Kraken got its own’s Fed account last week. It was a big news story but may be less of a crypto milestone than a payments and banking infrastructure shift. It was also the topic of the latest ‘From the Block’ podcast episode, in which PYMNTS CE...

Newly launched “Zero” network, backed by major market infrastructure players, targets institutional adoption by solving interoperability, security and scalability, the three hurdles keeping digital assets from mainstream financial rails.

Stablecoins were supposed to disintermediate the card networks. So why is Mastercard the one doing the building? In the latest “From the Block,” PYMNTS CEO Karen Webster and Citi’s Ryan Rugg puts the question straight to Mastercard’s Raj Dhamod...

On the latest From the Block podcast, Holland and Knight attorney Andrew Balthazor tells PYMNTS’ Karen Webster and Citi’s Ryan Rugg that until crypto solves for scams, user errors and consumer remedies, more adoption just means more losses. Her...

As blockchain heads into 2026, the conversation is shifting from big promises to hard realities. In the latest episode of “From the Block,” PYMNTS CEO Karen Webster chats with Citi Treasury and Trade Solutions Global Head of Digital Assets Ryan...

In the debut episode of “From The Block,” PYMNTS CEO Karen Webster chats with Ryan Rugg, global head of digital assets for Citi Treasury and Trade Solutions, to separate digital-asset reality from market narrative. For banks and corporates, the...

It’s a new must-listen show. Karen Webster and Ryan Rugg, global head of digital assets at Citi, are co-hosting ‘From the Block,’ a weekly podcast series that cuts through the noise and gives CFOs and treasurers the practical playbooks they nee...