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Citadel's Swoop on Situational Awareness Helped Stem a $3 Trillion AI Rout
Investors say the hedge fund deal reassured jittery traders in tech stocks, the FT reports.
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How Mexico Became a Surprise Cornerstone of America's AI Boom
Factories churning out servers for data centers are pushing exports to record levels, the FT reports.
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VIP Deep Dive: Stablecoins in 2026 - From Niche Tool to Institutional Infrastructure
Stablecoins have moved from crypto niche to institutional infrastructure. Here's what three competing views predict next.
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Stripe Launches Stripe-Issued Credit Card for SMBs With 2% Cashback and Native Payments-Dashboard Integration
The card, issued in partnership with Celtic Bank, earns 2% on Stripe-processed volume and 1% on everything else. The company is positioning the product against Brex and Ramp for the under-50-employee segment.
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Circle Secures NYDFS Trust Charter, Becoming the Only Stablecoin Issuer With Dual State-Federal Charter
The milestone completes a month of regulatory consolidation — an OCC national trust bank charter and 680+ IBM blockchain patents — though the stock fell 7% after Bernstein cut its target.
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MoneyGram, Figure Markets, and Range Join Stellar as Tier 1 Validators, Betting on Blockchain Payments
Three heavyweights of payments and capital markets are staking on Stellar, signaling that enterprise-grade blockchain rails have moved past pilot season.
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Open USD Stablecoin Consortium Launches With 140+ Members Including Visa, Stripe, and BlackRock
Open Standard's dollar-pegged Open USD is confirmed for an Ethereum day-one launch, with BNY Mellon as custody partner and Stripe's Bridge CEO Zach Abrams at the helm.
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AI and Stablecoins Reshape Payments: How Stripe, Adyen, Visa, and PayPal Are Positioning
Stripe paid $1.1 billion for Bridge in November 2025. Mastercard, Coinbase, and Stripe have all built stablecoin enterprise services. Visa is still watching. The four-way race for the AI-and-stablecoin payments stack is on.
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ChangXin Memory IPO Marks a Step Toward China's Fintech Infrastructure Sovereignty
ChangXin Memory's IPO marks the public-market debut of China's leading domestic DRAM maker. For China's fintech stack - from card chips to HSM-equipped data centers - the listing is the foundation of a sovereign compute base.
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Stripe's Bridge Bet Pays Off: Stablecoin API Becomes Enterprise Payments Plumbing
Eight months after Stripe's $1.1 billion acquisition of Bridge, the unit has been rebuilt into an enterprise-grade stablecoin API. Stripe is now layering Coinbase and Mastercard partnerships on top of that foundation.
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Visa's 2026 Global Payments Forecast: AI, Identity Security, Stablecoins, and CBDCs Lead Six Trends
Visa has published its 2026 Global Payments Forecast, identifying six trends that will reshape cross-border commerce: AI, identity security, cross-network orchestration, stablecoins, central-bank digital currencies, and emerging-market digitization.
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Stablecoins in 2026: Fad, Niche, or Transformational? The Three Views and Four-Payment Giant Plays
Industry insiders disagree on whether stablecoins are a fad, a niche, or truly transformational. A new survey from the Digital Finance Group maps the three positions - and how Stripe, Adyen, Visa, and PayPal are positioning around each.
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VIP Deep Dive: The Stablecoin War of 2026 - Banks, Giants, CBDCs, and Regulators in a Four-Way Fight
Stripe paid $1.1 billion for Bridge. Mastercard and Coinbase launched a joint stablecoin service. The GENIUS Act is advancing. And China's CBDC pilot has crossed 260 million users. Four constituencies are now fighting for control of the next payment stack.
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Stablecoins Are Eating Traditional Banking — And Banks Know It
Stablecoin transaction volume has surpassed traditional wire transfers. As regulation clarifies, major banks are scrambling to launch their own digital dollar products.
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Visa Enables Stablecoin Settlement for Instant Cross-Border Payments
Visa is settling transactions between partner banks using stablecoins on a permissioned chain, cutting cross-border settlement from days to seconds across 12 corridors.
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The Rise of AI-Powered Financial Advisors: $2 Trillion Under Robot Management
Automated investment platforms are managing more assets than ever. The new generation goes beyond robo-advisors, offering personalized financial planning powered by AI.