If Stripe owns PayPal, Bridge becomes the shared infrastructure layer under PYUSD, OpenUSD and Tempo. That’s infrastructure consolidation, not token competition, and it’s a much bigger deal than the acquisition headline suggests.” That sort of infrastructure scale could allow Stripe to introduce lower settlement fees… Read More
Leading stablecoin issuer Tether invested $20 million in Argentine neobank Ualá, taking an equity stake in a financial platform with more than 11 million customers across Argentina, Mexico and Colombia. The investment was part of Ualá’s $197 million funding round announced in March, led by… Read More
DTCC safeguards more than $114 trillion in securities, making it one of the most important pieces of financial market infrastructure. Every day, it records ownership and settles transactions involving stocks, bonds and other securities. Rather than creating new digital assets, DTCC’s system converts existing securities… Read More
Coinbase’s Jesse Pollak said he is stepping back from leading the Base app after acknowledging that his bet on an onchain social economy failed to drive crypto adoption as he had expected. The Base creator said he had spent the last two years betting that… Read More
Welcome to The Protocol, CoinDesk’s tech newsletter covering the most important stories in blockchain. I’m Margaux Nijkerk, a reporter at CoinDesk. We’re giving you a deeper look at the biggest trends, breakthroughs and debates shaping blockchain technology each week. This week, we’re unpacking the timeline… Read More
Coinbase, among others, filled that gap in May 2025. Under x402, a server that wants payment answers a request with a 402 and a price. The client signs a stablecoin transfer, usually USDC, resends the request with the payment attached, and gets the data. The… Read More
