Celo adds cNGN, Nigeria's first regulated Naira stablecoin backed 1:1 by reserves, powering payments, remittances and onchain FX.

SUI at $0.69 draws accumulation calls from Michaël van de Poppe citing free stablecoin payments and macro-driven mispricing amid neutral RSI and MACD golden cross.

TRON DAO shares Cherry's story of USDT on TRON delivering 24/7 payments via Uquid when traditional options failed, highlighting stablecoin adoption in payments.

Celo adds USA₮ stablecoin issued by Anchorage and backed by Tether to its stablecoin payments network.

TRON DAO data shows 65% of Uquid Tickets settlements during the 2026 World Cup used USDT on TRON, underscoring stablecoin infrastructure growth.

Celo hits 461K unique addresses in one day, beating all L2s and Ethereum mainnet on stablecoin payments volume.

Bolivia considers Tether's USDT stablecoin for national payments system, advancing stablecoin adoption in national payment systems Latin America examples.

Crypto card deposits top $10 billion for first time, surging 82% YTD on stablecoin payment rails adoption cross-border transactions and Open USD launch.

Trace lands $32 million from CoinFund and Coinbase to expand stablecoin payments infrastructure amid rising institutional crypto adoption.

Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino highlights 202% USDT growth in Brazil, 72% Argentina transactions and $400 monthly spend as LATAM shifts to stablecoins for daily payments.

B.AI integrates Claude, GPT, Kimi, DeepSeek in one account with smart routing, halves costs and accepts stablecoin payments for crypto users.

TokenPocket integrates WalletConnect Pay for seamless stablecoin QR code payments, revolutionizing spending crypto globally in 2026.

Bitget's Gracy Chen reveals Consensus 2026 focus on RWAs, stablecoin payments, and tokenized equities, signaling major crypto industry pivot away from NFTs and GameFi.

StraitsX reports 83x growth in cards issued and 40x in GTV since Genius Act, fueling stablecoin-backed payments surge with Visa insights.

Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino proposes WDK and QVAC integration for Oobit's Agent Cards, enabling stablecoin payments for 1B+ AI agents by 2027.

Crypto card spending volume jumps +500% since September 2024 to $600M monthly, driving stablecoin-linked payment cards as blockchain's fastest growth sector.

According to @Celo, the partnership between Celo and Opera has been extended to scale MiniPay, aiming to support Celo's Vision 2030 of building a billion-dollar onchain economy. MiniPay has already achieved significant milestones with 11 million wallets and over 300 million transactions. The collaboration focuses on expanding stablecoin payments to a global audience, targeting one billion users by 2030.

According to @trondao, KoloHub has integrated the TRON network to support fast, low-cost TRC-20 USDT payments on Kolo crypto cards, allowing funds to move directly from TRON to the cards with near real-time settlement after on-chain confirmation. According to @trondao, the wallet and card platform is designed to bridge digital assets and everyday commerce, making TRC-20 USDT stablecoin spending more seamless for card-based transactions.

According to TRON DAO, a new X post highlights a real-user case where USDT on the TRON network is used to pay a developer abroad, emphasizing fast, low-cost, and borderless settlement, source: TRON DAO on X https://twitter.com/trondao/status/2013338062781133102. The featured content cites Coinsenda and asks how users discovered that USDT on TRON is the most efficient way to make payments today, underscoring cross-border payroll and remittance scenarios, source: Coinsenda on X https://x.com/coin_senda/status/1962940527667556716 and TRON DAO on X https://twitter.com/trondao/status/2013338062781133102. For traders, this post signals ongoing marketing focus on USDT-based payments on TRON, a narrative relevant to monitoring stablecoin transfer activity and network fee competitiveness when assessing TRX and USDT market attention, source: TRON DAO on X https://twitter.com/trondao/status/2013338062781133102. The post does not disclose pricing, volume, or on-chain metric updates, so any trading decisions should be anchored to independent market data and verified analytics, source: TRON DAO on X https://twitter.com/trondao/status/2013338062781133102.

According to @pedrouid, WalletConnect CEO Jess Houlgrave told Schwab Network that stablecoins are already mainstream and that WalletConnect’s partnership with Ingenico will enable merchants to accept stablecoin payments directly at physical checkout via Ingenico terminals (source: Pedro Gomes on X referencing a Schwab Network interview video, Jan 13, 2026). The segment, hosted by Schwab Network’s Nicole Petallides, focuses on WalletConnect’s merchant payments integration and stablecoin usability in retail environments, highlighting mainstream financial media coverage of stablecoins (source: Schwab Network post on X cited by Pedro Gomes, Jan 13, 2026).