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Bar chart of average daily FX settlement in April 2025 by method: just over 5 trillion dollars by payment versus payment, 7.6 trillion by netting and other methods, and more than 1.4 trillion, or 10 percent, fully exposed

UK, Singapore and Thai central banks link FX settlement

The Bank of England, MAS and the Bank of Thailand linked an account-based system, a tokenized one and a wholesale digital currency ledger, so that both sides of a currency trade settle together or not at all

PaymentsTCBy The Crypto Economy editorial team3 min read13:28

What payment gateway source code buys, and what it doesn’t

Four vendors license a full gateway codebase, none publishes the price, and the PCI audit, the acquirer and the payment license stay with the buyer

Payments03:23

Deutsche Bank opens MiCA crypto custody for corporates

The Frankfurt bank now keeps crypto for companies and institutions under the EU's MiCA rules, 18 months after Commerzbank notified the same service

RegulationNov 12

Bank-backed euro stablecoin EURqi enters MiCA register

The euro stablecoin of 37 European banks now has its white paper on file with the EU's securities regulator, before a single token has been issued

StablecoinsNov 12

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Payments

Office towers with blue glass facades against a bright sky

PNC starts accepting USDC payments for corporate clients

How to accept stablecoin payments as a small business More in Payments

Stablecoins

Line chart of the 30-day change in total stablecoin supply since 2022, falling to minus 14.8 billion dollars on November 12, 2026, the lowest since June 2022

Stablecoin supply falls $14.8 billion in a month

What is USDT? Tether’s dollar token, in numbers EU banking regulator starts supervising USDC More in Stablecoins

Regulation

Stacked bar chart of crypto address listings added to OFAC's SDN list each year from 2018 to 2026, by ticker

Every crypto address OFAC has sanctioned, year by year

US cuts MEXC off from American banks and exchanges How UK crypto tax works and what to file by January 31 More in Regulation

Exchanges

Chart comparing exchange withdrawal fees for USDT and USDC with the measured network cost on nine networks, November 10, 2026

Stablecoin withdrawal fees vs the real network cost

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