Giulia Ferrante · 3 days ago Digital Euro E-Commerce Pilot: Applications Close October 27 The ECB is accepting digital euro merchant applications until October 27, 2026. A pilot checkout with no legal tender status launches in late 2027, and… Digital EuroRegulationAdoption
Giulia Ferrante · 17 days ago Nubank Embeds USDC and EURC in Banking Accounts for 35+ Countries Nubank's Nu Global converts deposits into USDC and EURC for fee-free transfers across 35+ countries. The stablecoins stay invisible to users, but yield… StablecoinsBanksPayments
Francesco Campisi · 22 days ago Visa Brings On-Chain Credit to Real Payments: $20B Annual Stablecoin Volume Visa links its settlement data to on-chain credit to fund stablecoin card programs. Volume has hit $20B annualized, 15 times higher than a year ago. StablecoinsPaymentsDeFi
Giulia Ferrante · a month ago Italy Goes Contactless: 88% of POS Payments and What It Means for Crypto Italy's Banca d'Italia confirms 88% of card payments at POS are now contactless, 24% via mobile, with 16 billion-plus cashless transactions in 2025. What it… AdoptionPaymentsEurope
Giulia Ferrante · a month ago Bitcoin and Dogecoin for Bus Tickets and Tolls: Italian Patent Targets Crypto Payments An Italian company has patented a system for paying bus tickets, tolls, parking, and city-zone fees in Bitcoin and Dogecoin, with no banks involved. It's a… DogecoinBitcoinEurope
Francesco Campisi · a month ago Lisk Pivots from Blockchain to Fintech: Euro, Dollar and Stablecoin in One Balance Lisk, founded a decade ago as a blockchain, is shutting down its chain on October 31 and relaunching as a fintech platform where bank transfers and… AdoptionStablecoinsFintech
Giulia Ferrante · a month ago Tether Bets on Robot Money: USDT as Currency for AI Machines Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino wants USDT to become currency for autonomous robots and AI agents. A 70-million-euro Italian startup, Generative Bionics, sits at the… AITetherStablecoins
Francesco Campisi · 2 months ago Enel and Conio Launch ebitts: Renewable Energy Becomes a Token on Your Bill Enel and Conio have launched ebitts, a Token Box that gives anyone a digital stake in real Italian renewable plants, with discounts applied directly to the… TokenizationRWAAdoption
Hamza Ahmed · 2 months ago Mastercard Buys Into Stablecoins: the $1.8B BVNK Deal Reshaping Payments Mastercard acquired BVNK, a stablecoin infrastructure firm, for up to $1.8 billion. It's the first major listed payment network to own this technology… AdoptionStablecoinsMastercard
Giulia Ferrante · 3 months ago Crypto Adoption 2025: India Leads, 7 of Top 10 Are Emerging Markets India ranks first in global crypto adoption for the third straight year, per Chainalysis. Seven of the top ten countries are emerging economies where crypto… CryptoStablecoinsAdoption
