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Aside from native issuance of PYUSD on Polygon, businesses are also now able to use the stablecoin more seamlessly using Polygon’s Open Money Stack, the companies said.Polygon said more than $2.6 trillion in stablecoin transactions have been settled on its network.

PayPal USD is now issued natively on Polygon through the Open Money Stack, giving businesses direct access to regulated stablecoin payments and settlements.The integration combines wallets, fiat ramps and compliance tools into a single system to simplify cross border payments and local currency payouts.The launch extends PayPal’s PYUSD expansion after February’s PYUSDx platform and follows Mastercard’s decision to support PYUSD for stablecoin settlements across multiple blockchains.

The FX Layer is designed to make swapping between stablecoins easier and more efficient by creating a shared pool for issuers to plug into.Spark is migrating $150 million from its USDS ecosystem to Uniswap v4, establishing a “liquidity foundation” for the new pool.

Zelle will launch its first international remittance corridor in India, with availability expected before the end of 2026.Early Warning Services has introduced ZelleUSD, a U.S. dollar backed stablecoin designed to support future cross border payments.The move advances plans announced in 2025, when Zelle said stablecoin technology would power its international expansion strategy.

Mastercard’s Agent Pay for Machines infrastructure will support high-volume, low-value payments by autonomous AI agents.The company has partnered with over 30 tech providers, including a litany of crypto firms, “to validate priority use cases, establish common rules and accelerate adoption across industries.”

Mastercard announced that it is expanding its settlement capabilities to include fiat and regulated stablecoin-based card settlement, including USDC, PYUSD, and RLUSD, across its global payments network.The company said the rollout enables intraday, weekend, and holiday settlement for issuers and acquirers, with support across multiple blockchains.

Galaxy Digital and State Street Investment Management have launched the State Street Galaxy Onchain Liquidity Sweep Fund (SWEEP), a tokenized cash management product aimed at delivering 24/7 on-chain liquidity.The fund lets institutional investors subscribe and redeem using stablecoins while earning yield on underlying traditional securities, initially on Solana with plans to expand to Ethereum and Stellar.Galaxy provides tokenization infrastructure, Anchorage Digital handles digital asset custody, and State Street manages the off-chain portfolio, extending the institutional trend set by BlackRock’s BUIDL tokenized Treasury fund.