Stablecoin cards have been a hot topic this season. This week, we're diving deeper.

Our latest feature covers how Arculus and CompoSecure are building the payment rails behind cards from Coinbase, MetaMask, and Gemini. The timing tracks: Rain just acquired Fern to expand onchain payment capabilities, and Bridge rolled out card issuing across Africa and LATAM.

The infrastructure to spend stablecoins anywhere is scaling fast, and we're going where the builders are.

Drew will be at Solana Breakpoint. If you're a founder or team building in the stablecoin and onchain finance space and would like to sit down for an interview, reply to this email.

See the Events section below for how we cover conferences, and where the Breakpoint interviews will live on Stabledash.

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Arculus, built on CompoSecure’s secure metal-card technology, fuses cold storage, passkeys, and Visa/Mastercard/Amex rails into a single device, enabling crypto, stablecoins, and tokenized assets to be spent anywhere.

Powered by Adam Lowe’s “Global Johnnie Walker” vision, Arculus has become the behind-the-scenes engine for major crypto cards like Coinbase, MetaMask, and Gemini, offering elite security, EMV-certified hardware, and turnkey Web3 payment modules.

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Rain Acquires Fern to Bolster Onchain Payment Capabilities

Bridge Expands Stablecoin Card Issuing to Africa and LATAM, Unveils 'Open Issuance' Platform

Brale Launches Automations, a virtual account engine for stablecoins

Circle and Canton Network Launch USDCx for Private, Cross-Chain Settlement

Stable Launches USDT-Native Blockchain with New STABLE Governance Token

Global Dollar Network Surpasses 100 Partners as USDG Stablecoin Crosses $1 Billion Market Cap

M0 Integrates BlackRock's BUIDL for Collateral As Startale Launches Stablecoin

Kraken Acquires Backed Finance to Expand Tokenized Equities Offering

Our events page is your hub for on-the-ground conference coverage, founder interviews, and ecosystem insights from the world's leading stablecoin gatherings.

This is also where our Solana Breakpoint coverage will live after the show.

Chiara explored stablecoin safety ratings, MiCA's regulatory impact, and why European banks chose consortium models over solo launches. The headline stat: most stablecoins earn F ratings, and none have achieved A+ yet.

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Drew caught the builders reshaping money movement across Latin America. From Rain's $58M Series B announcement hours before going on camera to Bitso powering 10% of US-Mexico remittances. These conversations capture why LatAm is becoming the proving ground for stablecoin payments.

Watch the CDMX coverage

You can dive deeper into all of these stories and more on Stabledash, your single place to navigate the stablecoin industry online.

We'll be here every step of the way to help you understand the shifts, the risks, and the opportunities ahead.

Until next time,

Stay stable