Stablecoins

Brian Armstrong outlines how stablecoins, DeFi, tokenized stocks, and Bitcoin are expanding financial services to billions outside traditional banking.

Circle's stock surged after acquiring 680 patent families from IBM, fueling demand for Ondo Finance's tokenized equity wrap.

The institutional crypto lender rebuilt after 2022 with a 99 percent repayment rate on over $15 billion in cumulative originations.

The billion-dollar stablecoin issuance signals potential capital deployment across exchanges and DeFi protocols as Bitcoin and Ethereum rally.

Circle issued 249.96 million USDC tokens on-chain, adding directly to circulating supply as Bitcoin trades at $72,718.

Revolut drops USDT for EU users by Aug. 31, but on-chain data shows Tether adoption accelerating on low-fee networks in emerging markets.

Tether delisted from Revolut and other European platforms after MiCA rules took effect, but global stablecoin demand remains firm as emerging markets drive growth.

The analytics platform now tracks 8,343 protocols, 417 stablecoins and 2,270 RWAs, documenting how on-chain liquidity has fragmented across multiple chains and asset classes.

Regulatory agencies advance digital asset frameworks through rulemaking as the Clarity Act stalls, clearing pathways for offerings up to $75 million annually and treating stablecoins as cash equivalents.

KPMG U.S. issued an unqualified opinion on Tether International's 2025 financials, verifying $6.81B in reserves above liabilities, but Tether will not publish the full statements.

Cut off from correspondent banking, Venezuela settles international transactions in dollar-pegged stablecoins — a live stress test no sandbox could replicate.

KPMG issued an unqualified opinion on Tether International's 2025 financials, verifying reserves $6.81 billion above liabilities, but Tether will not release the full statements.

A proposed rule released Monday draws legal boundaries on who may issue or sell payment stablecoins to U.S. customers, with compliance dates in 2027 and 2028.

The fixed-rate, fixed-term lending protocol launched on Base has doubled its loan book in 14 days, with cbBTC/USDC pairs anchoring early volume.

KPMG physically verified 150 tons of Swiss-vaulted gold and confirmed a $6.8 billion surplus over liabilities, as CEO Paolo Ardoino pushes into emerging-market AI.

The dashboard now covers tokenized stocks and ETFs on BNB Chain, pulling holder counts, spot DEX activity and lending deposits into a single view as RWA value on the chain hits $4B.

Cut off from correspondent banking, Venezuela is settling cross-border trade in USDT and USDC — a live stress test for on-chain dollars at sovereign scale.

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 U.S. issued an unqualified opinion on Tether International's 2025 financials, the issuer's first full audit, but the underlying statements remain unpublished.

The synthetic dollar's $53.6M supply is locked as Neutrl discloses an unspecified reserve problem and pauses protocol functions on legal advice.

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.

Protocol teams that orchestrate partner-led solutions, not those selling infrastructure ownership, are winning enterprise deals, a16z crypto said.

Blockchain analyst Yajin Zhou found HKDAP's Ethereum contract lets a single key mint, freeze and force-burn tokens, violating HKMA licensing rules.

Paolo Ardoino pushed back Aug. 15 on a CoinMarketCap analysis that grouped Tether with Stripe and Circle in a $1 billion stablecoin network race.

Paolo Ardoino says Tether International is the sole USDT issuer after KPMG's U.S. arm issued a clean opinion on its 2025 financials — but the full report remains private.

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.

KPMG U.S. issued an unqualified opinion on Tether International's 2025 financials, showing a $6.81B reserve cushion — but the full audit document remains unpublished.

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.

A CoinShares and Token Terminal report shows RWA spot trading up 220 percent year over year while overall DEX volumes dropped roughly 70 percent in the same period.

Transaction volume surged 147% year over year to $5.3 billion, yet quarterly revenue fell to $14.4 million and the net loss widened to $21.7 million.

Locked out of correspondent banking, Venezuela routes cross-border payments through USD-pegged tokens — a sovereign-scale test of on-chain dollar settlement.

KPMG issued an unqualified opinion on Tether International's 2025 financials, verifying $6.81B in reserves above liabilities — but Tether has not released the full statements.

The Big Four firm physically counted every gold bar in Tether's custody and found reserves exceeding liabilities by $6.814 billion, the company said Aug. 13.

Cut off from correspondent banking and dollar settlement, Venezuela routes cross-border payments through USDT and USDC—a live test no white paper could manufacture.

KPMG U.S. issued an unqualified opinion on Tether International's financials, physically verifying gold bar holdings under U.S. GAAP.

Circle's EURC commands $526M of the $810M euro stablecoin market, with Ethereum hosting nearly 70 percent of total supply across 20 chains.

The stablecoin card issuer adds Ansa's white-label prepaid wallet software and a new Mastercard partnership to bridge on-chain and traditional payment rails.

TRON's stablecoin market cap reached $89.2 billion in Q2 2026, with USDT accounting for 98.5 percent of the total as U.S. access to TRX expanded.

VASPs must submit authorization applications by Oct. 30, 2026, including independent AML audits and capital reserves of $2M to $6.7M by license tier.

The June 12, 2025, issuance pushes USDC's circulating supply to roughly $34.2 billion, with fresh liquidity flowing into DeFi protocols and exchanges.

On-chain data shows hundreds of millions in Bitcoin and stablecoin transfers across Coinbase Institutional, Kraken and DeFi protocols in a single session.

The network hosts over $90 billion in USDT, nearly half of global supply, as daily active addresses and transactions climb quarter-over-quarter.

Ethereum holds $161 billion in supply and leads transfer volume, while Solana and Tron capture high-throughput payments and emerging-market remittances.

Cut off from correspondent banking and SWIFT settlement, Venezuela has routed trade through USDT and USDC — giving stablecoins their clearest proof of utility in real-economy commerce.

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.

The Federal Reserve kept rates unchanged, sustaining the yield floor for tokenized Treasuries and tightening the capital-flow competition against DeFi lending pools.

The USDPT-backed card lets remittance recipients hold U.S. dollar value on-chain, extending crypto utility into global payments across 40-plus countries.

The regulated enterprise stablecoin USDGO reached $1 billion in circulating supply in July, three months after crossing $100 million, placing it among the top six globally.

The payment giant finalized its purchase of the London-based stablecoin infrastructure firm, its largest digital currency investment to date, sharpening fiat-crypto interoperability across its network.

HashPort's wallet integration lets MOACT app users swap loyalty points for JPYC, adding to Polygon's $265 million in cumulative yen stablecoin transfers.