Author name: Monica Bass

In brief MoonPay and Mastercard will enable stablecoin payments across 150 million merchants. The deal follows Mastercard’s recent partnerships with OKX, Nuvei, and Circle. Visa is also piloting stablecoin services in six Latin American countries. Mastercard has inked another partnership with a crypto company to provide stablecoin-powered cards, enabling users and businesses to make and […]

In brief Ethereum’s new initiative targets vulnerabilities across the entire technology stack, from wallet UX to consensus protocol. The project aims to make the network secure enough to store trillions in value, including institutional and sovereign-level assets. Community input is being solicited to help shape the roadmap, with key figures like samczsun and Sigma Prime’s

In brief Users have flagged the Elon Musk-backed chatbot Grok for injecting “white genocide” claims into unrelated responses. The AI has blamed the issue on a programming glitch that overemphasized trending topics. Grok has previously drawn criticism from both right-wing users and misinformation researchers. Grok was in the crosshairs on Wednesday after users flagged the

In brief House Democrats are seeking U.S. Treasury suspicious activity reports into President Trump’s crypto endeavors. They wish to investigate any potential misuses of political fundraising, foreign influence-seeking, and beyond. Specific mentions are made of World Liberty Financial and the TRUMP meme coin on Solana. In a letter addressed to the U.S. Secretary of the

In brief JPMorgan Chase settled its first transaction on a public blockchain this week. The transaction comes roughly six years after the Financial titan debuted its decentralized platform, JPM Coin. It marks JPMorgan’s deepening push into blockchain technology as institutional investors embrace tokenized real-world assets. JPMorgan Chase has completed its first transaction on a public