Stablecoin Wars: Why Banks Are Entering the Crypto Payments Race

Tokenized stocks bring traditional equities onto blockchain rails, offering new ways to trade, hold, and access market exposure while raising important questions around ownership, regulation, liquidity, and investor rights.

Coins.ph has added Bitcoin and Ethereum to its QRPh crypto payment system across the Philippines. Users can now pay at an estimated 700,000 QRPh-enabled merchants, with crypto automatically converted into Philippine pesos at checkout. Coins.ph is expanding crypto payments in the Philippines beyond stablecoins. The Manila-based platform said it has added Bitcoin and Ethereum support [...]

Dogecoin price has remained under pressure over the past few months, but a growing combination of bullish technical signals, rising retail utility, and renewed speculation surrounding Elon Musk’s involvement with crypto payments is beginning to shift market sentiment. According to…

Qivalis expands to 37 banks after adding 25 new members across 15 countries, boosting euro stablecoin plans ahead of a second-half 2026 launch.

What DeFi regulation could change in 2026 for wallets, protocols, stablecoins, compliance, risk, privacy and everyday users.

Banks are ramping up cyber defences, hiring and insurance as AI-driven threats raise concerns over faster and more complex attacks.

Stablecoin infrastructure startup Checker has raised $8m across pre-seed and seed rounds to scale its single-API platform for banks and fintechs, after processing more than $3b in transactions over the past year. According to The Block, Checker has closed an $8m…

Polymarket's IPO prediction markets democratize access to private company valuations, potentially reshaping financial transparency and regulation. The post Polymarket taps Nasdaq data for private company prediction markets appeared first on Crypto Briefing.