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Circle Pulls Ahead of Tether Again… Here’s What’s Fueling USDC’s Growth

Circle Pulls Ahead of Tether Again… Here’s What’s Fueling USDC’s Growth

Hey Payments Fanatic! Circle’s USDC just outpaced Tether’s USDT growth for the second year in a row. And the reason is becoming pretty clear. USDC’s market cap jumped 73% in 2025 to about $75B. USDT still grew, but at a slower 36%. Same pattern last year, too.

Euronet Expands in Greece as Banks Keep Offloading Acquiring

Euronet Expands in Greece as Banks Keep Offloading Acquiring

Hey Payments Fanatic! Euronet Worldwide is buying the merchant acquiring business of CrediaBank in Greece as part of a broader payments partnership. The deal is expected to close in Q3 2026. Under the agreement, Euronet will take over acquiring, run the bank’s ATM network, and give customers access to

Nodu Raises $1.45M… and Stablecoin Rails in Europe Are Getting Practical

Nodu Raises $1.45M… and Stablecoin Rails in Europe Are Getting Practical

Hey Payments Fanatics! Nodu just closed a $1.45M pre-seed round to help banks and FinTechs launch stablecoin services without rebuilding their stack from scratch. The London-based team is building a ready-to-use compliance and payments framework for stablecoins. Send. Receive. Hold. Report. All handled in one regulated workflow. What makes

Nuvei Gets the MiCAR Green Light… and Europe Just Got a New Crypto Rail

Nuvei Gets the MiCAR Green Light… and Europe Just Got a New Crypto Rail

Hey Payments Fanatic! Nuvei just received its Crypto-Asset Service Provider license under the EU’s MiCAR framework. With one license, Nuvei can now passport crypto-asset services across EU member states. No fragmented rules. No market-by-market setup. The full scope of what this enables is outlined in Nuvei’s MiCAR approval.

Deutsche Bank Rolls Out Wero Across Europe… and This Is a Clear Push for Payment Sovereignty

Deutsche Bank Rolls Out Wero Across Europe… and This Is a Clear Push for Payment Sovereignty

Hey Payments Fanatics! Deutsche Bank just switched on the full Wero experience for its clients, with Postbank customers now fully live for both P2P transfers and e-commerce payments across Europe. This means real-time money transfers to friends and family and the ability to pay online, all through the Wero app.

Visa Brings Stablecoin Settlement to the U.S… and This One Actually Changes the Rails

Visa Brings Stablecoin Settlement to the U.S… and This One Actually Changes the Rails

Hey Payments Fanatics! Visa just launched USDC settlement in the United States, opening the door for issuers and acquirers to settle directly in stablecoins. This is not a small pilot anymore. Visa is already running more than $3.5B in annualized stablecoin settlement volume, and now U.S. institutions can

Klarna Launches an Open Standard for Agentic Commerce… Here's Why It Matters

Klarna Launches an Open Standard for Agentic Commerce… Here's Why It Matters

Hey Payments Fanatics! Klarna just launched its Agentic Product Protocol, an open standard designed to make products readable and usable by AI agents. Think scale first. Over 100M products. Around 400M live prices. All structured and standardized across 12 markets. As AI becomes the new shopping interface, this protocol gives