Visa is expanding its USDC settlement program to U.S. banks after a $3.5 billion pilot, signaling growing institutional confidence in dollar-pegged stablecoins for cross-border payments.
At Bitcoin 2024 in Nashville, a landmark demo processed the world’s first Bitcoin payment on a Square terminal, signaling a leap for merchant adoption and seamless point-of-sale crypto transactions.
Swiss banks have completed the first legally binding payment settled on a blockchain, marking a milestone in financial infrastructure as traditional institutions embrace distributed ledger technology for payments.