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Key takeaways Mastercard is integrating stablecoins into its payment infrastructure to modernize the back-end settlement process, allowing banks and issuers to settle card transactions using regulated digital dollars such as SoFiUSD. The partnership with SoFi Technologies enables SoFi Bank to settle Mastercard transactions in SoFiUSD, while Galileo’s platform allows other banks and fintech issuers to

Bitcoin (BTC) begins the last full week of April juggling fresh US-Iran war fears as resistance hurdles line up. Key points: Bitcoin stays green on weekly time frames with multiple nearby price levels in focus. Elliott Wave analysis concludes that $81,000 is Bitcoin bulls’ next “final boss.” A resurgent US-Iran war threatens to unravel last

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) general manager, Pablo Hernández de Cos, on Monday called for tighter global coordination on stablecoins, warning that US dollar-denominated tokens could have “material consequences” for financial stability and economic policy if they grow large enough to rival traditional money.  Speaking at a Bank of Japan seminar in Tokyo, he

Strategy co-founder Michael Saylor has hinted at another large Bitcoin purchase, just a week after the company disclosed that it bought around $1 billion of Bitcoin in the second week of April.  Strategy disclosed last Monday that it acquired 13,927 Bitcoin for $1 billion between April 6 and 12, at an average price of $71,902

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong said the company has started testing AI agents on Slack and email to assist employees with work tasks, continuing the company’s efforts to embed AI into its workflows.  In a post to X on Saturday, Armstrong said the company has already deployed two AI agents, modeled after two former executives, speculating

Vercel, a cloud hosting provider popular among crypto projects, confirmed it suffered a security breach that allowed hackers to make off with a “limited” subset of customer credentials. Vercel said in a blog post on Sunday that it “identified a security incident that involved unauthorized access to certain internal Vercel systems,” and that it was

The quantum divide between Bitcoin and Ethereum Quantum computing has long been viewed as a distant, largely theoretical threat to blockchain systems. However, that perspective is now starting to change. With major technology companies such as Google establishing timelines for post-quantum cryptography, and crypto researchers re-examining long-held assumptions, the discussion is shifting from abstract theory

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, April 15, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — What will it take to build a financial system that billions of people can trust — and barely notice? That question set the tone for a fireside chat titled “Trust, Technology, and Transformation: Building the New Financial Platform for a Tokenized Economy”, where Bybit Co-founder and

Add ZyCrypto News On Google Shiba Inu (SHIB) continued to trade within a narrow range on Monday, following a volatile week amid a broader crypto market downturn. Notably, over the past week, the world’s second-largest memecoin decreased by almost 4%, as selling pressure spread across major digital assets. Meanwhile, analyst SHIB Mortal highlighted that rising

Spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds have recorded their strongest weekly inflows in several months. Summary Bitcoin ETFs recorded nearly $1 billion inflows, marking strongest weekly performance since mid-January period. Ethereum and XRP ETFs followed with steady inflows, reflecting renewed investor interest across crypto markets. Rising ETF demand coincides with improved sentiment but ongoing geopolitical uncertainty still