Payments

TL;DR Coinbase and AWS have integrated x402 with CloudFront and AWS WAF. The protocol revives the HTTP 402 “Payment Required” idea for …

The deal values Flutterwave at $3.2 billion, and will integrate Ripple’s RLUSD and the XRP Ledger network to speed cross-border payments across …

Y Combinator’s Locus Founder lets users text a business idea via iMessage, SMS, or Telegram, and the AI handles the rest. www.coindesk.com

In a bid to embrace the agentic economy and enhance its decentralized network’s efficiency, Liquify DAO, a DeFi platform, today announced a …

In brief Coinbase unveiled Coinbase for Agents, which connects AI agents directly to user accounts. The product allows agents to trade crypto, …

Bank of America is expanding its global payments strategy with a renewed focus on enhancing cross-border transaction capabilities, highlighting the growing importance …

In brief Rep. Brad Sherman said allowing government payments in stablecoins would “sanctify an alternative to the U.S. dollar” built to “facilitate …

Stanislav Lazarev, Deputy General Director for Sales at A7, believes that the cross-border payments ecosystem will shift toward independent solutions, including digital …

MGUSD, issued by Stripe’s Bridge, will power services across MoneyGram’s global network as stablecoins gain traction in cross-border payments. www.coindesk.com

Stablecoins are settling trillions of dollars a year on crypto rails. But inside regulated U.S. payments infrastructure, they are still a single-digit …