The Federal Reserve, US market regulators, and global financial institutions are simultaneously recalibrating their policies, creating a convergence that is reshaping the landscape for both traditional and crypto markets. For investors, the final quarter of 2025 presents an environment characterized by shifts in interest rates, regulatory harmonization, ETF approvals, and the introduction of new stablecoin […]
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US Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller used the Sibos 2025 stage to highlight the Fed’s growing interest in new technologies shaping the financial system. He disclosed that the central bank is conducting hands-on research into tokenization, smart contracts, and artificial intelligence in the payments sector. According to Waller, this work is designed to understand how […]
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All investors in both private and public rounds will get an “onchain redemption right” to redeem up to their original principal at any time.
Integration allows fintechs and enterprises to settle in EURAU, claimed to be the first euro stablecoin under BaFin’s e-money license.
Aster started gaining significant traction after its token launch and subsequent endorsement from Binance co-founder Changpeng Zhao.
If you thought studying the world’s idle capital was akin to watching paint dry, think again. There’s a new reality show on the blockchain called synthetic stablecoins, and it’s packed with action, intrigue, and more market moves than a Wolf of Wall Street outtake. Remember the days when stablecoins were the dullest asset in the […]
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Platforms like M^0 and Agora are addressing the issue by allowing stablecoin infrastructure to be built to route yield to applications or directly to end users.
Swift has chosen Consensys-developed Linea to pilot its transition from traditional interbank messaging to blockchain-based communications, according to a Sept. 26 report by The Big Whale. A source familiar with the matter said the global banking consortium selected the Ethereum layer-2 network after months of negotiations to test how interbank on-chain messaging can replace its […]
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SoftBank and Ark Invest have entered early discussions to participate in Tether’s largest external capital raise, according to a Sept. 26 Bloomberg News report. The stablecoin issuer seeks between $15 billion and $20 billion in exchange for approximately 3% equity through a private placement. The fundraising could value Tether at $500 billion, positioning it among the […]
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The USDT stablecoin issuer is reportedly looking to raise up to $20 billion at a valuation of $500 billion, which would make it one of the most valuable private companies in the world.
Tether is in talks with investors to raise as much as $20 billion at around a $500 billion valuation, Bloomberg reported this week.
A network of crypto wallets connected to Russian state-linked entities helped move more than $8 billion in digital assets to bypass Western sanctions, according to a Sept. 26 report from blockchain analytics firm Elliptic. The findings draw from a trove of recently leaked data exposing how sanctioned Russian businesses relied on stablecoins—particularly Tether’s USDT—to sustain […]
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Six major UK banks have begun a live pilot of tokenized sterling deposits, an industry effort led by UK Finance and backed by Quant, EY and Linklaters.
The risks are most acute in areas where crypto's use extends beyond investment into savings and remittances, according to the report.
The incident saw the price of XPL on Aster surge to more than $4 from around the $1.30 level witnessed on other exchanges.
Citigroup revised its stablecoin market forecast upward to $1.9 trillion by 2030, but warned that institutional adoption remains at just 0.5 on a scale of 0 to 10, according to a report published on Sept. 25. The banking giant raised its base case projection from $1.6 trillion in its April 2025 forecast, citing accelerated momentum […]
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Bank tokens may ultimately surpass stablecoins in transaction volume, report said.
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
The announcement comes as major players from crypto and the traditional financial sector eye launching their own stablecoins.
The stablecoin market has surged to a record high, crossing the $300 billion milestone after months of steady expansion in 2025. Data from CoinMarketCap shows that the total supply now stands at $307 billion, cementing stablecoins as one of the fastest-growing segments of the crypto sector. Other data providers confirm the upward trajectory, though with […]
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XPL functions as a gas token, staking asset, and reward token, with a total supply of 10 billion tokens.
Plasma has launched its mainnet beta with more than $2 billion in stablecoin liquidity while also debuting its native token XPL.
The round included new backing from Coinbase Ventures, with increased commitments from Galaxy Ventures and Vertex Ventures.
M2 is backing the protocol’s bid to grow adoption of its synthetic dollar products across the Middle East.
The warning comes after AnchorX, a Hong Kong-based firm, announced a stablecoin called AxCNH, pegged to the offshore Chinese yuan.
The Hong Kong company is scaling stablecoin-powered cards, wallets and payout services with backing from Coinbase Ventures, Galaxy and Vertex.
Nine European banks, including ING and UniCredit, have formed a consortium aimed to develop a euro-backed stablecoin.
The traditional four-year crypto cycle appears to be broken, as institutional adoption through exchange-traded funds, real-world asset tokenization, and stablecoin infrastructure reshapes market conditions. In a Sept. 24 report, the analyst identified as Ignas noted that the launch of Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) ETFs in 2024 marked a watershed moment, with crypto ETFs leading […]
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The Cardano Foundation has proposed allocating 50 million ADA (worth about $40.5 million) to a new liquidity fund to expand stablecoin adoption and DeFi activity on the network. The Foundation argued that deeper liquidity remains one of the blockchain network ecosystem’s most urgent needs. It added that an expanded stablecoin supply could bolster Cardano adoption […]
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The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.