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What is ChatGPT Wallet? How OpenAI’s agent payments work

OpenAI's agents can now pay with a user's card, one approved purchase at a time. What the shop receives, which dispute rights carry over, and how this differs from agents that pay in stablecoins

PaymentsTCBy The Crypto Economy editorial team8 min read15:28

Coinone data breach exposes customer support records

An attacker got into the servers of the contractor that runs Coinone's customer support, and anything customers typed into support chats may have leaked; Coinone says accounts and wallets were not touched

Exchanges15:13

stUSDT shuts down, with redemptions open until May 14, 2027

Interest stopped on November 14, 2026, the redemption portal stays open until May 14, 2027, and DefiLlama's data shows most of the money had already left

Stablecoins13:19

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

PaymentsNov 13

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Nov 13 Payments

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

By The Crypto Economy editorial team

Nov 12 Regulation

Deutsche Bank opens MiCA crypto custody for corporates

By The Crypto Economy editorial team

Nov 12 Stablecoins

Bank-backed euro stablecoin EURqi enters MiCA register

By The Crypto Economy editorial team

Nov 12 Stablecoins

Stablecoin supply falls $14.8 billion in a month

By The Crypto Economy editorial team

Nov 12 Guides

How to buy USDT, and which network to pick

By The Crypto Economy editorial team

Nov 12 Stablecoins

What is USDT? Tether’s dollar token, in numbers

By The Crypto Economy editorial team

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  1. 1US cuts MEXC off from American banks and exchanges
  2. 2MiCA licensed crypto exchanges and firms by country
  3. 3Bank-backed euro stablecoin EURqi enters MiCA register
  4. 4Stablecoin supply falls $6.6 billion in worst week of 2026
  5. 5What payment gateway source code buys, and what it doesn’t

Payments

Diagram of what payment gateway source code includes and what the buyer still has to add, from hosting and the PCI DSS assessment to an acquirer and a payment license

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

PNC starts accepting USDC payments for corporate clients How to accept stablecoin payments as a small business More in Payments

Stablecoins

Bar chart of euro e-money tokens in circulation on November 12, 2026, led by EURC at 470.1 million and EURCV at 169.4 million, with EURqi from Qivalis not issued yet

Bank-backed euro stablecoin EURqi enters MiCA register

Stablecoin supply falls $14.8 billion in a month What is USDT? Tether’s dollar token, in numbers More in Stablecoins

Regulation

Step chart of regulated firms adding crypto custody under MiCA Article 60, rising from one in March 2025 to 42 by November 2026, with Commerzbank, DZ BANK and Deutsche Bank marked

Deutsche Bank opens MiCA crypto custody for corporates

Every crypto address OFAC has sanctioned, year by year US cuts MEXC off from American banks and exchanges 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

More in Exchanges

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