#bridge News & Analysis

Cardano and Draper Dragon Launch $80M Orion Fund to Boost Institutional Adoption

SWIFT, ISO 20022, And XRP: Is The Market Missing A Price Catalyst?

Iran’s president says 14 million have offered to risk their lives just to stand up to Trump

Ripple Joins SWIFT’s Certified Partner Program, Gaining Access to a $150 Trillion Network

US-Israel strikes hit Tehran-Karaj bridge, ceasefire odds drop

XRP Positioned At The Center Of Wall Street’s Tokenization Boom — Is A Rally Emerging?

SoftBank Obtains Massive $40B Loan for Additional OpenAI Investment

LayerZero expands into Canton linking Wall Street tokenization rails with public chains

LayerZero has integrated with Canton to create a bridge connecting institutional tokenized assets on traditional Wall Street infrastructure with public blockchains. This integration represents a significant step in connecting traditional finance tokenization efforts with decentralized blockchain networks.

Coinbase pushes order book, perps and futures data onchain with Chainlink’s DataLink bridge

Coinbase is partnering with Chainlink's DataLink bridge to push order book, perpetuals, and futures trading data directly onchain. This integration will enable onchain protocols and decentralized applications to stream real-time Coinbase trading data, enhancing DeFi infrastructure capabilities.

Zerohash joins surging list of crypto firms vying for a bank charter

Zerohash has joined the growing list of cryptocurrency companies seeking bank charters from the OCC. Several major crypto firms including Circle, Ripple, Bridge, and Stripe have already received conditional approval for banking charters following the passage of the GENIUS Act in July.

Sui’s native stablecoin goes live with promise of Treasury yield going back to the network

Sui's native stablecoin, the Sui Dollar, has officially launched through stablecoin firm Bridge. The stablecoin was first announced toward the end of last year and promises to return Treasury yields back to the Sui network.

Visa and Stripe-Owned Bridge Roll Out Stablecoin-Linked Cards to 100+ Countries

Visa and Stripe-owned Bridge have launched a stablecoin-linked card program across 100+ countries, enabling fintech firms and wallet providers to offer cards that allow users to spend stablecoin balances at Visa's 175 million merchants worldwide. This represents a significant step toward mainstream adoption of stablecoins for everyday payments.

Visa and Bridge plan stablecoin-linked card expansion to over 100 countries

Bridge has partnered with Lead Bank, a Visa stablecoin settlement pilot participant, to enable businesses and fintechs to offer stablecoin-backed Visa cards across over 100 countries. This collaboration represents a significant expansion of stablecoin payment infrastructure through traditional payment networks.

Exclusive: Visa to expand card partnership with Stripe’s Bridge to over 100 countries

Visa and Stripe's Bridge are expanding their stablecoin-backed card partnership from 18 countries to over 100 countries. This significant expansion builds on their initial launch in April and represents a major scaling of cryptocurrency payment infrastructure globally.

In The Stables: Bridge Wins OCC Approval

Stablecoin markets showed mixed signals with flat market cap at $307.6B but USD inflows collapsed 82.9% WoW, while regulatory advances accelerated with Bridge winning OCC approval and several major licensing developments. The disconnect suggests institutional infrastructure is maturing faster than current capital flows indicate.

Stripe-Backed Bridge Secures U.S. National Trust Banking License

Bridge, a stablecoin subsidiary backed by payments giant Stripe, has successfully obtained a U.S. National Trust banking license. This regulatory approval positions Bridge among the growing number of crypto-native companies securing traditional banking licenses to operate within established financial frameworks.

Z.ai Launches GLM-5V-Turbo: A Native Multimodal Vision Coding Model Optimized for OpenClaw and High-Capacity Agentic Engineering Workflows Everywhere

Transak Integrates with Canton Network to Bridge Fiat and Institutional On-Chain Finance

A16z crypto leads $10 million round in startup developing stablecoins’ missing layer

Forex startup OpenFX raises $94 million to expand stablecoin-powered cross-border payments

Ripple CEO Talked About A $13 Trillion Opportunity, But Will XRP Investors Benefit From It?

BlockDAG News 2026: Stripe Acquires Bridge for $1B While Pepeto Targets Life Changing Returns as BTC and LINK Slide

BNY Mellon CEO says the future of crypto runs through big banks

From Mind to Machine: The Rise of Manus AI as a Fully Autonomous Digital Agent

SEC interpretation on crypto laws ‘a beginning, not an end,‘ says Atkins