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Tether Capital backed AIsa on 15 Oct 2026. Stablecoin Insider maps AIsa's three ways for AI agents to pay per call (prepaid credit, x402 USDC via Circle Gateway, MPP), prices a real research-agent day, and flags what the docs don't settle.
Mastercard and BVNK launched Global Money Platform on 15 Oct 2026: one API for fiat and stablecoin accounts, conversion, virtual cards, Mastercard Move payouts and USDC rewards. What's live, what's beta, and who it fits.
France's Assembly adopted I-3898 to end tax deferral on crypto-to-MiCA e-money token swaps from 1 Jan 2027 at 31.4%. First reading only. Scope, worked example, Senate path.
Celo's buy marketplace lets AI agents quote, pay and call 782 tools in USDC, USDT or USAT with no account or API key. Setup, real prices, a 2x VM markup, and where it breaks.
Paul Faecks went from poker pro to Plasma CEO. Career timeline, the $373M XPL sale, Plasma One, and the Oct 2026 Stripe multi-currency card deal.
Top RWA protocols in 2026, ranked by RWA.xyz onchain value with DefiLlama yields: Securitize, Ondo, Spiko, Maple, Centrifuge and more, plus MANTRA's rename and August exploit.
Base Earn and Borrow packages Morpho and Aave lending into an app stack for variable USDC yield and crypto-backed loans. Stablecoin Insider maps the flow, live Base market sizes, and a worked Morpho vault deposit.
The built-in Solana Agent Kit transfer can't move PYUSD. Here's a mainnet-simulated PAY_PYUSD action: Token-2022 accounts, transferChecked, transfer-hook resolution, integer amounts, and the permanent delegate and fee config to watch.
Set up Agent402 Tollbooth to charge AI crawlers per request in USDC: observe to bots to strict rollout with real env vars, CDP vs keyless facilitators, proof-of-work fallback, and SCI's mode test results.
Compare atomic DvP settlement options for tokenized assets on public and hybrid rails: Solana DvP, single-ledger smart contracts (Santander/EIB), HTLC cross-chain, and Canton, focused on the stablecoin cash leg.
Farooq Malik went from development bank treasurer to Rain CEO. Career timeline, three rounds in ten months, and the Rain National Trust Bank filing.
Settle a tokenized asset for USDC with the Solana DvP program: Tokenkeg cash leg, verified terms, four recipient accounts, finalized settlement, and Reclaim/Cancel/Reject.
Receive-exact USDC with Circle Bridge Kit: estimate → opaque quote → bridge, totalDebit vs amountReceived, and when source-paid fees beat destination deduction.
Samsung Wallet adds USDC transfers for U.S. Galaxy users in late October, on Solana and Sui, via Bastion and Coinbase custody. What it means for remitters.
CDP SDK account.transfer for USDC on Base: parseUnits with 6 decimals, EOA vs Smart Account hashes, and why token usdc fails on ethereum.
Circle Bridge Kit turns CCTP into kit.bridge(). Here's the npm 1.15.2 API, FAST vs SLOW fees, useForwarder, and when to stay on manual depositForBurn.
