OpenFX announced on March 31, 2026, that it raised $94 million in Series A funding led by investors including Accel, Atomico, and Pantera. Founded in 2024, the company utilizes stablecoins as intermediary settlement rails to connect traditional banking systems with digital-native infrastructure for near-instant Foreign Exchange (FX) conversion. The platform provides institutional-grade liquidity across more than 40 trading pairs and has grown its annualized payment volume from $4 billion to over $45 billion. The new capital supports expansion into Southeast Asian markets and the deepening of Latin American corridors where…
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Nium Launches Dual-Network Stablecoin Card Issuance Platform for Global Business Payments – News Bytes Bitcoin News
San Francisco-based Nium launched its stablecoin card issuance platform on March 30, 2026, to bridge digital currency with traditional commerce. The solution allows enterprises to convert stablecoin balances into fiat currency at the point of sale across hundreds of millions of merchant locations worldwide. The infrastructure leverages 40 regulatory licenses to provide compliant issuance across 190 countries without requiring businesses to build new backend systems. Nium currently issues 38 million card tokens annually and supports real-time disbursements in over 100 different currencies. The platform streamlines the time-to-market for stablecoin programs…
Nium Launches Stablecoin Card Issuance Platform on Visa, Mastercard
Global payments infrastructure provider Nium has launched a platform that allows businesses to issue stablecoin-funded cards through Visa and Mastercard, in the latest development enabling digital dollar balances to be spent at merchants using existing card networks. Nium said the system converts stablecoin balances into fiat at the point of sale and handles settlement, compliance and card network integration through a single integration. The tech company said it expects to be able to shorten the time required to launch stablecoin card programs from months to days by consolidating conversion, settlement…
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Stablecoin Market Drops $1.04B This Week as USDC Leads Outflows While USDT Holds 58% Dominance – Bitcoin News
USDC Sees $1.37B in Outflows as Stablecoin Market Shrinks As of this weekend, defillama.com stats show tether ( USDT) continues to dominate the sector with a market capitalization of $184.068 billion, even after a modest seven-day dip of -0.03%, or just over $56 million in outflows. USDT currently accounts for 58.42% of the stablecoin sector’s total valuation, which stands at $315.072 billion after the $1.04 billion loss. Circle’s USDC follows with a market cap of $77.723 billion, though it logged a steeper weekly decline of -1.73%. That places USDC’s outflows…
Stablecoin Jitters, AI Micropayments Reshape Crypto
Stablecoins are once again at the center of the crypto business narrative — but for very different reasons. Circle’s sharp sell-off this week highlights how sensitive crypto equities remain to regulatory headlines, even when the underlying business fundamentals appear unchanged. At the same time, developments in Canada show institutions are moving in the opposite direction, quietly laying the groundwork for stablecoin integration into traditional finance. Elsewhere, prediction markets are facing growing pressure to clean up their act as regulators zero in on manipulation risks, while a new thesis from Forrester…
Circle and Sasai Partner to Expand USDC Stablecoin Payments Across Africa – News Bytes Bitcoin News
Circle and Sasai Fintech, a business of Cassava Technologies, launched an initiative to integrate internet-native stablecoin payments into the regional economy. The partnership focuses on reducing costs and settlement times for cross-border commerce and mobile-first consumers across several high-growth payment corridors. The collaboration leverages Circle’s regulated stablecoin and full-stack platform to connect African businesses and individuals to the global financial system. By utilizing the world’s largest stablecoin network, Sasai Fintech aims to enhance its unified suite of digital services across its 94-country reach. “By integrating with the trusted and widely…
Circle Froze 16 ‘Unrelated’ Stablecoin Wallets, Says ZachXBT
Stablecoin issuer Circle, the company behind the USDC (USDC) dollar-pegged token, wrongfully froze 16 wallets in connection with an ongoing civil legal case in the United States, according to onchain investigator and security researcher ZachXBT. The wallets in question belonged to crypto exchanges, online casinos and foreign currency exchange businesses, which “do not appear related at all,” ZachXBT said. “An analyst with basic tools could have identified, within minutes, that these were operational business wallets from the thousands of transactions they process,” he said Source: ZachXBT In a separate social…
Crypto Bill Clash: Coinbase Rejects CLARITY Act Changes On Stablecoin Yields
Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has reportedly told Senate offices it cannot support the latest language inserted into the CLARITY Act, dealing a fresh setback to negotiations over the anticipated crypto market-structure bill. The dispute centers on newly revised provisions governing stablecoin yield arrangements, a key point of contention that has been the subject of months of talks on Capitol Hill. Coinbase Says No To Late‑Stage Compromise The Senate’s updated text would constrain how stablecoin yield programs operate, limiting structures that try to mirror bank deposit products and tightening the permissible scope…
Circle Brings USDCx Stablecoin to Movement L1 Blockchain
Tony Kim Mar 25, 2026 13:44 Movement becomes the fifth blockchain to integrate Circle’s xReserve infrastructure, enabling USDC-backed stablecoin access across 30+ chains without third-party bridges. Circle has expanded its xReserve infrastructure to Movement, a layer-1 blockchain built on the Move Virtual Machine, marking the fifth network integration for the USDC-backed stablecoin system. The deployment gives Movement users access to USDCx—a dollar stablecoin backed 1:1 by USDC reserves—with native cross-chain interoperability spanning more than 30 supported blockchains. The integration matters because it…