Zerohash seeks new funding at over $1.5B valuation after Mastercard drops investment plans

This partnership enhances capital efficiency, allowing users to maintain yield while spending, but increases self-custodial security risks. The post MetaMask partners with Aave to let users spend yield-bearing assets at Mastercard locations appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

Mastercard's efforts to share losses highlight the systemic risks and financial vulnerabilities within interconnected payment networks. The post Mastercard seeks help from payment processors to cover Banco Master losses appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

In 2025, stablecoins settled more transactions than Visa. Real-world stablecoin payments doubled to $400 billion. Visa, Mastercard, Stripe, PayPal, and Western Union all turned on stablecoin rails inside their existing products. The GENIUS Act became U.S. law. And almost no…

Ripple closed roughly ten major institutional deals in 2026, signing names like Deutsche Bank, JPMorgan, and Mastercard. In the same stretch, the XRP token fell more than 40 percent. That gap is not an accident or a glitch. It is…

Zerohash seeks funding above $1.5b after Mastercard drops investment plans, following BVNK deal and its $104m Series D raise in 2025.

XRP gained renewed attention after Evernorth highlighted how the crypto asset facilitated a tokenized Treasury redemption across Ripple, Mastercard, J.P. Morgan’s Kinexys, and Ondo Finance. Ripple, Mastercard, and JPMorgan’s Kinexys Linked Through XRP Settlement Flow XRP treasury company Evernorth shared on May 18 that the “actual story” behind a recent cross-institutional blockchain transaction was the […]

Zerohash's EMI license under MiCA could centralize stablecoin services in Europe, enhancing regulatory compliance and market stability. The post Zerohash secures first EMI license under MiCA for stablecoin services across Europe appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

[PRESS RELEASE – Johannesburg, South Africa, May 18th, 2026] VALR, Africa’s leading digital asset infrastructure provider, served as diamond sponsor of the Kenya Blockchain & Crypto Conference held in Nairobi on 14 and 15 May 2026. Peter Mwangi, VALR’s newly appointed Country Manager for Kenya, delivered a keynote address in which he outlined his vision […]