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Mastercard Partners With Yellow Card to Build African Stablecoin Payment Rails
Sending $200 to Sub-Saharan Africa costs an average of 8.78% of the transfer value, according to World Bank data from Q1 2025. The global average is 6.49%. When banks handle it, the average jumps to 14.55%, the highest of any provider category worldwide. Those numbers explain, better than any press release can, why stablecoins are…
Stablecoins Save Lives: How USDT Is Protecting Venezuelans’ Money
When U.S. forces intervened in Venezuela, many locals didn’t wait. They moved quickly to convert bolívares into Tether (USDT), a dollar-pegged stablecoin. It was a reaction to the immediate threat, but it’s also part of a longer trend. For years, people in countries with unstable currencies have turned to digital dollars as a hedge. Mauricio…
