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Wallet of Satoshi has announced the launch of its self-custodial Lightning wallet on the Spark platform, marking a significant advancement in making Lightning Network payments more scalable and accessible, particularly in the U.S. market. This integration allows users to have full control over their bitcoin, enabling them to send and receive transactions with an enhancedSource link

Ivy, a German startup focused on instant payments, said it added access to Circle's (CIRCL) USDC and EURC stablecoins to its always on-transaction rails.The Berlin-based fintech’s platform allows crypto firms, payment service providers (PSPs) and e-commerce merchants to instantly make bank payments, settle funds to local collection accounts across Europe in multiple currencies, and seamlessly convert them into stablecoins, according to a Wednesday press release.The deal makes Ivy one of the first platforms offering instant bank payments to enable seamless settlement in USDC, the second-largest dollar stablecoin, and EURC, the largest euro stablecoin, the release said.Stablecoins, which became a convenient cornerstone of crypto trading partly thanks to the blockchain industry’s tricky relationship with the banking world, are becoming a prominent...

Openpayd, a prominent provider of financial infrastructure, has announced a strategic partnership with Ripple aimed at delivering compliant and scalable payment solutions for enterprise clients. This collaboration will integrate Openpayd’s global fiat infrastructure, including real-time payment rails and multi-currency accounts, with Ripple Payments, which utilizes blockchain technology to facilitate fast and transparent cross-border payments inSource link

Crypto lender Nexo signed a three-year sponsorship with DP World Tour, Europe's foremost golf competition, for more than $10 million in a deal that see will the company become the tour's official digital asset and wealth partner through 2027.A spokesperson for the company declined to give a specific value to the deal, saying only that it was an eight-figure sum.One of the tour's events, the Scottish Championship will be renamed the Nexo Championship. It will take place at President Trump's course, Trump International Golf Links in Aberdeen, on Aug. 7-10.The deal caps a fruitful few months for the crypto lender, which said in April that it was reentering the U.S. market. It left the country in 2022, saying its negotiations...

Crossmint has partnered with Visa to develop secure, AI-powered purchasing systems. The collaboration aims to scale “agentic commerce,” enabling AI agents to make payments on behalf of users under strict protections. Partnership Between Crossmint and Visa Set to Usher in Agentic Commerce Era Crossmint has announced a strategic partnership with Visa to usher in aSource link