Venmo Introduces Crypto Transfers for Friends, Family, and External Wallets

OpenPayd has partnered with Circle to deliver a unified fiat and stablecoin infrastructure layer for global businesses

Bitget Wallet, the leading non-custodial crypto wallet, has launched national QR payment support as part of its global PayFi initiative, with Vietnam becoming the first market to go live. The new feature allows users to pay with crypto by scanning VietQR, the country's national QR code standard, widely adopted by local merchants. It marks a broader push to integrate crypto payments into national payment infrastructures across global markets, enabling direct payments from the self-custodial wallet with minimal fees and eliminating the need for fiat conversion.

Finoa, a leading European regulated digital asset custodian, today announced a partnership with Crypto Risk Metrics to offer clients expert services for MiCAR-compliant white papers. This addresses new EU regulations which have been in force since December 30th, 2024, and are crucial for projects offering crypto-assets in Europe. Non-compliance can block access to this significant market of 450 million citizens.

AEON, the next-generation crypto payment framework, has partnered with Bybit, one of the world's leading cryptocurrency exchanges, to bring seamless Web3 mobile payment capabilities to Bybit's global user base of over 70 million users.

Bitget, the leading cryptocurrency exchange and Web3 company, has entered a three-year partnership with UNICEF Luxembourg to advance digital skills and blockchain literacy among young people. The partnership enrolls Bitget into the Game Changers Coalition (GCC) led by UNICEF Office of Innovation (OOI). Support from Bitget will help reach 300,000 people - including adolescent girls, parents, mentors and teachers with blockchain skills- across eight regions; Armenia, Brazil, Cambodia, India, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Morocco, and South Africa.

Stripe will help millions of Shopify merchants accept stablecoin payments