Stablecoins & Payments, 24–28 August. 28 stories, 5 days, one pattern: banks stopped piloting and started distributing. @StanChart became the first bank distributor of a HKD stablecoin platform. Shinhan Financial + @Visa will test the full loop - issuance, remittance, redemption. @jpmorgan is weighing a coin of its own. Distribution beat issuance this week. @Onafriq - USDC across 40+ African markets; @crossmint - global onramp; @wasabicard - payouts in 30+ currencies, The fight moved from minting to reach. Agents got their own rails. × Casper on AI agent payments. @reconart reconciling @solana remittances. Settlement is being rebuilt for payments a machine initiates, not a person. Regulators drew lines. UK is giving the Bank of England a formal mandate over stablecoins and digital money. @zerohashx resubmitted for an OCC national trust charter. And capital followed: @fasset - $1B valuation, SBI backing its payments push @BlockradarHQ , past $1B in volume @galaxyoneapp, credit lines on @Paxos rails.