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Payments

Are Stablecoin Transfers Really Cheaper Than Wise or Remitly?
Are Stablecoin Transfers Really Cheaper Than Wise or Remitly?

A blockchain transfer can cost pennies. Getting dollars into a token and delivering spendable pesos, rupees or euros can cost much more. New BIS and IMF work shows why the cheapest settlement rail is not necessarily the cheapest remittance. The wrong benchmark is the blockchain fee The debate over stablecoin remittances is often framed as […]

Kraken, Wise and Mercado Pago report payment disruptions
Kraken, Wise and Mercado Pago report payment disruptions
Payment outages hit Worldpay, Airtel and Xendit
Payment outages hit Worldpay, Airtel and Xendit
Wirex SEPA transfers stall as Paysafe, Worldpay and Paystack report payment failures
Wirex SEPA transfers stall as Paysafe, Worldpay and Paystack report payment failures
Xendit faces repeated QR and GCash failures as PawaPay and Paystack report outages
Xendit faces repeated QR and GCash failures as PawaPay and Paystack report outages

Prop Trading

GOAT Funded Trader faces copy-trading allegations as Black Vault and Hypernova revise account rules
GOAT Funded Trader faces copy-trading allegations as Black Vault and Hypernova revise account rules

Today’s prop firm roundup covers three developments affecting funded traders, account rules and payout transparency. Black Vault Funding has introduced a five-payout lifetime limit per account alongside mandatory monthly trading activity and new short-duration trading controls. Hypernova has revised its on-chain transparency disclosures and introduced additional conditions for payout requests, including compliance-related holds. Meanwhile, GOAT […]

FundingPips traders challenge account breaches over disputed daily-loss calculations
FundingPips traders challenge account breaches over disputed daily-loss calculations
Prop firm roundup: Instant Funding and RaiseFX disputes
Prop firm roundup: Instant Funding and RaiseFX disputes
Tradeify cuts funded account limit as FundedNext raises affiliate withdrawal minimum
Tradeify cuts funded account limit as FundedNext raises affiliate withdrawal minimum
AquaFunded and Alpha Funded face $8,912 in disputed trader payouts
AquaFunded and Alpha Funded face $8,912 in disputed trader payouts

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