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SCRYPT expands stablecoin settlement infrastructure across East Africa

14 July 2026 Africa
Reporter: Matthew Challis

Settlement support for the Kenyan shilling, Tanzanian shilling, Rwandan franc, and the Ugandan shilling has been added, aiming to eliminate frictions typically associated with TradFi cross-border payments

Galaxy appoints Bandrowczak to board of directors

14 July 2026 US
Reporter: Matthew Challis

Steven Bandrowczak will also become a member of the board’s audit committee, bringing almost four decades of experience to his new role, including time as CEO at both Xerox and Alight Solutions

Tether completes Hyundai cross-border settlement PoC

14 July 2026 US, Mexico
Reporter: Matthew Challis

The proof of concept’s first phase saw Hyundai Motor America convert US$20,000 into USDT, Tether’s stablecoin, which was then transferred to Hyundai Motor de México before being converted back into US dollars

Atkins joins GFO-X

13 July 2026 UK
Reporter: Matthew Challis

The digital assets centrally cleared trading venue has chosen Sam Atkins as its head of platform and market operations, following stints at ClearToken, BNP Paribas, and Goldman Sachs

Bison Bank chooses Martins as Chief Crypto Officer

13 July 2026 Portugal
Reporter: Matthew Challis

Bison Bank is combining with Bison Digital Assets to form a unified entity, with Ricardo Martins transitioning into the role of chief crypto officer, head of the operations and data department

The Vault and P2P.org bring institutional staking into custody

13 July 2026 Cyprus
Reporter: Tahlia Kraefft

The collaboration natively embeds P2P.org's validator infrastructure into The Vault's institutional custody platform

Webull subsidiary authorised under MiCA

13 July 2026 Europe
Reporter: Matthew Challis

Webull EU has been authorised to provide crypto asset services in the Netherlands by the Autoriteit Financiële Markten, with wider EU passporting subject to regulatory approval

Polygon makes PayPal’s stablecoin available on its network

13 July 2026 US
Reporter: Matthew Challis

PYUSD is issued by Paxos, under a national trust charter supervised by the US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, and is available through the Polygon Open Money Stack

Mantle’s Super Portal adopts Chainlink CCIP

10 July 2026 UAE
Reporter: Matthew Challis

Chainlink Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol is said to bring a higher level of cross-chain security to MNT, Mantle’s native utility and governance token

ClearBank appoints Johnstone as CPO

10 July 2026 UK
Reporter: Matthew Challis

Ken Johnstone joins from NatWest and will lead product strategy, scaling the bank’s platform and capabilities across the UK and Europe

Circle approved by OCC to establish national trust bank

10 July 2026 US
Reporter: Matthew Challis

Circle National Trust will be placed directly under US federal oversight by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and will bring the infrastructure of USDC, Circle’s stablecoin, into a federal banking framework

Anchorage Digital provides custody and treasury infrastructure for Linework

10 July 2026 US
Reporter: Matthew Challis

Ahead of its planned Nasdaq listing, Linework is building a super app for underserved markets, tokenising its equity, and will custody its native LNWK tokens with Anchorage Digital

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