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Steak ‘n Shake credits Bitcoin for company growth – But is PR value now worth more than people actually using BTC?
Steak’ n Shake says US same-store sales jumped about 16% in July and wants Bitcoin to share the…
Japan passes the crypto law traders wanted but its 20% tax could still wait until 2028
Japan’s House of Councilors approved Cabinet Bill 57 by majority vote on July 15, completing Diet passage of…
Airbnb’s 9 million listings could unlock crypto host financing while the homes stay off its balance sheet
Airbnb co-founder and CEO Brian Chesky took to X (formerly Twitter) to argue that real-world asset tokenization should be…
Ripple joins x402 Foundation to push XRP into AI payment race
Ripple has joined the x402 Foundation as a Premier Member, adding support for XRP and RLUSD in the…
Hyundai trials Tether-powered treasury payments across US and Mexico
Hyundai Motor’s U.S. and Mexican operations have completed a pilot cross-border treasury payment using Tether’s USDT stablecoin, settling…
Japan’s SBI partners with Solana on stablecoins, RWAs, payments
SBI and Solana plan Japan-based onchain markets for JPY stablecoins, tokenized assets, cross-border payments and institutional finance soon.
AscendEX shuts down after MiCA miss and warns some withdrawals may not be processed
AscendEX shut down on July 1, leaving some customers unsure whether they will recover their funds. The exchange…
XRP Ledger hits 1M AI payments as Ripple-backed t54.ai launches hub
The XRP Ledger has surpassed 1 million AI-driven payments through the x402 protocol as Ripple-backed t54.ai has launched…
Ethereum is losing ownership of crypto payments as Base moves $565B in stablecoins
Stablecoin activity is becoming a contest over which blockchains move the most tokenized dollars. Visa Onchain Analytics showed…
Coinbase World Cup error shows prediction markets still have a proof problem
A reported Coinbase announcement about a World Cup result, likely using AI, created a problem bigger than a…
