The Hong Kong-based stablecoin payments firm RedotPay is reportedly exploring a U.S. IPO that could raise over $1 billion, per Bloomberg.
World Liberty Financial's stablecoin slipped to $0.994 on Feb. 23, a 0.6% deviation that lasted minutes before recovering. For a token backed one-to-one by dollars and government money market funds, with over $5 billion in circulation and the fifth-largest market share among stablecoins, the wobble wasn't supposed to happen. But it did, and the gap […]
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The stablecoin payments company has hired JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs and Jefferies, according to Bloomberg.
A $7.8 trillion cash pile sits in US money market funds, earning, rolling, waiting. The Federal Reserve began this easing cycle on Sept 18, 2024, and it's now been 522 days since that first cut. Looking at historical market movements, we're entering a window whereby funds have typically started to rotate back into riskier assets. […]
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The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
The Board of Peace is exploring the creation of a stablecoin for Gaza, according to reporting from the Financial Times.
USD1 briefly fell to about $0.99707 on Monday morning, a drop that typically would not be considered a stablecoin depeg.
The USD1 token briefly fell to $0.994, some 0.6% below its $1 peg, CoinGecko data shows.
The bank said stablecoins may generate up to $1 trillion in fresh Treasury bill demand by 2028, allowing the government to ramp up issuance and suspend 30-year bond auctions.
Standard Chartered said stablecoin growth could generate up to $1 trillion in new T-bill demand by 2028, potentially reshaping issuance.
Analysts speculated that a large issuer like Circle might be moving reserve assets en masse into the ETF, but data show otherwise.
CryptoQuant said the exchange whale ratio has risen to 0.64, the highest level since 2015, suggesting whales are leading selling activity.
A seasoned investor’s bold claim about XRP has reignited a common question in crypto markets: could a token built for fast settlement ever outgrow the original store-of-value? Related Reading: Bitcoin Market Bleeds $1 Trillion, Saylor Signals Strongest Crypto Conviction Yet According to posts on X by longtime Bitcoin backer Pumpius, if central banks adopt a single on-chain bridge, XRP could eclipse Bitcoin “by magnitude.” On-Chain Tension And Policy Moves Reports note recent market moves that have worried policy makers and traders. The trading desk at the Federal Reserve requested indicative dollar/yen quotes after a sharp move in the yen, a step that Treasury officials had asked for. That rare check underlines how currency volatility can push officials to consider new tools, and it has renewed talk about faster settlement rails. Every Central Bank will use XRP as the bridge asset. It’s now becoming a reality. When this happens, XRP will surpass Bitcoin by magnitude. Bookmark this. https://t.co/xyWxhVDCLx pic.twitter.com/kFTsXSw6Hn — Pumpius (@pumpius) February 19, 2026 Ripple’s Timeline And Institutional Talk Based on reports from company briefings and executive posts, Ripple’s leadership sees 2026 as the year when larger, regulated players might put real money onto the XRP Ledger. Ripple President Monica Long has sketched out scenarios where banks and asset managers run production systems tied to on-chain liquidity pools. Those views have been picked up across crypto news outlets and have added fuel to bullish narratives. How Would A Bridge Asset Work? Imagine dollar and euro liquidity on a ledger, available for near-instant swaps. In practice, permissioned pools and regulated stablecoins could provide the rails while an on-chain order book or matching engine handles the trades. Settlement times would be measured in seconds. Audit trails would be automatic. That said, large institutions put a premium on rules and oversight; any real rollout would be gradual and cautious. XRP Vs. BTC: The Size Of The Gap Numbers matter. Bitcoin’s market cap sits comfortably in the trillions, while XRP’s market value is under $100 billion dollars, depending on which tracker you consult. That gap is not small. For XRP to “flip” Bitcoin at present values would require trillions more in capital moving into the token — a shift that would likely need broad institutional flows and major regulatory clarity. Related Reading: Saylor Makes Bold $1M Bitcoin Call — “It’s Zero Or A Million” Geopolitics Adds Noise Geopolitical strain and trade frictions, amplified by speeches or decisions from leaders, can make markets jittery. US President Donald Trump has been named in debates over policy shifts and geopolitical risk, which in turn affect capital flows and safe-haven bids. When politics moves markets, technical fixes such as faster settlement can look more attractive on paper; adoption in practice is another matter. Featured image from Unsplash, chart from TradingView
Stablecoin supply is crypto’s deployable cash. With a total stablecoin market cap of around $307.92 billion and down -1.13% in the past 30 days, the pool has stopped growing month over month. When supply stalls, price moves get sharper, and Bitcoin feels it first in thin depth and bigger wicks. Stablecoins sit in a strange […]
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European Central Bank President, Christine Lagarde, runs an institution that trades in certainty, and she does it in a moment that rewards ambiguity. Earlier this week, the story around her took on a familiar European shape: official silence wrapped around very specific timing. The FT reported Lagarde is expected to step down before her term […]
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The securities regulator has continued its Project Crypto work to make unofficial policy changes as it moved to let broker-dealers treat stablecoins as capital.
The SEC introduced new guidance allowing broker-dealers to apply a “2% haircut” to proprietary positions in certain stablecoins.
ProShares on Thursday launched a money market ETF designed to hold assets that qualify as reserves for dollar-backed stablecoins.
The Minneapolis Fed president said stablecoins don’t beat Venmo and argued crypto fails basic real-world tests.
IQMM follows the GENIUS Act’s 93-day Treasury requirement, effectively narrowing reserve management to short-term government paper.
Soil has launched what it describes as the first compliant real-world asset-backed yield protocol on XRP Ledger for RLUSD.
Sanctions-related activity accounted for 86% of illicit crypto flows last year, with most of those flows routed through stablecoin platforms, according to TRM Labs.
YouGov survey published by Coinbase and BVNK also found that 71% of users would use a stablecoin-linked debit card as a means of spending them.
Ether.fi will migrate roughly "70,000 active cards, 300,000 accounts, and millions in user TVL to Optimism," over the coming months.
Apex Group plans to test USD1's stablecoin infrastructure within traditional fund administration, aiming to speed settlement for tokenized assets.
Stablecoin platform Bridge, acquired by Stripe last year, received conditional approval from the OCC, the firm said on Tuesday.
The U.S. banking license would allow Bridge to issue and manage stablecoins under direct federal oversight.
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
TON Foundation and Banxa have partnered to enable stablecoin payments for APAC merchants using TON infrastructure.
Regulatory delays risk blunting Britain’s digital asset push, said Andrew MacKenzie, head of the pound-pegged stablecoin developer.