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Visa Canada and Wealthsimple Pilot USDC for Card Settlement in First Canadian Test

The test shows a path to faster settlement using blockchain during Canada’s push to regulate stablecoins.

Anthropic Launches Claude Finance Agents and Microsoft 365 Add-Ins

Snapchat Launches AI Sponsored Snaps With Brand Chatbots in Chat

X’s Cashtags Drive About $1 Billion in Trades Within Two Days

X Says Smart Cashtags Drove About $1 Billion in Trading Volume Days After Launch

X Rolls Out Smart Cashtags With Live Prices and Pilot One-Tap Trading in Canada

XRP Ledger Adds Native Zero-Knowledge Verification With Boundless

World Quantum Day 2026 Highlights a Quantum Workforce Push

Anthropic Launches Claude for Word Beta With Legal-Focused Editing Tools

Google Finance Rolls Out AI Upgrade to 100+ Countries

IMF Warns Tokenized Finance Could Accelerate Crises, Lays Out Five-Pillar Safeguards

STARTRADER Debuts Web STAR Copy for Browser-Based Social Trading

Citigroup Weighs U.S. Regional Bank or Brokerage Deal as Shares Slip

FGC Pays R$39.2 Billion to Banco Master Clients as 89% Receive Guarantees

Circle’s USYC Overtakes BlackRock’s BUIDL as Tokenized Treasuries Hit $11 Billion

ECB Launches Appia Roadmap, Sets Q3 2026 Start for Pontes

Finastra Partners With FraudAverse to Embed Real-Time AI Fraud Detection in Financial Messaging

eToro February Metrics Show 81% Jump in Capital-Markets Trades as Crypto Slows

Enterprise Agentic AI Shifts From Chatbots to Operational Systems

Inter Miami Names New Home Nu Stadium in Multi-Year Deal With Brazilian Fintech