Stablecoins

Federally chartered crypto bank integrates stablecoin protocol, letting institutional clients mint, stake, and earn yields directly through regulated custody.

Coinbase Vice Chair Ryan VanGrack says traditional finance has moved past debate to adoption, with broad support growing for the CLARITY Act.

Whale Alert flagged the 250 million USDC minting at Treasury, signaling institutional demand for dollar-backed liquidity in crypto markets.

Partnership announced September 10 grants smaller U.S. financial institutions real-time settlement infrastructure ahead of pending digital-asset regulation.

The payments infrastructure startup plans to obtain regulatory licenses across emerging markets and scale local-currency conversion rails for stablecoins.

Coinbase President Emilie Choi outlined an 'everything exchange' strategy to move beyond crypto trading into remittances, prediction markets, and asset-backed finance.

All-stock deal brings Singapore payments firm's $25B annual volume and 100+ market payout coverage into Circle's ecosystem, deepening USDC utility in emerging markets.

Oak HC/FT-led Series A targets remittance friction in Southeast Asia, Latin America, and Africa by licensing its own payment rails in each region.

Visa reports $20 billion in stablecoin settlement volume as traditional banks intensify digital dollar integration efforts.

Tokenized assets grew 20-fold in three years, with BlackRock, Ondo Finance, and Circle driving adoption following federal stablecoin legislation.

The FSC's three-stage roadmap begins with institutional private instruments, expands to public securities, and culminates in stablecoin settlement by design.

The euro-pegged token, issued via Stripe's Bridge, rolls out in Denmark, Poland and Portugal as Revolut removes Tether from its European platform.

The U.K. fintech secured national bank charter approval in six months and aims to offer deposits, lending, stablecoins and digital assets from a Connecticut base starting in 2027.

Two companies secured conditional approval to operate national banks offering custody, stablecoin issuance and cross-border crypto transfers—a significant green light for regulated digital asset banking.

Andreessen Horowitz-backed fintech cleared to operate as full-service national bank in Utah, bypassing trust charter limits that constrain Coinbase and Circle

SoFi and Kraken's parent company integrate stablecoin settlement with institutional crypto trading, addressing the structural friction between traditional banking hours and continuous digital asset markets.

The London fintech secured preliminary clearance to operate as a national bank, pending Federal Reserve and FDIC sign-off before its targeted 2027 U.S. launch.

The DeFi protocol suspended all NUSD functions and paused other operations on legal advice, with the cause and scale of any impairment remaining unclear.

On-chain data shows a $272 million stablecoin transfer from Coinbase Institutional to the main exchange wallet—routine treasury management, not a market-moving event.

The Paradigm-backed network processed $25 million in stablecoins across 177,000 addresses, targeting merchants and banks moving digital dollars.

Deputy Chairman Anatoly Popov said the Bank of Russia must formally permit public circulation of the three assets before Sberbank activates collateral positions for Ether and Tether's stablecoin.

Locked out of U.S. dollar clearing, Venezuela is using USDT and USDC for cross-border trade — a live test of stablecoins as sovereign workaround.

The regulator's fiscal 2027 reform request seeks to exempt trust stablecoins from inheritance tax filing requirements that trigger on every token transfer.

Tokenized assets expand into lending, spot trading and derivatives as broader DeFi activity slows, according to a CoinShares and Token Terminal report.

Japanese financial giant acquires 20 percent of Indonesian investment platform to distribute JPYSC stablecoin and deepen regional digital asset footprint.

Revolut rolled out EURR, a euro-pegged stablecoin, across Denmark, Poland and Portugal, with Stripe-owned Bridge Building S.A. handling issuance and redemption.

Traditional finance and fintech firms are building on-chain infrastructure for brokerage, tokenized assets, and DeFi, leveraging stablecoins as foundational payment rails.

The 20 percent stake in Indonesia's retail investment platform gives SBI direct distribution access for JPYSC across millions of users and a multi-asset trading infrastructure.

A consortium of state banking associations plans a blockchain network for tokenized deposits by 2027, but has not disclosed consensus mechanisms, governance structures, or secured participation from any major lender.

The euro-backed token, issued by Stripe-owned Bridge Building S.A., rolls out to customers in Denmark, Poland, and Portugal under MiCA compliance.

A single wallet's 11-trade burst on Aug. 25 pushed PT-reUSD down 3%, triggering 33 forced liquidations across 19-20 Morpho positions in under 14 minutes.

TRONSCAN data shows 400.21M cumulative addresses, with $94.2B in USDT and 11.82M daily transactions establishing TRON as the dominant settlement layer for dollar-denominated transfers.

Total supply added $2.45B in seven days, with USDC reaching $2B weekly growth and USDC capturing 90% of Base's $5B stablecoin liquidity

The $53.6M synthetic stablecoin halted minting and redemptions Aug. 14 on legal advice, leaving holders unable to access backing assets as the protocol investigates a potential loss.

The on-chain credit platform has originated over $15 billion in cumulative loans and distributed more than $100 million in interest to liquidity providers since shifting to overcollateralized lending after 2022.

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.