Industry leaders debate whether digital dollar wallets will dismantle traditional bank accounts or simply modernize the underlying infrastructure.

  • Stablecoin wallets are challenging traditional bank accounts by enabling round-the-clock, cross-border payments that can settle faster and more cheaply than bank transfers.
  • Industry executives expect wallets to gain ground first in payments, while banks retain key roles in savings, credit, custody, compliance and consumer protection.
  • Rather than disappearing, bank accounts may evolve into programmable platforms offering tokenized deposits and stablecoin services, though recent security breaches underscore the risks.
  1. 1 Payments firm OpenPayd targets year-end Nasdaq listing to fund U.S. expansion and acquisitions 15 hours ago
  2. 2 Crypto job postings triple to over 1,200 in September, but applications fall 15 hours ago
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  4. 4 Crypto's Sisyphean struggle 18 hours ago
  5. 5 BlackRock offers a glimpse of how tokenization may change your investment portfolio 18 hours ago
  6. 6 Bank group sues U.S. regulator over granting crypto trust charters 1 day ago
  7. 7 BNY in talks with Kraken parent Payward over infrastructure partnership 1 day ago
  8. 8 Once a $2 billion Ethereum layer-2, Blast is shutting down after assets plunge 98% 1 day ago
  9. 9 Trump’s potential AI czar, Jay Clayton, helped pioneer the SEC’s crypto crackdown 1 day ago
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The Definitive Stablecoin Landscape Series: Asia Pacific

As stablecoins move into regulated finance, APAC is becoming a key proving ground. This report maps the region’s rules, use cases, and RLUSD’s role.

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As stablecoins move into regulated finance, APAC is becoming a key proving ground. This report maps the region’s rules, use cases, and RLUSD’s role.

Payments firm OpenPayd targets year-end Nasdaq listing to fund U.S. expansion and acquisitions

Crypto job postings triple to over 1,200 in September, but applications fall

BlackRock offers a glimpse of how tokenization may change your investment portfolio

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