Digital asset infrastructure provider Stablecore has joined forces with two U.S. federal credit union organizations to launch a program intended to help the small lenders evaluate stablecoin, tokenized deposit and digital asset products as adoption grows. Together with Circuit, a research and development Credit Union Service Organization (CUSO) and Curql, a fintech investment organization with more than 160 credit union members, Stablecore’s initiative will allow participating credit unions to test and offer stablecoin and digital asset services. These include stablecoins, tokenized deposits, Bitcoin, on and offramps, and staking, among other things. The program will provide education to both staff and members of credit unions, in order to prepare them for…
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Alchemy Launches AgentCard, a Visa Payment Card for AI
AgentCard will support crypto payments
Blockchain infrastructure provider Alchemy is partnering with Visa to launch AgentCard, a new payment method for AI agents designed to let them operate in the real world. Using agents from any provider, the virtual Visa card will let users’ AI agents ”book a vacation, order groceries, or renew a subscription on a consumer’s behalf, without the consumer ever touching a checkout screen,” Alchemy said in a statement. The AgentCard features built-in spending controls, including merchant category restrictions, per-transaction limits, and customizable budgets, all configurable at startup or in real time. “The hardest part of deploying an agent today has nothing to do with intelligence, it is getting the agent set…
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Coinbase Advances Its ‘Everything Exchange’
Tokenized stocks, options trading, AI advisor are part of the new offerings
Crypto exchange Coinbase is advancing its ‘everything exchange’ push, adding tokenized stocks, stock and options trading, and an AI advisor to its offerings. On the stock trading front, Coinbase Advanced users can now transfer over their stock portfolio — including virtually every major stock, index, and ETF — with zero-commission trading, fractional shares, and 3.5% rewards on trade-ready USDC balances. For non-U.S. customers, Coinbase has rolled out tokenized stocks backed one-to-one by the underlying asset, with automatic dividend payments and full shareholder rights. Also coming down the pike is options trading for both stocks and crypto. “We have been hard at work building upon the product foundations that make the…
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Coinbase for Agents Will Make Payments and Trade Crypto
Agentic AI tool will manage holdings without constant manual oversight
Coinbase has launched Coinbase for Agents, a tool that allows AI agents to make payments, execute strategies, and trade crypto for users of the leading exchange. Coinbase for Agents will connect users’ favorite agents like ChapGPT or Claude directly to their Coinbase account. Operating within limits they control, the agents can now do both financial reasoning and execution, Coinbase said. The agent will operate within its own isolated portfolio, without visibility or access into other holdings. Or, it can simply use your main Coinbase account. Coinbase for Agents will only be able to touch what you’ve given it specific permission to do. Soon, users will be able to set exact…
