Huma Finance (@humafinance): Another massive week for PayFi and the partners building alongside us.

Another massive week for PayFi and the partners building alongside us. Headlines ↓ 1️⃣ @WhiteHouse issued an executive order directing regulators to evaluate giving non-bank fintechs, including digital asset firms, direct access to Federal Reserve payment rails. 2️⃣ @SoFi, a regulated U.S. bank, launched SoFiUSD, giving its 15M members access to the bank-issued stablecoin on @Solana. 3️⃣ Block’s @cashapp began a phased @USDC payments rollout to nearly 60M users. 4️⃣ @Coinbase and Standard Chartered partnered to unlock multi-currency funding rails for institutional clients, aiming to enhance capital efficiency and reduce FX friction. 5️⃣ @Mastercard granted New York State Department of Financial Services BitLicense. 6️⃣ Bank of International Settlements is collaborating with multiple central banks and over 40 financial institutions to test atomic, multi-currency settlement of wholesale cross-border payments onchain. 7️⃣ @NiumGlobal joined Circle Payments Network (CPN), connecting USDC settlement to Nium’s global payout infrastructure across 190+ countries and 100 currencies. 8️⃣ @Stable partnered with @Morpho, @Theo_Network, and @gauntlet_xyz to launch StableEarn, an institutional-grade Earn experience on Stable. 9️⃣ @jia_DeFi raised $7.3M from @cbventures, @StellarOrg, @A100x_Ventures and more to provide blockchain-based financing to small businesses in emerging markets. 1️⃣0️⃣ @fasset, a fast growing stablecoin-powered banking and payments platform, has raised $51M in Series B from SBI Group, Arz Portfoy, Investcorp, and others.