USDC (USDC)

Visa’s stablecoin expansion puts neobanks in a tougher spot. For years, neobanks like @Revolut, @Chime, and @nubank won users over by making money feel faster, cheaper, and easier to move than it did with a traditional bank. Now Visa is bringing a lot of that same utility closer to the default payment layer. Here are some of Visa's current numbers: → $7B annualized stablecoin settlement run rate → 130+ stablecoin-linked card programs across 50+ countries → A total of 9 supported chains Visa also lets some banks settle in USDC, instead of moving money the old way through traditional bank channels. So I don’t see this as neobanks becoming irrelevant. Quite the opposite. Neobanks proved there was demand for better money movement. Stablecoins are now pushing that idea into the financial system itself.

Launching a chain is only the beginning. What comes next is what really matters. Validators. Security. Tooling. Wallet integrations. Explorers. A path to scale. That’s why @CNPYNetwork has been on my radar lately. The idea isn’t just helping builders launch faster. It’s helping them launch with ownership from day one. Today, developers have great tools for writing code and shipping products. What often feels missing is the ability to own the infrastructure underneath without relying on someone else’s blockspace forever. That’s where Canopy’s vision stands out. Your chain. Your rules. Your fees. Your growth. As more ecosystems come online, the long-term value may not be launching a chain itself, but giving builders a clean path to grow while keeping control of their destiny. Still early, but it’s an interesting direction for the next generation of builders. 🌿

https://t.co/H3srMWgmQO The #Archax #RWA View #Archax and #Hedera unveiled real-time cash flow streaming, enabling second-by-second #USDC payments directly to investors as ownership changes. https://t.co/MG3FKjAoF7

💵 💵 💵 💵 💵 💵 💵 💵 💵 💵 250,000,000 $USDC (250,088,125 USD) minted at USDC Treasury https://t.co/iZzLLcVC8m

74% of treasury functions are already using or expanding to AI. 54% of CFOs plan to deploy agents this year. AI offers clear financial advantages for treasuries by reducing human inefficiencies across repetitive work. Now autonomous treasuries need assets that work everywhere. https://t.co/FFiI9FNjLv

Aave Labs submitted a response to @HMRCgovuk 's stablecoin tax consultation The core problem: stablecoins in DeFi lending are not speculative assets—they're a form of payment. Yet current UK tax rules treat a deposit, six-month hold, and redemption as three separate taxable events, despite no underlying economic change. @aave's proposal: - Treat qualifying stablecoins as exempt assets under capital gains tax for individuals - Bring stablecoin lending and borrowing fully within loan relationship rules for companies - Align interest-like returns with actual interest treatment - Receipt tokens representing underlying stablecoins (like aUSDC) must be in scope—they're economically identical to the underlying asset plus accrued yield - Extend the definition beyond UK-issued coins. USDC and USDT are widely-used stablecoins and should qualify - On withholding obligations: decentralised protocols have no legal entity to withhold from and no visibility into user identity. A withholding obligation would be techn