The distribution rewards users who earned points by trading USD1 pairs on partner exchanges and maintaining USD1 balances.
CEO Ryan McInerney also noted that his company has started enabling banks to mint and burn their own stablecoins.
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CEO Devin McGranahan first signaled the company was exploring stablecoin integrations as early as July, inspired by the GENIUS Act.
Tether's XAUT value has more than doubled since August amid growing demand for tokenized real-world assets.
More than 100 firms across finance, payments, and technology are participating in the network's early development.
The bank is working with Coinbase to streamline digital asset payments for institutional clients.
Coinbase already allows some U.S.-based customers to borrow up to $100,000, using the their digital assets as collateral.
Canada aims to outline stablecoin rules in its Nov. 4 budget, as experts say U.S. GENIUS Act momentum risks pulling capital south.
The JPYC stablecoin is designed to maintain a 1:1 peg with the yen and is fully backed by yen deposits and Japanese government bonds.
Rumble Wallet will soon support payments and tips in Bitcoin, USDT, and Tether Gold for its 51 million monthly active users.
Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller proposed a new payment account on Oct. 21 that would grant stablecoin issuers and crypto firms direct access to Fed payment rails without full master account privileges. The announcement at the Fed’s inaugural Payments Innovation Conference marked a reversal from the central bank’s guarded stance toward digital asset firms. Waller […]
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For nearly a decade, XRP has been the underdog of the digital-asset world, overshadowed by Bitcoin’s narrative dominance, Ethereum’s developer gravity, and Solana’s speed headlines. Yet while most of the market debated ETFs and exchange listings, XRP’s core network, the XRP Ledger (XRPL), kept quietly evolving in the background. It is now re-emerging as an […]
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Early Warning Services, which operates Zelle, has launched an initiative designed to explore international transfers using stablecoin technology.
Crypto community members alleged that the majority of the deposit campaign was already occupied by large wallets before the announcement.
Recent acquisitions and the launch of the Tempo L1 mark Stripe’s return to crypto infrastructure as AI-driven commerce gains traction.
Spark allocated $100 million of its stablecoin reserves into a Superstate fund generating yield from a crypto cash and carry trade.
Schiff argues gold is “the one thing that makes sense to put on a blockchain,” while critics say trust, not code, still rules.
Stablecoin adoption surges post-GENIUS Act. Discover how cost savings, liquidity, and regulatory clarity are driving their growth in global finance.
The firm behind the fast-growing stablecoin blockchain also plans to obtain MiCA and EMI licenses as part of its expansion in Europe.
The tokens raise similar concerns to stablecoins, with potential risks around delivery, long-term reliability and the ability to redeem for physical gold.
The institutional liquidity provider’s new platform says it will let users exchange stablecoins like USDT and USDC across multiple blockchains without fees.
Stablecoins were used to move roughly $46 trillion over the past 12 months, according to new a16z crypto report. Beyond that, over $80 trillion has been processed in crypto trading volume across the same time period. Framed against payment “flows,” the stablecoin tally places on-chain dollars within low single-digit share of global settlement, and it […]
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The tool comes on the heels of the launch of the x402 Foundation, a Coinbase and Cloudflare-backed initiative to standardize AI-payments.
The success of stablecoins isn’t about speculation but about efficient utility — they are quietly becoming the most-used form of digital currency around the world, writes CoinFund’s David Pakman.
Beam’s tech could help Modern Treasury rival Stripe and Coinbase in instant, programmable dollar payments.
TRM Labs said in a new report that India and the US continued to lead crypto adoption during the period between January and July 2025.
The company's CEO Paolo Ardoino called the milestone perhaps "the biggest financial inclusion achievement in history."
Tether’s USDT fell from 70% market dominance in November 2024 to 59.9% by October 2025, the second sub-60% reading in a single year, while Circle’s USDC climbed from 20.5% to 25.3% over the same span. The shift coincides with Europe’s Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulation enforcement, but the dynamics tell a more complex story than […]
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The new engineering hires will expand Ethena Labs' exiting team, consisting of 10-15 employees, by 40%-50%.