# Mastercard Harnesses AI Payments, Bitcoin Layer 2 Botanic Shuts Down, Stellar Targets Quantum Safe Blockchain, Crypto Reaches Finance Mainstream, and more...

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Podcast: [Crypto News Daily](https://stenobird.com/podcast/crypto-news-daily-6693499)
Published: 2026-06-11T18:36:44+00:00
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## Resource

(0:10): Mastercard Launches AI Payment Service, Embraces Crypto with Agent Pay for Machines (2:28): Bitcoin Layer 2 Project Botanix Shuts Down, Signals Setback for DeFi Ambitions (4:36): Stellar Launches Ambitious Plan for Quantum-Safe Blockchain Transition by 2027 (6:58): Crypto Revolution: Traditional Finance Firms Embrace Digital Assets by 2026, SpaceX Eyes Record-Breaking IPO (8:49): Binance to Launch Bstocks: Revolutionizing Equity Trading with Tokenized US Stocks on BNB Chain To subscribe visit https://www.brief.news . For more updates in your inbox each morning visit www.brief.news . Image credit: The Block

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