{
  "topic": "stablecoins",
  "title": "Stablecoins & payments",
  "niche": "crypto",
  "niche_title": "Crypto & Web3",
  "updated_at": "2026-07-30",
  "stories": 9,
  "multi_source_stories": 0,
  "items": [
    {
      "title": "South Korea report proposes stablecoin rules before crypto law",
      "url": "https://cointelegraph.com/news/south-korea-report-stablecoin-rules-crypto-law",
      "published_at": "2026-07-30T05:33:57+00:00",
      "snippet": "Policy report recommends interim licensing guidance, greater flexibility for stablecoin issuers and rules ahead of the Digital Asset Basic Act.",
      "sources": [
        "cointelegraph"
      ],
      "tracked_brands": []
    },
    {
      "title": "Visa CEO sidesteps labeling Open USD a challenger to Tether and USDC: ‘Our role is not to pick winners’",
      "url": "https://www.theblock.co/post/410064/visa-ceo-downplays-open-usd-challenger-tether-usdc-our-role-is-not-pick-winners",
      "published_at": "2026-07-29T17:06:06+00:00",
      "snippet": "The payment giant will \"remain multi-coin, multi-chain\" and \"not to pick winners\" as stablecoins are poised to proliferate.",
      "sources": [
        "theblock"
      ],
      "tracked_brands": []
    },
    {
      "title": "Anchorage Digital says Fed’s proposed payment account is no ‘workable substitute’ for master account",
      "url": "https://www.theblock.co/post/410068/anchorage-digital-feds-proposed-payment-account-no-substitute-master-account",
      "published_at": "2026-07-29T17:01:02+00:00",
      "snippet": "Anchorage Digital says the Fed's proposed payment account that would give some crypto companies access to the central bank doesn't work.",
      "sources": [
        "theblock"
      ],
      "tracked_brands": []
    },
    {
      "title": "Stablecoin firm Brale says new protocol can remove a major hurdle to scaling custom tokens",
      "url": "https://www.coindesk.com/business/2026/07/29/stablecoin-firm-brale-says-new-protocol-can-remove-a-major-hurdle-to-scaling-custom-tokens",
      "published_at": "2026-07-29T15:27:30+00:00",
      "snippet": "Today's bridge model won't scale as hundreds of companies issue their own stablecoins, fragmenting liquidity, Brale CEO Ben Milne said in an interview.",
      "sources": [
        "coindesk"
      ],
      "tracked_brands": []
    },
    {
      "title": "Tether’s GENIUS-compliant USAT stablecoin launches on Celo, marking first expansion beyond Ethereum",
      "url": "https://www.theblock.co/post/410048/tethers-genius-compliant-usat-stablecoin-launches-on-celo-marking-first-expansion-beyond-ethereum",
      "published_at": "2026-07-29T14:06:34+00:00",
      "snippet": "USAT can be used to pay for gas on the blockchain, meaning users will not have to hold multiple tokens to make USAT transactions.",
      "sources": [
        "theblock"
      ],
      "tracked_brands": []
    },
    {
      "title": "MoonPay launches PayBox, an AI payment vault for ChatGPT and Claude",
      "url": "https://www.theblock.co/post/410032/moonpay-paybox-chatgpt-claude",
      "published_at": "2026-07-29T13:00:00+00:00",
      "snippet": "Crypto payments company MoonPay now lets users move money through ChatGPT and Claude with a new AI payment vault called PayBox.",
      "sources": [
        "theblock"
      ],
      "tracked_brands": [
        "MoonPay"
      ]
    },
    {
      "title": "Bernstein cuts Circle price target to $140, says Open USD threat will fade",
      "url": "https://www.theblock.co/post/410029/bernstein-cuts-circle-price-target-to-140-says-open-usd-threat-will-fade",
      "published_at": "2026-07-29T12:55:18+00:00",
      "snippet": "Bernstein cuts Circle price target to $140 from $190, keeps Outperform, and says the Open USD threat fades as USDC supply holds near ATH.",
      "sources": [
        "theblock"
      ],
      "tracked_brands": []
    },
    {
      "title": "UK policy sprint finds cross-border payments are stablecoins’ top use case",
      "url": "https://cointelegraph.com/news/uk-policy-cross-border-payments-stablecoins-use-case",
      "published_at": "2026-07-29T07:11:27+00:00",
      "snippet": "Industry participants said stablecoins offer the biggest near-term benefits for cross-border payments, while domestic UK retail adoption is likely to remain limited.",
      "sources": [
        "cointelegraph"
      ],
      "tracked_brands": []
    },
    {
      "title": "Dubai-Based Emirates Airline Adds Bitcoin and Crypto Payments",
      "url": "https://bitcoinmagazine.com/news/dubai-based-emirates-adds-bitcoin-payments",
      "published_at": "2026-07-28T20:08:23+00:00",
      "snippet": "Bitcoin Magazine Dubai-Based Emirates Airline Adds Bitcoin and Crypto Payments The airline first teased Bitcoin payments back in 2022. This post Dubai-Based Emirates Airline Adds Bitcoin and Crypto Payments first appeare",
      "sources": [
        "bitcoinmag"
      ],
      "tracked_brands": []
    }
  ],
  "note": "Index of third-party reporting: headlines and short excerpts with attribution and links. Full articles belong to the publishers.",
  "license": "CC-BY-4.0 (index metadata only; linked articles remain with their publishers)",
  "source": "DABLOCK topic index, dablock.ai"
}