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Solana Foundation Strategy Head on Shopify Integration, Crypto Payments Outlook

Shopify customers can now pay in stablecoin USD Coin (USDC) via an integration with Solana Pay, the payment protocol on the Solana blockchain. Solana Foundation head of strategy Austin Federa discusses the partnership and USDC's benefits for merchants. Plus, what the future holds for crypto payment adoption and real-world use cases of the Solana ecosystem.

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Tech

Shopify Customers Can Now Pay In USDC Via Solana Pay

The payment protocol, built on the Solana blockchain, has been integrated into Shopify.

Shopify customers can now pay in USDC via an integration with Solana Pay, the payment protocol on the Solana blockchain. (Shopify)

Videos

Coinbase Acquires Stake in Stablecoin Operator Circle

Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase (COIN) is getting a minority stake in Circle Internet Financial and the stablecoin issuer is bringing issuance and governance of USDC completely in-house as the companies dissolve their Centre Consortium partnership. "The Hash" panel weighs in on Coinbase's recent moves in the crypto industry amid recent U.S. regulatory pressure.

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Finance

Coinbase Gets a Stake in Stablecoin Operator Circle and USDC Adds 6 New Blockchains

The Centre Consortium, jointly managed by Circle and Coinbase, is being shut down and Circle is bringing issuance and governance of the USDC stablecoin in-house.

Circle's Jeremy Allaire and Coinbase's Brian Armstrong (CoinDesk/Coinbase)

Finance

Circle Seeks to Make Crypto Payments Easier With New 'Programmable Wallets'

The product is aimed at payments from businesses to customers.

Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire (left) with Michael Casey, chief content officer of CoinDesk (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Finance

Latin American Crypto Firm Bitso Joins Stellar Network to Boost International USDC Payments

Companies from all over the world will be able to make transactions to Argentina, Colombia and Mexico.

Payments network built on Sui (Steve Johnson/Unsplash)

Policy

Circle Was Top Depositor Aided by SVB Government Rescue: Bloomberg

The FDIC guarantee included over $3.3 billion the USDC stablecoin issuer held at the lender.

Jeremy Allaire, Co-Founder, Chairman and CEO, Circle (CoinDesk)

Markets

Circle Restarts U.S. Treasury Purchases in BlackRock-Managed USDC Reserve Fund

Repurchase agreements will keep being part of the reserve fund, Circle’s chief financial officer said Wednesday during a company call.

Jeremy Allaire, CEO of Circle (CoinDesk)

Tech

Circle Rolls Out Support for USDC Stablecoin on Arbitrum

Several key applications will support Arbitrum-based USDC like Aave, Balancer, Camelot, Coinbase, Curve, GMX, Radiant, Trader Joe and Uniswap.

Jeremy Allaire, Co-Founder, Chairman and CEO, Circle (CoinDesk)

Tech

Turbos Finance Introduces Smart Routing for Stablecoins on Sui

The feature aims to reduce friction for users coming from other ecosystems to Sui and improve liquidity.

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