Stablecoin news: AI agents and large corporates will lead the next stablecoin boom

Large companies looking to modernize payments and artificial intelligence agents conducting autonomous transactions are emerging as the two biggest growth drivers for stablecoins, executives from Bridge and Deus X Capital said Thursday at the Consensus 2026 conference in Miami. Lindsey Einhaus is responsible for the strategy and operations of stablecoin infrastructure company Bridge, which was…

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Zelenskiy says Russian war commemoration ceasefire shows ‘strange logic’

May 7 (Reuters) – Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Thursday that Russia’s announcement of a limited ceasefire to commemorate World War II exposed its leader’s “bizarre and inappropriate” logic. In a nightly video address in the final hours before Russia’s ceasefire comes into force at midnight (2100 GMT), Zelensky said Moscow wanted to “hold…

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Judge rules Trump administration’s cancellation of humanities grants was unconstitutional

A federal judge in New York ruled Thursday that the Trump administration’s cancellation of more than $100 million in humanities funding to scholars, authors, research groups and other organizations was unconstitutional and that the Department of Government Effectiveness did not have the authority to terminate funding. U.S. District Judge Colleen McMahon in Manhattan sided with…

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Privacy and accountability can coexist onchain, say panelists at Consensus Miami

Public blockchains make transactions transparent enough to be tracked, audited, and regulated, but this visibility may come at the expense of user privacy. Traditional compliance systems often address liability issues by identifying people, but this could undermine one of the original promises of cryptocurrencies: the ability to transact without revealing a person’s identity by default….

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Privacy and accountability can coexist onchain, say panelists at Consensus Miami

Public blockchains make transactions transparent enough to be tracked, audited, and regulated, but this visibility may come at the expense of user privacy. Traditional compliance systems often address liability issues by identifying people, but this could undermine one of the original promises of cryptocurrencies: the ability to transact without revealing a person’s identity by default….

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Coinbax wins $20,000 PitchFest prize at Consensus Miami for stablecoin compliance

MIAMI – Coinbax won a $20,000 grand prize at Consensus Miami’s PitchFest after launching a system designed to help banks and financial companies manage compliance for stablecoin payments. Founded by former Jack Henry executive Peter Glyman, the company is building programmable custody infrastructure to add control to wallet-to-wallet crypto transactions. The software is designed to…

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