Locals prefer satoshis to dollars, says Africa Bitcoin chair Stafford Masie

In an interview with Natalie Brunell on Coin Stories, Masie described Bitcoin as functional currency in parts of Africa amid rapid inflation and currency debasement.

In an interview with Natalie Brunell on Coin Stories, Masie described Bitcoin as functional currency in parts of Africa amid rapid inflation and currency debasement.

The rollout enables banks and fintechs in 30 European markets to embed licensed custody, payments on- and off-ramps and trading through API-based infrastructure.

SoFi will enable Mastercard issuers to settle card transactions in its cash-backed SoFiUSD stablecoin across the global payments network.

Bitfinex Securities will restart USDt-denominated bond issuances on Bitcoinβs Liquid Network, following four previous tokenized offerings totaling $6.2 million since 2023.

Chainlinkβs protocol enables Coinbaseβs cbBTC to move from Base to Monad, boosting Bitcoin-backed liquidity into the layer-1βs DeFi ecosystem.

The US-based asset manager debuts a blockchain-enabled structure for its liquidity fund as onchain US Treasurys exposure nears $11 billion.

The system enables AI agents to automatically pay for blockchain data and compute credits in USDC, as autonomous crypto applications gain traction.