Trump Reaffirms Crypto Support as Stablecoin Activity and Ethereum Growth Draw Market Attention

The divergence in USDT and USDC usage highlights evolving stablecoin roles, impacting global payment systems and decentralized finance growth. The post Tether’s USDT dominates payments while Circle’s USDC leads DeFi, Dune data shows appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

The intertwining of sports and crypto highlights evolving fan engagement, with digital assets' value increasingly tied to team performance. The post World Cup 2026 golden boot race heats up as crypto markets ride the wave appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

The post Tether Invests in Mercado Bitcoin to Grow Tokenized Finance appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Tether has invested $20 million in Brazilian crypto platform Mercado Bitcoin to support the company’s expansion into tokenized assets, stablecoin payments, lending and other blockchain-based financial services across Latin America. Since its 2013 launch, Mercado Bitcoin has expanded beyond crypto trading into regulated financial services, including tokenized assets, credit, stablecoin payments and cross-border services. The company said it has more than 4.5 million users, has issued more than 2 billion Brazilian reais (about $370 million) worth of tokenized assets, and operates under nearly a dozen licenses across Brazil and Europe, including a payment institution license from Brazil’s central bank. Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino said Mercado Bitcoin has built one of Latin America’s most comprehensive regulated onchain financial platforms, citing its licensing, tokenization infrastructur

Egypt's World Cup success could redefine sports-driven crypto market dynamics, highlighting the volatile interplay between sports and digital assets. The post Egypt nears first World Cup quarterfinal led by Mo Salah, and crypto traders are paying attention appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

The post A Constitutional Change Needs To Be Armenia’s Next Evolution appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. WASHINGTON, DC – AUGUST 08: U.S. President Donald Trump (C) joins hands with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev (L), and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan (R) during a signing ceremony in the State Dining Room of the White House on August 8, 2025 in Washington, DC. The signed agreement is intended to bring an end to the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijani that has lasted for decades. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) Getty Images Last month, a critical geopolitical contest took place in the South Caucasus, when voters in Armenia went to the polls to appoint a new government. The June 7th parliamentary election was about far more than the composition of that country’s legislature. Rather, it constituted a referendum of sorts on its economic and political future. For most of the post-Cold War era, Armenia had stayed deeply dependent on Russia, both politically and str

The post Kenya’s Markets Regulator Seeks Blockchain Tool to Track Crypto Crime appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. In brief Kenya’s Capital Markets Authority is seeking to buy a blockchain analytics platform to police the country’s virtual assets market. The tool would monitor Bitcoin, Ethereum, and at least 20 other networks to flag fraud, money laundering, terrorism financing, and sanctions evasion. The move follows the Virtual Assets Service Providers Act of 2025, which brought Kenya’s crypto sector under formal regulation for the first time. Kenya’s securities regulator wants to buy a blockchain surveillance system to help police the country’s fast-growing crypto market, as it prepares to license and supervise virtual asset firms under a new law. The Capital Markets Authority is seeking an advanced blockchain analytics platform to monitor digital asset transactions, investigate suspicious activity, and enforce compliance, according to tender documents seen by Capital FM Africa. Th

The post AEREDIUM Joins Lava Sandbox to Test Real Estate Settlement Across Multiple Payment Rails appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Key Takeaways AEREDIUM joined Lava Tokenization Sandbox in July 2026 to test multi-chain real estate settlement models. Testing on the 1 major Alba Bay development aims to remove fragmented treasury barriers for asset developers. The 3 partners will focus next on payment-agnostic atomic settlement infrastructure instead of token issuance. Overcoming Settlement Barriers Blockchain infrastructure company AEREDIUM has joined the Lava Tokenization Sandbox, a collaborative initiative led by the Lava Foundation and Bretagne Holding Limited, to test how next-generation tokenized asset infrastructure could operate across traditional and digital financial systems. The sandbox will use Alba Bay — a large, capital-backed master-planned development in the Dominican Republic — as a real-world testing environment. Unlike conventional blockchain pilots, the project al

The post Ripple Partner Secures Funding From Tether appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Stablecoin issuer Tether has announced a $20 million investment in Mercado Bitcoin, one of Latin America’s largest digital asset exchanges and on-chain financial platforms.  The financing round is meant to speed up the expansion of Mercado Bitcoin’s blockchain-based infrastructure across tokenization, digital payments, and credit markets in Brazil and the broader region. Notably, Mercado Bitcoin is a key regional partner for San Francisco-headquartered enterprise blockchain firm Ripple. The two firms previously partnered to deploy Ripple Payments to facilitate cross-border treasury operations between Brazil and Portugal.  Ripple Exec: Washington Can’t Ignore Crypto Dogecoin (DOGE) Uptrend Attempt Is Fuelless, XRP Paints Severe RSI Divergence, Bitcoin (BTC) Recovery Rally Is Premature: Crypto Market Review Additionally, Ripple has supported Mercado Bitcoin’s massive tokenization efforts, which inclu