The Circle Foundation provides grants to UNDP and WFP to explore stablecoin-based aid payments

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Circle Foundation explores stablecoin payments for humanitarian aid, providing grants to the United Nations Development Programme and the World Food Programme

PANews September 25 reported that the Circle Foundation announced two grants to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the World Food Programme (WFP) to explore the use of digital payments and digital financial infrastructure in humanitarian aid and development projects. The Circle Foundation said the initiatives will examine how digital payments and regulated payment stablecoins can disburse funds to aid recipients more quickly, transparently, and at lower cost. For UNDP, the grant will be used to establish and operate a “Digital Asset Innovation Pool” to help country offices expand digital payment pilots previously conducted in Syria, Haiti, Guatemala, and The Gambia from individual projects to routine programme delivery, while providing regulatory, operational, and beneficiary-protection support; this mechanism will not replace traditional banking channels, but will serve as an additional option alongside existing payment systems. For WFP, the grant will support its development of stablecoin p...

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The Circle Foundation announced two grants to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the World Food Programme (WFP).
The grant programmes will explore the use of digital payments and digital financial infrastructure in humanitarian aid and development projects.
The initiatives will examine the use of digital payments and regulated payment stablecoins to disburse funds.
The grant to UNDP will be used to establish and operate a “Digital Asset Innovation Pool”.
This mechanism will not replace traditional banking channels, but will serve as an additional option alongside existing payment systems.

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The initiative aims to examine whether digital payments and regulated stablecoins can be used to distribute humanitarian aid funds, and to support relevant institutions in expanding digital payment pilots.

Why it matters to readers

If the projects are implemented further, stablecoins may gain trials and awareness in more institutional payment scenarios.

It demonstrates that, beyond trading, stablecoins may be studied for the disbursement of humanitarian aid funds across institutions.

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The WFP portion of the main text in the provided evidence is truncated, so the specific development content is incomplete.
The evidence does not state the type of stablecoin actually adopted, the funding amount, or the implementation timeline.
The evidence only describes an exploration and grant programme; it does not confirm that the project has been implemented as a routine operation.
The provided evidence does not include Circle Foundation’s UNDP or WFP original announcement.

The Circle Foundation provides grants to UNDP and WFP to explore stablecoin-based aid payments

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