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USDT's Share of Stablecoin Payments in Asia-Pacific Falls to 91%

USDT remains overwhelmingly dominant in Asia-Pacific stablecoin payments, but its share has slipped to 91%, signaling a marginal shift in the regional landscape.

Samsung Brings USDC Cross-Border Payments to Galaxy Wallet, Covering 82 Million Users

Samsung Electronics has integrated USDC cross-border payments into Galaxy Wallet, embedding stablecoin settlement into a consumer hardware touchpoint used by 82 million wallet users.

ESMA Gives EU Crypto Firms Three Months to Wind Down Non-Compliant Stablecoin Exposure

The European Securities and Markets Authority has set a deadline of January 8, 2027 for licensed crypto asset service providers to eliminate exposure to unauthorized stablecoins.

XRP Processes Over 8 Million x402 Payments in 30 Days as AI Agent Activity Heats Up

The XRP Ledger's surge in HTTP 402-based machine payments signals that stablecoin micropayments between AI agents are moving from testing into continuous operation.

Sui Off-Chain Channels Hit 40.6 Million TPS in Test Simulating High-Frequency AI Agent Trading

Sui's programmable off-chain tunnels reached a peak throughput of 40,614,180 TPS in a live stress test, up sharply from roughly 6.1 million TPS in July, as the Layer-1 positions itself for AI agent-to-agent payments.

OCBC and Ant International Launch Tokenised Deposits for Treasury Management

The offering maps bank deposits on-chain for corporate fund transfers and settlement, as tokenised deposits gain traction in Asia-Pacific as a compliant route for banks to enter on-chain settlement.

AI Agents Turn 'Permission' Into Payments' New Control Point, as 56% of Consumers Allow Agents Only to Compare Prices

The payments industry has yet to set rules for agent-initiated transactions, but agentic commerce is already creating a new transaction type.

HKMA and Bank Negara Malaysia Expand Fintech Collaboration to Advance Cross-Border Stablecoin Settlement

The two central banks will explore using stablecoins to improve cross-border payment efficiency and study how to align their regulatory frameworks, marking their latest joint move on digital currency and cross-border payments.

Meta and Sierra Join Forces with Multiple Companies to Build Personal AI Agent Interaction Standard

Meta and Sierra have partnered with Genesys, Instinct, Rocket, Shopify, Stripe, Walmart, and others to develop the Personal Agent Protocol, defining how personal AI agents interact with businesses.

Crypto Card Payments Hit Record $12.5 Billion as Stablecoin Settlement Demand Drives 247% Year-over-Year Growth

Fireblocks Breaks Down the Full AI Agent Payment Chain: Custody and Policy Engines Are the Real Battleground

Fireblocks has released its Agentic Payments Suite and publicly detailed the end-to-end execution mechanism, pushing agent payments from 'can it pay' to the infrastructure layer of 'who authorizes, who custodies, who intercepts.'

CFOs Rebuild Approval Controls to Prevent Finance AI Agents from Overstepping Authority

Enterprises are granting AI agents real financial authority by connecting them to email, procurement software, ERP systems, bank accounts, and payment infrastructure. The biggest risk is not model hallucination but the permissions themselves: an agent that can read invoices, create vendors, approve purchases, and initiate payments does not need to breach corporate financial controls—those controls may already have been bypassed in the automation process.