Crypto card monthly volume climbed to about $660 million in April 2026, rising from near zero in March 2023. TRON accounted for the largest share of volume across the period, followed by BSC and then Ethereum. Recent months also show growing contributions from Solana and several L2 networks as multi-chain card rails expand.

Stablecoin payment apps often apply per-transaction, daily/weekly, and velocity limits that can slow payroll, vendor payouts, and cross-border transfers even when the token itself has no on-chain ceiling. The article outlines why providers set caps for AML/CTF, fraud, sanctions, consumer protection, and liquidity management, and describes practical ways to plan transfers, complete higher KYC tiers, and use alternative rails when needed.

South Korea's Seoul Southern District Prosecutors' Office arrested five suspects on May 11, 2026, and indicted them on May 27, 2026, in what it described as the country's first criminal rug-pull case tied to a decentralized exchange. Prosecutors allege the group manipulated CATFI on a Solana-based DEX, draining liquidity and causing 256 investors to lose a combined 900 million won ($600,000) while the organizers made about 400 million won ($260,000).

Qivalis said it expanded to 37 member banks across 15 European countries on May 20, 2026, after adding 25 institutions, including Intesa Sanpaolo and BPER Banca. The consortium is aiming for an end-2026 launch of a 1:1 euro-pegged stablecoin designed for institutional use and cross-border payments, ahead of the ECB's digital euro timeline.

DTCC said on May 27, 2026 it plans to connect its tokenized securities platform to the Stellar network by the first half of 2027. The firm said this would place DTC-custodied securities on a public blockchain for the first time, under an SEC no-action letter covering Russell 1000 stocks, ETFs, and U.S. Treasuries.

Sen. Cynthia Lummis warned on May 27, 2026 that if the CLARITY Act does not pass in this congressional session, U.S. software developers could again face prosecution simply for publishing code. She said the outcome would amount to “regulatory dark ages,” criticizing the SEC’s enforcement-led approach and calling this the last realistic legislative window until at least 2030. The Senate Banking Committee has already advanced the bill, but she argued that securing full floor approval is a separate hurdle.

Stake DAO's vsdCRV on Arbitrum was exploited after a suspected deployer-key compromise, enabling the minting of 5,446,744,073,709 tokens and swaps into about 43.78 ETH. The incident prompted Stake DAO, Curve, and Beefy Finance to pause or warn on affected products, underscoring how automated vaults can conceal dependencies like cross-chain messaging, wrapper accounting, and key control.

South Korean prosecutors say they have arrested and indicted five people in what they describe as the country’s first criminal case targeting a rug pull conducted on a decentralized exchange. Authorities allege the CATFI token scheme on a Solana-based DEX left 256 investors with about 900 million won (roughly $600,000) in losses, while organizers took around 400 million won in illicit profits.