin payments, has raised $4.2M in seed funding to address a core barrier to institutional stablecoin adoption: the lack
December 27, 2025
JPM’s MONY Signals BIG Banks May Be GENIUS’ BIG Winners
We are taking a deeper dive into JP Morgan’s digital asset strategy which includes their internal launch of a tokenized money market fund and adoption
December 21, 2025
Paystand Acquires Bitwage to Scale Enterprise Stablecoin Payments in Global B2B Finance
Paystand, a blockchain-powered B2B payments network, has acquired Bitwage to embed stablecoin payouts directly into enterprise AR/AP and treasury workflows, enabling faster, lower-cost, cross-border B2B
November 16, 2025
Payments Veteran Launches Stablecoin on Solana
A 175-year-old payments industry firm, Western Union, is preparing to issue a U.S. dollar-backed stablecoin called USDPT on the Solana blockchain in the first half
November 2, 2025
Stripe-Backed Tempo Blockchain Raises $500 Million Series A at a $5 Billion Valuation: Report
Tempo, a payments-focused blockchain incubated by Stripe and Paradigm, has raised $500 million in Series A funding at a $5 billion valuation, led by Thrive
October 25, 2025
Stablecoin Startup Coinflow Raises $25 Million to Challenge Stripe
Coinflow, a stablecoin payment startup, raised $25 million in Series A funding led by Pantera Capital, Coinbase Ventures, Reciprocal Ventures, and Jump Crypto to help
October 10, 2025
Mesh Secures $82M in Series B Funding to Build First Global Crypto Payments Network
Mesh, the leading crypto payments network enabling seamless transactions with cheap and immediate conversions, has secured an $82 million Series B funding round, led by
March 16, 2025
Crypto in Financial Services Continues to Lean Stablecoin
The role of cryptocurrency in payments and financial services continues to take shape, and the outline continues to look more and more like the future
November 12, 2023