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USDT News Revolut is removing Tether (USDT) from its retail crypto offering for customers across the European Economic Area (EEA) and Switzerland, the company confirmed. The digital banking platform said support for the largest dollar-pegged stablecoin will continue for users in other regions, framing the move as a periodic review of its crypto services under the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA). Customers were notified that the token would leave the platform by Aug. 31, 2026. The decision narrows European access to USDT and adds Revolut to a lengthening list of EU-facing platforms retreating from the asset as the bloc’s licensing rules take hold. The retreat reflects a wider realignment in Europe, where trading venues have steadily phased out USDT after Tether declined to seek authorization under MiCA. Tether, issuer of the roughly $184 b
Circle faces a Wisconsin complaint over refusing a court-ordered USDC recovery action. Prosecutors say stablecoin issuers face growing pressure to support scam investigations. The case may reshape how crypto firms handle frozen assets and victim claims. Circle faces a criminal complaint in Wisconsin after prosecutors accused the stablecoin issuer of refusing to comply with a […]
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Wisconsin prosecutors have filed a criminal complaint against Circle, alleging the USDC issuer intentionally disobeyed a court warrant to recover roughly 381,000 stolen tokens for a local scam victim. The misdemeanor charge sharpens a dispute over how much responsibility stablecoin issuers bear for returning stolen funds. A Romance Scam Set the Criminal Complaint Against Circle in Motion A Walworth County resident received an unsolicited text in May 2025 from a scammer calling herself Lenora. Posing as a romantic partner, she steered part of his savings into USD Coin (USDC), a dollar-pegged stablecoin, on a bogus investment platform. According to the court filing, a county court ordered Circle to freeze the tokens last August, and it complied. In December, however, a judge ordered Circle to invalidate the tokens and reissue an equal amount to the sheriff’s o
PayPal launches PYUSD stablecoin natively on Polygon, helping businesses make faster, regulated global payments through the new Open Money Stack platform. PayPal has expanded its blockchain payment strategy through a new partnership with Polygon. The company has introduced its stablecoin PYUSD natively on the Polygon network. As a result, businesses can make faster and lower-cost […]
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Stablecoins are useful, but crypto still has a simple payment problem: users do not want to think about gas. BNB Chain’s push toward gas-free stablecoin transfers is aimed directly at that friction point, especially for
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Coinbase’s self-custody wallet joins Oobit’s DePay layer, giving users in 80+ countries the ability to pay in-store and online without pre-funding or giving up custody Oobit, the Tether-backed crypto payments platform, has integrated Base, Coinbase’s self-custody wallet, into its DePay layer. Following the integration, Base wallet holders across 80 countries can now pay in-store and online anywhere Visa is accepted. That includes 150 million merchants. They can spend directly from their wallet, with no pre-funding or custody handover required. Base Wallet Gains Real-World Spending Power Through Oobit DePay Base joins Phantom on Oobit’s DePay layer. It connects crypto’s largest self-custody wallets natively to payment rails. It does not require users to deposit funds into an intermediary account first. Funds stay in the user’s wallet until the approval of a payme
PayPal's integration of PYUSD on Polygon enhances transaction efficiency and security, potentially accelerating stablecoin adoption in global markets.
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Circle’s EURC launch on Base is a small but important stablecoin infrastructure move. It brings a native euro-denominated token to one of the most watched Ethereum layer-2 networks at a time when European regulation is b
Tether is again making it clear that it does not want to be viewed only as a stablecoin issuer. Its $25 million investment in telecom infrastructure pushes the company deeper into the world of physical networks, decentra
