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Kraken Will Let You Walk Into a MoneyGram in 100 Countries and Cash Out Your Crypto — the Most Aggressive Off-Ramp Any US Exchange Has Built

Kraken's deal with MoneyGram puts crypto-to-cash withdrawals in roughly 500,000 retail locations across more than 100 countries, weeks before the exchange's planned Nasdaq listing.

5 May 2026·Oliver Woodford·1 min read

Business

Meta Starts Paying Creators in USDC Through Stripe — Five Years After Libra Was Killed in the Senate

Meta has begun routing creator earnings through Circle's USDC on Solana and Polygon via Stripe, starting in Colombia and the Philippines. It is the company's first stablecoin product since regulators forced it to abandon Libra in 2019.

30 Apr 2026·Sarah Blake

Adoption

Ohio becomes first US state to accept bitcoin for tax payments

Ohio's treasurer began accepting cryptocurrency payments for business taxes on November 26, 2018, making the state the first in the United States to adopt this payment method.

26 Nov 2018·Oliver Woodford