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Circle Mints $250 Million USDC as Stablecoin Demand Stays Hot
Circle issued 249.96 million USDC tokens on-chain, adding directly to circulating supply as Bitcoin trades at $72,718.
Stablecoin Card Top-Ups Cross $1B in July for the First Time
Monthly crypto card volume hit $1.084B in July, up 15.9 percent from June, as USDC dominated settlements and Mastercard paid $1.8B to acquire BVNK.
KPMG Gives Tether Its First Clean Audit—Erasing the Market's Last Structural Objection
KPMG issued an unqualified opinion on Tether's 2025 financials, the first full audit in the stablecoin issuer's history after years of settlements, fines and skepticism.
Tether CEO Rules Out Proprietary Blockchain for USDT
Paolo Ardoino pushed back Aug. 15 on a CoinMarketCap analysis that grouped Tether with Stripe and Circle in a $1 billion stablecoin network race.
KPMG's Clean Tether Audit Closes a Decade-Long Trust Deficit—and Pressures Circle
KPMG issued an unqualified opinion on Tether's 2025 financials, the first full audit in the stablecoin giant's history, following two regulatory settlements totaling $59.5 million.
Venezuela Routes Dollar Payments Through Stablecoins as Sanctions Block Banking Access
Cut off from correspondent banking, Venezuela settles cross-border transactions in dollar-pegged stablecoins — a live test of whether blockchain rails can replace SWIFT for a sanctioned economy.
Circle's cirBTC Holds 40 BTC on Ethereum as WBTC Dominates Wrapped Bitcoin Market
Circle is pitching cirBTC as neutral institutional collateral, but the token has captured a negligible slice of the wrapped Bitcoin market since its June 8 launch.
Circle Locks In Coinbase USDC Deal Through 2029, Rules Out Dividends
USDC circulation hit $73.3 billion at quarter end, up 19 percent year-over-year, as Circle secures its core distribution channel and bets retained capital beats shareholder payouts.
Circle Mints 250M USDC as Institutional Demand Drives Fresh Capital Into Crypto
Circle's quarter-billion-dollar stablecoin issuance signals institutional capital deployment across major exchanges and DeFi protocols.
Circle Targets South Korea's 52 Million Kakao Users for USDC Payments
The stablecoin issuer signed a memorandum of understanding with Kakao Group to integrate USDC across KakaoTalk and Kakao Pay's vast digital ecosystem
Hyperliquid USDC Deal Cuts Coinbase Margins, Drives HYPE Higher
The decentralized exchange's direct integration with Circle cuts trading costs and attracts liquidity from centralized competitors
Circle Launches Arc Blockchain for USDC to Capture Direct Payment Fees
The new stablecoin protocol aims to reduce reliance on third-party chains and capture more transaction fees as USDC adoption grows across DeFi
Circle's cirBTC Unleashes Institutional DeFi Wave as BTC Holds $67,094
Circle's strategic move to launch cirBTC, a 1:1 Bitcoin-backed wrapped token, sets the stage for a new era of institutional engagement in decentralized finance, directly impacting BTC's $67,094 price point.
Circle's cirBTC: Institutional DeFi Gets Bitcoin Bridge as BTC Holds $67K
Circle's upcoming cirBTC token, a 1:1 Bitcoin-backed asset, is set to revolutionize institutional engagement with decentralized finance, offering a compliant and secure bridge for major players.