Mastercard Embraces Stablecoins for Global Settlements
Mastercard has taken its most decisive step yet into digital assets, announcing it will let merchants settle card payments in regulated stablecoins such as Circle’s USDC and Paxos’s USDP. The update, revealed on April 29, positions the 60-year-old network at the heart of a fast-forming bridge between traditional finance and on-chain money. Under the new […]
GeeFi Wallet Adds Multi-Chain Swaps, Bridges
GeeFi’s engineers have spent the past year on a singular mission: erase the friction that still forces everyday users to juggle multiple wallets, centralized exchanges and nerve-racking copy-pastes of long addresses. This week the Singapore-based team flipped the switch on its most ambitious upgrade yet, baking direct swaps and one-click bridging into the GeeFi Wallet. […]
Ethereum Foundation Reshapes Governance and Strategy
The organization that funds and coordinates the second-largest blockchain just rewired its chain of command. In a move designed to sharpen execution and restore the network’s competitive edge, the Ethereum Foundation announced on Apr. 28 that it has split its board of directors from day-to-day management. The board—anchored by co-founder Vitalik Buterin, Foundation president Aya […]