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Bitcoin’s inflation-hedge narrative faces a near-term test as hot PPI data pushes rate-cut hopes lower and risk assets come under pressure.
Andjela Radmilac 6 min read 
The company is tying RLUSD’s rapid growth to a broader push for autonomous payments, even as real-world demand remains early.
Coinbase and Ethena could turn idle USDC balances into activity-based yield, challenging banks as lawmakers move to limit passive stablecoin rewards.
Ripple is integrating its compliance-focused stablecoin with three Turkish exchanges to serve a market highly reliant on crypto for dollar access.
Aave’s UK payments approvals revive old fears that the protocol is drifting beyond lending, but Push may be the exception if it turns payments into a regulated funnel.
Stablecoin cards are turning crypto balances into everyday spending power, exposing that the easiest path to mainstream adoption may be through Visa, the same payments giant crypto was supposed to disrupt.
Artemis data shows crypto-native agentic payments are settling into millions of tiny x402 transactions, exactly the kind of automation the sector was built for.
A longtime stablecoin partnership is entering a new phase as Circle seeks to own more of the infrastructure around USDC.
GameStop wants eBay’s 135 million buyers for a Bitcoin test but Wall Street thinks the deal can’t close
