Stablecoins used to be a crypto convenience, a way to park dollars between trades without touching fiat. However, the industry has matured enough that BlackRock now treats them as foundational rails for the market. In its 2026 Global Outlook, the BlackRock Investment Institute argued that stablecoins are widening beyond exchanges and becoming integrated into mainstream […]
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Rain has raised $250 million in a Series C funding round, valuing the stablecoin payments firm at $1.95 billion.
A7A5, a ruble-linked stablecoin few outside Russia had heard of a year ago grew the most of any stablecoin, outpacing both USDT and USDC over the past 12 months.
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
On Jan. 7, Donald Trump’s World Liberty Financial (WLFI) formally applied for a national banking charter to establish the “World Liberty Trust Company.” This is a proposed national trust bank specifically designed to handle USD1 stablecoin issuance, custody, redemption, and reserve management. USD1 is WLFI's flagship product, with more than $3.3 billion in supply across […]
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Chainalysis reported crypto crime hit $154 billion in 2025, driven by state-linked hacking, sanctions evasion and stablecoin-based laundering.
Wyoming launched a state-backed stablecoin on Solana, and Morgan Stanley filed for a Solana trust product this week. Last month, Visa expanded USDC settlement to run on Solana rails, and JPMorgan tokenized commercial paper using Solana for part of the settlement stack. These are not rumors or roadmap promises. They happened over 60 days, and […]
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Binance has rolled out its first regulated TradFi perpetual futures, starting with USDT-settled gold and silver contracts.
USDC.n served as the canonical representation of the popular stablecoin on the Sei Network before Circle issued a native version of the token.
The DeFi protocol said WLTC Holdings LLC filed an application to establish a national trust bank purpose-built for stablecoin operations.
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
The Kinexys-led move aims to bring regulated digital cash to a privacy-enabled blockchain for real-time, interoperable finance.
FRNT, issued under the Wyoming Stable Token Act, represents the first blockchain-based asset backed by a U.S. state.
After a choppy end to 2025, Wall Street broker Bernstein said crypto markets have likely bottomed and it sees a broad-based tokenization boom reshaping finance.
The stablecoin will be backed by Brazil's National Treasury bonds and offer exposure to the country's interest rate, currently 15%.
Rumble and Tether have launched a non-custodial crypto wallet that powers native tipping for creators using bitcoin, USDT, and Tether Gold.
The move extends JPM Coin to its second network after launching on the Coinbase-supported Ethereum Layer 2 Base in November 2025.
Ubyx is building a framework to enable tokenized money to move between issuers and institutions, supporting the exchange and redemption of funds.
Barclays has made its first stablecoin startup investment, backing Ubyx as banks push into regulated digital payments.
Solana saw $1.4 billion in REV, a controversial measure of user-generated value, while driving down average network fees.
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
Gold’s rally has widened performance gaps across major assets, with bullion outperforming both U.S. equities and crypto markets over the year.
Kontigo reimbursed 1,005 users $340,905 after a breach, as CEO Jesus Castillo confirmed his own account was affected by the incident.
USDC grew faster than USDT for the second consecutive year, driven by increased demand for regulated digital dollars.
JupUSD is an Ethena whitelabel stablecoin backed primarily by BlackRock's tokenized USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund.
Crypto VCs told The Block they expect disciplined activity to persist in 2026, with a higher bar for new investments.
The euro finally has a substantial stablecoin market, and for once, it's not just a niche corner of DeFi. When MiCA’s stablecoin rules kicked in June 2024, they turned euro-pegged stablecoins into a regulated product category with paperwork, reserve rules, and an actual licensing lane. Under MiCA, stablecoins that reference a single fiat currency sit […]
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Industry insiders expect deal momentum to continue into 2026, driven by consolidation, targeted acquisitions, and a still-open IPO window.
Asia laid the groundwork for non-USD stablecoins in 2025, as regulators and crypto firms pushed local-currency stablecoin initiatives.
Analysts say that bitcoin is becoming increasingly sensitive to macroeconomic data and ETF flows as speculative cycles wane.