Augustus CEO says banks can’t rebuild for AI and stablecoins
Augustus Bank’s CEO, Ferdinand Dabitz, says legacy clearing banks cannot truly rebuild their cores for artificial intelligence and programmable money, as his startup moves closer...
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Societe Generale deploys stablecoins on Canton for tokenized finance
Societe Generale said its digital assets subsidiary Societe Generale-FORGE will deploy EUR and USD CoinVertible stablecoins on the Canton Network and support tokenized collateral and...
Bank of England Treating Stablecoins as 'New Form of Money', Says Exec
In brief The U.K.’s central bank is treating stablecoins as “a new form of money” in the debate between tokenized deposits and stablecoins. The Bank...
Denis Beau breaks with Lagarde over stablecoins
Denis Beau urged immediate private-sector mobilisation to build euro stablecoins, breaking publicly with ECB president Christine Lagarde’s slower approach. Summary Banque de France deputy governor...
Boundary’s USBD aims to turn stablecoins into an on-chain “verifiable” dollar
Galaxy Ventures‑backed Boundary Labs is preparing to launch USBD, an over‑collateralized Ethereum stablecoin that swaps monthly attestations for continuous on‑chain verification of reserves and net...
ECB’s Lagarde Pushes Back on Euro Stablecoins, Warns of ‘Structural Weaknesses’
In brief ECB President Christine Lagarde said euro stablecoins are “not an efficient way” to boost the euro’s global role, warning their risks outweigh short-term...
Stablecoins won’t strengthen global role of euro, ECB’s Lagarde says
European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde said stablecoins are not Europe’s best route to strengthening the euro’s international role, pushing back against calls to...
ECB chief Christine Lagarde raises fresh concerns over euro stablecoins
European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde has intensified her opposition to euro-denominated stablecoins, warning that the risks to financial stability and monetary control outweigh any...
Amazon Teams With Coinbase and Stripe to Let AI Agents Pay With Stablecoins
In brief Amazon Web Services launched AgentCore Payments with Coinbase and Stripe for AI agent transactions. The system uses Coinbase’s x402 protocol and USDC stablecoin...
Stablecoins enter AI payments as Solana and Google launch Pay.sh
Solana Foundation and Google Cloud have launched Pay.sh, a stablecoin payment gateway that lets AI agents access and pay for APIs on a per-request basis....