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Western Union has partnered with stablecoin infrastructure provider Rain to launch Stablecard, a digital wallet and Visa-branded card that enables users to hold and spend US dollar-pegged stablecoins. The product is now available in 37 markets, with Western Union planning to expand to more than 60 markets by the end of this year. Stablecard supports USDPT, a US dollar-pegged stablecoin issued by Anchorage Digital Bank and running on the Solana blockchain. Users can directly receive Western Union remittances and transfer funds to compatible crypto wallets and exchanges. Users can also spend their balances at all Visa-accepting merchants, as well as through Apple Pay and Google Pay. Western Union also unveiled USDPT in May and expanded its ecosystem through exchange partnerships in June.
Odaily News: Global remittance giant Western Union has announced the official launch of Stablecard, built on Rain's stablecoin infrastructure. Users can directly receive USDPT, a stablecoin issued by Western Union and minted on Solana via Anchorage Digital Bank, and spend instantly at Visa-accepting merchants worldwide through the integrated Visa card, or choose to withdraw cash. Stablecard initially covers 37 markets, with Western Union planning to expand to over 60 markets by the end of the year. The company stated that stablecoins will help reduce upfront capital requirements for cross-border remittances, improve capital efficiency, and support the launch of additional digital financial services.
this morning, two addresses suspected to be associated with Paradigm unstaked 2.92 million HYPE (approximately $171 million).Former Ethereum core developer and angel investor Eric Conner commented on this, saying: "Everyone assumes this is a sell-off, but it's more likely that this is for ETF seeding. Custodians require tokens to be liquid, and staked HYPE cannot be used. Back in April, they also unstaked $88 million worth of tokens, and on the same day, Grayscale updated its S-1 filing and switched its custodian to Anchorage."
According to on-chain analytics platform Lookonchain (@lookonchain), two large HYPE withdrawals occurred in the past 12 hours: a new wallet, 0x6436, withdrew a total of 263,906 HYPE (approximately $19.2 million) from OKX, Bybit, Kraken, and Gate; another new wallet, 0x5EaD—linked to Anchorage Digital—withdrew 88,955 HYPE (approximately $6.5 million) from Kraken five hours ago. The combined value of these two withdrawals is approximately $25.7 million.
According to on-chain analyst Onchain Lens (@OnchainLens), an Anchorage-associated wallet has again withdrawn 142,308 HYPE tokens (valued at approximately $7.38 million) from Gate and OKX. Over the past month, it has cumulatively purchased 2.527 million HYPE tokens (valued at approximately $140 million), all of which have been staked.
According to on-chain analyst Onchain Lens (@OnchainLens), a wallet associated with Anchorage purchased 397,000 $HYPE tokens from Bybit and OKX, valued at approximately $18 million. Over the past month, this wallet has accumulated a total of 2.13 million $HYPE tokens, with a total value of approximately $91.99 million.
Odaily Odaily: U.S. President Trump stated at a private event for TRUMP Meme coin holders held at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida that the White House will not allow banking lobbying groups to hinder the progress of the crypto market structure bill, the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act. He said the crypto industry has entered the mainstream, declaring "America is the leader in crypto," and that banks should not obstruct the establishment of stablecoin and crypto regulatory frameworks.Dubbed the "most exclusive meeting in the world," the event invited hundreds of large TRUMP coin holders. Guests included Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino, Ark Invest founder Cathie Wood, Anchorage Digital CEO Nathan McCauley, and boxing champion Mike Tyson. Previously, the U.S. banking industry had expressed concerns that stablecoin reward mechanisms could impact traditional deposit businesses, which had slowed the legislative process. (CoinDesk)