Binance founder Changpeng Zhao or CZ threatened to sue news agency Bloomberg for a second time over its report alleging links between the exchange and the USD1 stablecoin. In an X post on Friday, CZ called the article “another hit piece” that was “sponsored by a competitor,” without explicitly naming the competitor. He dismissed it […]
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Tether announced it will discontinue support for its USDT stablecoin on five “legacy” blockchains, including Omni Layer, Bitcoin Cash SLP, Kusama, EOS, and Algorand. According to the July 11 announcement, the move will become effective Sept. 1, ending redemptions and freezing remaining tokens on those networks. The decision comes as part of what the company […]
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Former Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao allegedly supported crypto projects tied to the Trump family while privately seeking a presidential pardon, according to a July 11 Bloomberg News report. The report claimed that Binance wrote the foundational smart contract code for USD1, a stablecoin issued by World Liberty Financial, a company affiliated with President Donald Trump. […]
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The firm announced in 2023 that it would discontinue support for Bitcoin Cash, Kusama, and Omni due to a lack of usage.
Ethena Labs reached $290.2 million in total protocol revenue on July 9, trailing only Tether, Circle, and Sky among stablecoin issuers. Token Terminal data show that the stablecoin issuer reached $100 million in cumulative revenue 251 days after its launch, making it the second-fastest protocol to cross this threshold. Daily fees averaged $3.1 million during […]
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Circle, the issuer of the USDC stablecoin, is reportedly exploring a partnership with Ant Group to extend its presence into China, according to a July 10 report by Bloomberg. Sources familiar with the matter reportedly said that Ant Group, parent company of Alipay and one of China’s largest financial technology firms, plans to integrate USDC […]
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The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
Nick van Eck's stablecoin startup Agora secured $50 million in a Series A led by Paradigm to expand its AUSD-based services.
The move is part of Ant's broader effort to build a platform that supports various forms of digital currencies, including tokenized assets.
Issuance of pilot wholesale CBDC for testing the use cases will take place on different blockchain platforms, such as Hedera and R3 Corda.
Ant International will add Circle’s USDC to its network after U.S. compliance clears, positioning the stablecoin inside a $1 trillion+ payments ecosystem.
BOK Governor Lee said letting non-banks issue stablecoins could disrupt foreign currency exchange policies and the local banking sector.
Raj Parekh, Portal co-founder and a former Visa crypto director, will lead Monad’s stablecoin strategy following the acquisition.
In the runup to 'Crypto Week' in the House next week, a Senate Banking Committee hearing dug into policy ideas as Senator Warren flagged Trump "corruption."
According to a July 9 announcement, Ripple has appointed BNY Mellon as the official reserve custodian for its enterprise-focused stablecoin, Ripple USD (RLUSD). According to a July 9 announcement, BNY Mellon was selected based on its extensive experience in digital asset infrastructure and its role as a trusted provider of transaction banking services in the US. The […]
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Heading into next week's "Crypto Week" on Capitol Hill, the House of Representatives is lining up a few votes as it puts its major focus on the Stability Act.
Circle and OKX have partnered to let the exchange’s 60 million users swap dollars for USDC to expand stablecoin liquidity.
Ripple chose world’s biggest custodian bank BNY to safeguard the cash and Treasurys backing its RLUSD stablecoin.
On-chain data shows the Binance Exchange Reserve has diverged between Bitcoin and the stablecoins. Here’s what this could mean for the market. Bitcoin & Stablecoin Exchange Reserves Have Decoupled On Binance In a CryptoQuant Quicktake post, an analyst has talked about the latest trend in the Binance Exchange Reserve for Bitcoin and the stablecoins. The “Exchange Reserve” here refers to an on-chain metric that keeps track of the total amount of a given asset that’s sitting on the wallets attached to a centralized exchange. When the value of this metric rises, it means the holders are making net deposits of the asset to the platform. Generally, investors use exchanges when they want to participate in trading activities, so them making inflows could signal appetite for trading the coin away. Related Reading: Ethereum ETF Inflows Hit 8-Week Streak—Institutions Still Buying For cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, this is something that can naturally have a bearish impact on the price. The same, however, isn’t true in the case of the stablecoins, as they are, by definition, always stable around the same value as the fiat currency that they are pegged to. Investors usually store their capital in the form of these tokens when they want to avoid the volatility associated with assets like Bitcoin. Many of them, however, plan to eventually return back to the volatile side. Once they have decided to make the switch, they transfer their stablecoins to exchanges. When they make the swap to a coin like Bitcoin, its price naturally observes a buying boost. As such, stablecoin inflows can be bullish for the volatile cryptocurrencies. Now, here is the chart shared by the analyst that shows the trend in the Exchange Reserve of Binance for Bitcoin and the stablecoins over the last couple of years: As displayed in the above graph, the Binance Exchange Reserve for the two asset classes showed some correlation in 2024. But by the end of the year, a shift had occurred, with the stablecoins witnessing sharp inflows and Bitcoin outflows. The two have remained decoupled in 2025 so far, although their trends no longer diverge as extremely. The stablecoin Binance exchange reserve has recently been trending sideways, while the one for Bitcoin has rapidly been moving down. Related Reading: Dogecoin Resistance Walls Ahead: Analyst Flags 3 Key Levels Thus, it would appear that there is a large amount of fiat-tied tokens on the exchange potentially waiting to be deployed into the volatile side and at the same time, investors are also pulling out BTC supply, hinting at ongoing accumulation. This could hint at bullish conditions aligning on the largest cryptocurrency exchange, but it only remains to be seen whether the setup would reflect in the Bitcoin price or not. BTC Price Bitcoin is holding steady as its price is still trading around the $108,800 level. Featured image from Dall-E, CryptoQuant.com, chart from TradingView.com
Ripples seeks a U.S. banking license that would provide federal oversight for RLUSD, its stablecoin which just crossed over $500 million in market cap.
Four US-dollar stablecoin issuers hold roughly $182 billion in US Treasury bills, an amount that would slot them 17th on the Treasury Department’s country-by-country league table. The amount in overnight Treasury-collateralized repos and Treasury-heavy money market funds would put the group between Norway’s $195.9 billion and Saudi Arabia’s $133.8 billion. Tether’s USDT tops the cohort. […]
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Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino revealed that the firm holds roughly $8 billion in gold in a Swiss vault during an interview with Bloomberg News on July 7. Ardoino called the site “the most secure vault in the world” and said the company owns almost the entire 80-ton stockpile outright, placing the El Salvador-based issuer among […]
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The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
CRCL debuted last month with an IPO price of $31 per share, and the stock currently trades around $205 per share.
The number of approved applications is expected to be small, according to reports from China media.
More than 50 institutions, including major stablecoin issuers and crypto service providers, have received regulatory approval under the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) framework within the first six months of the regulation. On July 7, Circle executive Patrick Hansen shared new data from the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), revealing that 53 entities […]
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Authorities in the Chinese city of Shenzhen have warned residents about fraudulent investment schemes tied to digital assets and stablecoins. In a statement published on July 7, the city’s Office of the Municipal Task Force for Preventing and Combating Illegal Financial Activities cautioned against deceptive platforms posing as legitimate crypto investment opportunities. According to the […]
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Christopher Hui, Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury, told local newspaper that the region may issue stablecoin licenses this year but the number is likely to remain 'in the single digits.'
Ex-ECB board member Lorenzo Bini Smaghi warned the EU's slow roll-out of euro stablecoins could cede control to dollar-backed tokens.
Rostec, the Russian defense and technology conglomerate, announced on July 3 that it will introduce a ruble-pegged stablecoin and a linked payment network this year, utilizing Tron infrastructure. According to the Russian news agency TASS, Rostec named the token RUBx and set a one-to-one exchange rate with the ruble. Deputy General Director Alexander Nazarov stated that the corporation […]
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