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Small Business Outlook: Capital, Costs, and GenAI | Shruti Patel, U.S. Bank

Shruti Patel, who leads business banking at U.S. Bank, walks through highlights from their third […]

CfC St. Moritz Partners with Sygnum Bank to Establish Bitcoin Reserve

The CfC St. Moritz, a highly curated digital assets conference for investors and decision-makers, has partnered with Sygnum Bank to establish a Bitcoin reserve as part of its long-term treasury strategy. This move reflects the conference’s ongoing belief in Bitcoin’s role as a foundational digital asset and its commitment to building a sustainable future for the event and its global community.

Toku and Kota Launch Strategic Integration to Bring Streamlined Benefit Access Into Growing Stablecoin Compensation Platform

Toku, the global leader in stablecoin payroll, today announced the first employee benefits integration into its stablecoin payroll platform through a partnership with Kota. With this integration, Toku’s platform now delivers Kota-powered health and employee benefits alongside payroll, giving HR teams a seamless, broker-free experience.

Bybit Becomes First Crypto Exchange to Partner with QNB Group and DMZ Finance to Accept QCDT, Unlocking Institutional Access to Digital Assets

Bybit, the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, today announced a strategic collaboration with QNB Group and DMZ Finance. Together, the partners are introducing QCDT—the world’s first DFSA-approved (Dubai Financial Services Authority) tokenised money market fund (MMF)—into Bybit’s platform as a collateral asset, marking a breakthrough in bridging traditional finance and digital assets.

VRAI Introduces World’s First Lab-Grown Diamonds Backed by Bitcoin

VRAI, the consumer brand of the world’s largest diamond producer Diamond Foundry, has announced the launch of VRAI Created Bitcoin Diamonds™, the world’s first lab-grown diamonds directly backed by Bitcoin. The initiative positions VRAI at the intersection of luxury, sustainability, and digital assets, creating a new category that bridges symbolism and beauty with a reliable store of value.

MiniPay Turns Two with 10 Million Wallets and 270 Million Transactions Pointing to Stablecoins Leading Web3

Opera Limited (NASDAQ: OPRA), a leading global browser and AI agent company, today announced that MiniPay has reached 10 million activated wallets. Two years ago MiniPay set out to make digital dollars feel effortless. Today, the wallet marks its second anniversary with proof that everyday stablecoin money is no longer a theory. Since launch, MiniPay users have activated 10 million MiniPay wallets, showing 500% YoY growth, and completed 271 million transactions moving over $270 million on-chain. The app now runs on Android, iOS, and within the Opera Mini browser in 60 countries, where a typical transfer finalizes in about one second and costs roughly $0.001, a fraction of what legacy rails demand.

European Blockchain Convention 11, Set to Become Europe’s Largest Blockchain Event

Barcelona is set to welcome Europe’s largest blockchain event on October 16-17, 2025. With over 6,000 delegates and 300 speakers, it will be the largest blockchain event in Europe in 2025 and the largest edition since the event started in 2018.

Binance Smart Chain Becomes Leading Blockchain for Consumer-sized Stablecoin Payments

Orbital, a global payment orchestration platform across stablecoins and traditional payment rails, today released its inaugural Stablecoins Retail Payments Index. The Index offers a comprehensive view of how stablecoins are actually being used in retail payment contexts, focusing on consumer payments (up to $10,000 in value).

Bitget Launches Universal Platform for Crуptocurrencу, Gold, and Stocks

Bitget, the world’s largest Universal Exchange (UEX), is proud to celebrate its 7th anniversary with the theme of #GearUpTo7, kickstarting a new era of integrated finance.

United Gulf Financial Services Joins The Hashgraph Association and Exponential Science Foundation Adding $1M to Hedera Africa Hackathon Pool Prize

United Gulf Financial Services (UGFS North Africa), a leading venture capital firm offering innovative companies and startups with financial support and mentoring services, has announced a partnership with The Hashgraph Association, a Swiss non-profit organization driving global adoption of Hedera-powered solutions by funding innovation, training, certification, and venture building programs, and Exponential Science Foundation, a not-for-profit foundation accelerating responsible tech adoption, via research, education, and innovation activities, for Hedera Africa Hackathon 2025, the biggest hackathon in Africa aimed at enabling the next generation of Web developers and empower economic inclusion in Africa with a digital future for all.

Introducing Onigiri Capital, a $50 Million Blockchain Investment Fund Bridging Global Innovation With Asia’s Institutional Markets

Saison Capital, the venture arm of Credit Saison, one of Japan’s largest non-bank financial companies listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, launches Onigiri Capital.

Transak and MetaMask Join Forces to Offer 1:1 Stablecoin Onramping and Named IBANs

Transak, the stablecoin payments infrastructure behind 450+ apps globally and MetaMask’s long-time fiat onboarding partner, is now exclusively powering stablecoin onramping through MetaMask’s Deposit button, including upcoming support for MetaMask USD (mUSD), the wallet’s newly launched native stablecoin. Starting today, September 15, MetaMask users in the US and EU will for the first time be able to purchase mUSD, as well as buy stablecoins like USDC and USDT at near 1:1 rates without leaving the app, using Transak’s white-label APIs and named IBAN capabilities.

The Smarter Web Company PLC Appoints Coinbase Institutional as a Custody Partner

The Smarter Web Company (AQUIS: SWC | OTCQB: TSWCF | FRA: 3M8), a London-listed technology company and the UK’s largest publicly traded company holding Bitcoin on its balance sheet, is pleased to announce the appointment of Coinbase Institutional as one of its Bitcoin custody partners. This partnership marks a significant step in strengthening the company’s treasury infrastructure and underlines its position as a market leader in the rapidly evolving Bitcoin ecosystem.

Input | Output (IO) Joins CryptoUK

Input | Output (IO), a blockchain infrastructure and research engineering firm dedicated to advancing the Web3 ecosystem, today announced it has joined CryptoUK, the leading trade association for crypto and digital assets in the United Kingdom. The trade body advocates for fair, proportionate regulation and constructive engagement with policymakers, regulators, and the public to foster innovation, consumer protection, and market integrity. The association represents over 100 member organisations across exchanges, blockchain networks, payment providers, law firms, and fintechs.

Finery Markets Launches Plug-and-play Stablecoin Staking & DeFi for Institutions

Finery Markets, a leading provider of non-custodial crypto ECN and SaaS trading solutions, has partnered with Yield.xyz, a DeFi yield aggregation platform serving 25M clients, to simplify institutions’ access to a broad spectrum of native staking and DeFi opportunities.

dLocal Joins Fireblocks Network for Payments to Strengthen Fiat–stablecoin Rails in Emerging Markets

dLocal, (NASDAQ: DLO), a leading cross-border payment platform connecting global merchants to emerging markets, announced today it has joined the Fireblocks Network for Payments to simplify how institutions access liquidity providers and on/off-ramp with over 2,400 participants.

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