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160 stablecoin-linked Visa card programs were live globally during the company’s fiscal second quarter 2026.Payment volume across Visa’s stablecoin-linked card programs increased nearly 200% from the previous year globally.Visa’s stablecoin settlement volume surpassed a $20 billion annualized rate, rising more than fifteenfold year-over-year.Credit Coop says its platform financed $2.5 billion cumulatively since 2023 without recording any defaults.Participating card programs reduced borrowing costs by up to 30%, according to Visa’s published figures.

A U.S. judge ordered the forfeiture of roughly $212,700 in USDC and USDT linked to wages earned by North Korean IT workers.The seized wallet held 158,123 USDC and 54,574 USDT that prosecutors traced to payment addresses used by at least 14 workers.The ruling covers part of a Justice Department case seeking the forfeiture of more than $7.74 million in crypto tied to North Korean overseas workers.The court rejected forfeiture of other crypto assets because prosecutors had not adequately identified them, leaving the government able to seek them again.

An attacker manipulated a dormant Rocket perpetual market using inflated orders and self trades, creating artificial profits before withdrawing approximately $287,000.Rocket has paused deposits, withdrawals and trading while security firms and law enforcement investigate the Sept. 5 incident.The platform is working with exchanges, bridges and stablecoin issuers to trace and freeze the stolen funds.Rocket is preparing a recovery plan that will prioritize refunds for smaller affected accounts.

Dollar-backed stablecoins transmitted buying pressure into exchange rates after Binance introduced direct fiat pairs globally.Local stablecoin premiums declined between 0.33 and 0.38 percentage points following Binance pair introductions overall.Korea showed higher stablecoin premiums but no measurable exchange-rate response without direct Binance pairing access.Market makers can sell received local currencies for dollars while balancing stablecoin trading positions afterward.Researchers examined 12 currencies using pairing events between 2019 and 2025 to identify transmission effects.

Federal Reserve researchers said payment stablecoins could eventually qualify for inclusion within M1 or M2.Everyday payment use would support M1 classification, while short-term value storage would point toward M2.Tokenized bank deposits already appear within existing monetary aggregates because they remain legally conventional deposits.Retail tokenized money market funds are already included within M2 alongside traditional retail funds today.Stablecoin measurement still faces reporting, reserve double-counting and global circulation problems before any statistical inclusion.

Hyperliquid bought and burned 9,730 HYPE worth approximately $829,500 during the latest 24-hour reporting period.The purchases averaged $85.27 per HYPE, according to Onchain Lens’s public blockchain tracking data snapshot.Cumulative burns reached approximately 48.42 million HYPE, equal to 4.84% of maximum token supply overall.HYPE traded near $86 after the report, remaining below its latest record high price level.Hyperliquid’s Assistance Fund converts most eligible trading fees into automated open-market HYPE purchases and burns.