Stablecoin composition of card volume is worth watching as a proxy for geographic and demographic shifts in users.
Circle Internet Group launched CPN Managed Payments on Wednesday, a full-stack stablecoin settlement platform designed to let banks, fintechs, and payment service providers process USDC transactions without holding or managing digital assets. Key Takeaways: Circle launched CPN Managed Payments on April 8, 2026, giving PSPs and banks access to USDC settlement without holding digital assets.
Comprehensive service manages token creation, settlement operations, and regulatory requirements
Circle dropped a major announcement. The stablecoin giant launched a payments platform that lets businesses pay with USDC without actually holding any cryptocurrency themselves.
The platform allows PSPs, fintechs, and banks benefit from the efficiency of using stablecoins without having to hold USDC.
Circle minted $1B USDC in 24 hours, lifting Solana's supply to $10.25B and signaling rising institutional demand for onchain dollar liquidity.
Circle minted $1 billion USDC in 24 hours, extending a $4.5b year‑to‑date supply jump and signaling heavy institutional dollar demand across Solana and centralized venues.
Bitcoin could be cracked in nine minutes. That's the warning Google put out recently, and it's part of what's pushing companies like Circle to act now rather than wait.
Arc introduces opt-in post-quantum signatures at launch, focusing on long-term blockchain security readiness
Circle's Layer-1 blockchain Arc will launch at mainnet with an opt-in post-quantum signature scheme protecting users' wallets from day one, as the USDC issuer warns that Q-Day could arrive by 2030 or sooner.
Circle's Quantum-Resistant Roadmap for Layer-1 Arc Explained
Circle just dropped plans for quantum-resistant security on its Arc Network. The move comes as experts warn quantum computers could crack current blockchain encryption within years, not decades.