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U.S. Treasury Proposes Bringing Stablecoin Issuers Under AML and Sanctions Framework
The U.S. Treasury's proposed rule would require stablecoin issuers to meet anti-money laundering and sanctions compliance duties, reshaping cross-border settlement and agent payment infrastructure.
Bank of England Tests Stablecoin-Digital Pound Interoperability in Cross-Border Payments
The Bank of England's Digital Pound Lab is testing a cross-border trade finance workflow that combines stablecoin payments with simulated digital pound settlement, exploring ways to reduce settlement delays and financing constraints for SMEs.
Mastercard Completes BVNK Acquisition: Traditional Clearing Networks Move Deep into Stablecoin Infrastructure
Mastercard's acquisition of stablecoin infrastructure provider BVNK brings on-chain clearing and settlement into the traditional card network fold, introducing a new compliance infrastructure variable for cross-border B2B payments and agentic payments.
XPlace Taps Credit Coop's On-Chain Revolving Credit to Fund Card Settlement
Dubai-based XPlace replaces pre-funded settlement reserves with a drawable on-chain credit line, freeing working capital and scaling card volume on demand.
Mastercard Completes BVNK Acquisition, Filling Out Stablecoin Payment Infrastructure
The card giant is integrating BVNK's technology to help enterprises scale stablecoin and tokenized asset payment use cases.
Halborn Unveils AI Agent Financial Threat Model, Putting KYA and Pre-Settlement Interception at the Core
As autonomous agents gain authority to move real money, blockchain security firm Halborn argues that compliance must shift from account-level KYC to agent-level verification and settlement-time controls.
INETCO Launches Agentic AI Module BullzAI Investigate, Cutting Fraud Case Review Time to About 20 Seconds
The fully on-premises module uses a proprietary small language model to triage alerts and give analysts explainable risk scores, with human-in-the-loop oversight.
Boltz Suspends Bitcoin Swap Services, Citing AI-Assisted Attack Wave
As Senate Recess Looms, Window for Crypto Market Clarity Act Narrows
A revised ethics proposal is still awaiting White House response as the Senate heads into summer recess, dimming the Clarity Act's prospects for 2026.
CoinDesk Policy Roundtable: CLARITY Act and Anchorage's Agentic Banking Build
Visa and Lianlian Complete First Real-Time B2B Agent Transaction: Agent Payments Enter Actual Settlement
Visa and Lianlian have completed the first real-time B2B Agent transaction through LoopXPay, marking the first time machine-initiated commercial payments settled with real funds — moving the industry from proof of concept to production.
Project Agorá Test Cuts Wholesale Cross-Border Settlement to 80 Seconds
Factbox: Rogue AI Agent Breaches Put Permissions and Payments in the Spotlight
As AI agents are increasingly exploited, static permissions and post-event audits are no longer enough — payment compliance is becoming a requirement, not an option.
Tether Posts $1.3B Net Profit in Q2, USDT Supply Continues to Grow
Stablecoin issuer reports robust reserves as on-chain liquidity demand climbs from automated payments and AI agents.
Singapore Regulators Form AI Cyber Taskforce to Tackle Sophisticated Cyber Threats
New York State Proposes Expanding Stablecoin Regulation, Law360 Reveals Draft Details
UK Policy Sprint Seminar: Cross-Border Payments Identified as the Most Mature Use Case for Stablecoins
The seminar concluded that cross-border payments are the clearest current application direction for stablecoins, and explored compliance frameworks.
Shanghai Free Trade Account Upgrade Pilot: Cross-Border Payments Surpass 133 Billion Yuan, Renminbi Settlement Accounts for 83%
The People's Bank of China Shanghai Headquarters disclosed results of FT account functional upgrade: total cross-border payments exceed 133 billion yuan, with renminbi settlement ratio reaching 83%, indicating strengthened market confidence in renminbi-denominated settlement.