Open USD, the Open Standard stablecoin, and NRR, the US first spot NEAR ETF, both went live.

Open USD Goes Live as Payment Giants Turn Stablecoin Infrastructure Into a Shared Network Stripe, Visa, Mastercard and Coinbase-backed Open Standard has now moved OUSD from a June proposal into live payment infrastructure across four blockchains. W3 Meteor ID: OUSD-1001202648329 Date & Time: October 1, 2026 — 13:25:29 UTC Origin: Open Standard launched Open USD (OUSD), issued by Bridge, to give businesses a stablecoin rail with 1:1 minting and redemption, predictable transaction costs, and integrations spanning major payment and financial infrastructure providers. Visibility: Businesses, fintechs, payment platforms, developers and institutional users can access OUSD through Stripe, Mastercard and Visa infrastructure, with Coinbase support beginning October 1; the token is live on Ethereum, Base, Solana and Tempo.

Coinbase's Base network activated its Cobalt hard fork, adding conditional transactions and a seizeWithMemo function that lets token issuers reassign balances.

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In under six years, Molly Abraham has gone from buying "Crypto For Dummies" — days before starting as director of legal at Coinbase — to serving as the high-profile cryptocurrency exchange's top lawyer. She spoke with Law360 Pulse this week about the attributes she learned from her predecessor Paul Grewal and how she approached an unfamiliar crypto environment.

OUSD van Coinbase, Visa en Stripe ging op 30 september live met bijna 470 miljoen dollar. Wie krijgt de rente op de reserves, en wat geldt voor Europa?

On-chain payments data shows stablecoin-linked cards processed a record $1.17 billion last month, with Base, Optimism and Solana leading settlement.

The CFTC registered Coinbase Clearing as a derivatives clearinghouse, completing the exchange's end-to-end stack and allowing USDC settlement around the clock.

Open USD launches with Stripe and BVNK access, a limited Visa beta and Coinbase due Oct. 1. Dollar conversion is free, but transactions carry fees.

Jeeves Inc., a stablecoin-focused banking platform for global enterprises, announced Tuesday it has raised $110 million in equity funding to launch a cryptocurrency wallet with payouts across 190 countries. The crypto-focused venture capital and investment firm CoinFund led the round. Additional participants included AllianceBernstein, Andreessen Horowitz, Coinbase Ventures, CRV, GIC, Global PayTech Ventures, ParaFi, Vista, Wintermute, Y Combinator, and others. Jeeves touts itself as a stablecoin-native banking platform, meaning it uses cryptocurrency tokens pegged to a local currency, such as United States dollars, to avoid the volatility common to other cryptocurrency tokens while keeping the benefits of rapid transactions. The company says its platform lets global enterprises save time and money by using its service to power corporate cards, accounts payable and treasury payments, spend management and agentic workflows. “We built Jeeves as a banking platform on stablecoin rails because that’s the only way to give companies the same speed and cost structure moving money between São Paulo and Berlin that they get transacting within one country,” said founder and Chief Executive Dileep Thazhmon. “That is what a stablecoin-native banking platform for global business actually looks like.” Current Jeeves customers include industry leaders such as BMW, H & M Hennes...