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Circle stock sinks as Stripe, Visa, and Mastercard move on the $319bn stablecoin market
Stripe, Visa, and Mastercard are reportedly building a joint stablecoin platform, per CoinDesk, sending Circle down ~11% as incumbents move to control stablecoin rails.
Project Lightwell: IBM and Red Hat build a clearinghouse to patch open source at scale
IBM and Red Hat are wagering $5 billion that open source security is a subscription business. What Project Lightwell means for the supply chain, inside.
Circle Internet Group (NYSE: CRCL) jumps 16% on CLARITY Act stablecoin yield compromise
Tillis-Alsobrooks broke the stablecoin yield deadlock. CLARITY now has a path to law and Circle has a stacked catalyst week ahead of May 11 earnings.
Visa beats Q2 2026 estimates with $11.2bn revenue as NYSE: V trades 11% below December high
Visa beat Q2 2026 estimates and authorised a $20B buyback, but NYSE: V remains 11% down YTD as the Credit Card Competition Act overhang refuses to lift.
Arvind Krishna makes the case that AI complexity is IBM’s opportunity: Q1 2026 strategy in full
IBM CEO Arvind Krishna's Q1 2026 vision: AI governance, data sovereignty, mainframe acceleration, and the Confluent bet explained. Read IBM's full strategic case here.
Mastercard (NYSE: MA) bets $1.8bn on BVNK as stablecoin payment volumes hit $350bn and regulatory clarity builds
Mastercard to acquire BVNK for up to $1.8bn to bridge stablecoins and fiat rails. What the record deal means for MA stock, Visa, and global payments. Read more.
UQPAY wants to run your stablecoin and card payments from the same dashboard. Here is what that means.
UQPAY launches a dual-rail payment platform covering 200+ markets, unifying fiat acquiring and stablecoin settlement in one API. Read the analysis.
Is S4 Capital (LON: SFOR) finally stabilizing after a turbulent year in digital marketing?
S4 Capital beats 2025 guidance, slashes net debt, and proposes dividend. Find out what it means for its margins, clients, and 2026 strategy. Read more.
Rain hits $1.95bn valuation as ICONIQ leads stablecoin infrastructure investment
Rain just raised $250M to expand its stablecoin payments infrastructure. Find out how it plans to redefine enterprise payments around the world.
Visa and Akamai team up to secure agentic commerce with Trusted Agent Protocol
Visa and Akamai partner to secure AI shopping agents with Trusted Agent Protocol. Find out how this move could reshape trust in agentic commerce today.