Crypto Payments
Binance Pay Pushes Crypto Payments for Football Season
Binance Pay ramps up expansion in 2026, promoting crypto payments across merchants during football season. What it means for crypto adoption.
Injective (INJ)Launches x402 for Instant AI Payments in USDC
Injective's x402 integration enables AI agents to make instant USDC payments for API calls, reducing friction for machine-to-machine transactions.
Travala Launches AI Hotel Booking with USDC on Base Chain
Travala integrates AI hotel booking with USDC on Coinbase's Base blockchain, enabling gasless payments and instant settlement.
AI Agents Settle $73M via Stablecoins, USDC Dominates
AI-driven payments hit $73M across 176M transactions, driven by USDC. Keyrock warns of risks in agentic AI's reliance on stablecoins.
KB Financial’s Stablecoin Pilot Cuts Fees by 87%, Eyes Expansion
KB Financial's stablecoin pilot slashes fees by 87% vs SWIFT, tests offline payments. Launch depends on South Korea's pending crypto regulations.
Solayer Debuts Visa-Compatible USDC Card with ATM Support
Solayer launches a Visa-compatible USDC payment card, allowing global spending and ATM withdrawals. Expansion taps into $322B stablecoin market.
Tether-Backed Oobit Expands Crypto Payments to Colombia
Oobit launches its crypto payments platform in Colombia, tapping into Latin America's growing stablecoin adoption for retail transactions.
Binance Pay Expands Crypto QR Payments to 10+ Countries by 2026
Binance Pay to expand crypto QR payments to over 10 countries by Q3 2026, building on $40M in transactions and 21M merchants globally.
Stablecoins Shift from Speculation to Payments Infrastructure
Stablecoins are evolving into core financial infrastructure, with $4.5T in Q1 2026 volume and growing use in local payments and commerce.
Stablecoins Evolve Into Financial Infrastructure, $283B Market Cap
Stablecoins are transforming from mere settlement tools to essential financial infrastructure, with a $283.7B market cap as of Sept. 2025.