Stablecoin Payments vs Layer-2 Hype: Why Movement’s Pivot Matters
Movement’s June 2, 2026 pivot targets remittances with licensed rails across the US, Canada and EU, plus a Stableyard tie-up and token buyback signal.
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Read full articleMovement’s June 2, 2026 pivot targets remittances with licensed rails across the US, Canada and EU, plus a Stableyard tie-up and token buyback signal.
Movement pivot to stablecoin payments with licensed rails in the US, Canada and EU sets up a remittance push as MOVE unlocks add supply risk through summer.
The WonderFi acquisition gives Robinhood regulated crypto operations in Canada and expands its workforce and customer network.
The Move-based blockchain network said it gained access to licensed payment infrastructure as it shifts toward stablecoin settlement and remittances.
Hive mined nearly 2,900 Bitcoin last year and is now racing to build what it calls Canada's largest private AI data center.
The retail brokerage's first Canadian footprint comes via a year-late buyout of the operator of Bitbuy and Coinsquare, adding roughly 300,000 funded crypto customers in a single transaction.
Robinhood Markets has closed its acquisition of WonderFi, a Canadian leader in digital asset products and services, marking the US trading platform’s formal entry into Canada and pushing its total international funded customer base past 1 million for the first time, per the company’s official announcement on June 1, 2026. Related Reading: The Bitcoin Retracement Rally And The Resistance Level That Could End It All WonderFi operates two of Canada’s longest-standing regulated crypto platforms — Bitbuy and Coinsquare — both of which will now carry the Robinhood brand. The approximately 300,000 funded customers already using those platforms transfer directly into Robinhood’s ecosystem, per the announcement, representing one of the more meaningful immediate user acquisitions any crypto-facing platform has made through an M&A transaction in recent memory. BTC's price trends to the downside on the daily chart, Source: BTCUSD on Tradingview What Canadian Users Get For Canadian customers, the
Robinhood will enter Canada after its WonderFi acquisition brought local crypto exchanges Bitbuy and Coinsquare under its control.