Stablecoin

The UAE is developing a regulated framework that allows near-instant conversion between a dirham stablecoin and a dollar stablecoin. The system targets institutional payments, treasury operations, and cross-border transactions. According...

Western Union has launched USDPT, a US dollar-backed stablecoin built on the Solana blockchain. This marks the company’s first direct move into blockchain-based payments and on-chain settlement. USDPT is issued...

A Senate deal on stablecoin yield limits has renewed momentum for the CLARITY Act, a major piece of market structure legislation. Punchbowl News reported Friday that senators reached an agreement...

A compromise on stablecoin yield rules is close, as sources say the final text could drop as soon as today. Journalist Eleanor Terrett confirmed outreach to Senators Thom Tillis and...

Tether reported more than $1 billion in net profit for Q1 2026 as USDT adoption expanded across emerging markets, according to CEO Paolo Ardoino on X. The stablecoin issuer said...

Spain became Europe’s leading retail market for Circle’s EURC stablecoin in the first quarter of 2026, according to data from digital banking platform Brighty. The report showed that Spanish users...

Visa has added the Polygon network to its stablecoin settlement system, expanding its move into multi-chain blockchain payments. The company now allows issuers and acquirers to settle stablecoin transactions directly...

Hong Kong’s financial regulator has warned the public that fake tokens using the “HSBC” and “HKDAP” tickers are not linked to approved stablecoin issuers. According to an April 28 report,...

Israel has authorized the issuance of its first shekel-backed stablecoin, BILS, marking a new phase in the country’s approach to digital asset oversight. The approval was granted to Bits of...

A new report says the EU’s landmark crypto regulation, MiCA (Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation), is making euro stablecoins much safer, but it’s also hurting their competitiveness. It states that MiCA...

Western Union is weeks away from launching its first stablecoin. Speaking on the company’s first-quarter earnings call on April 24, CEO Devin McGranahan confirmed that USDPT, a US dollar-backed stablecoin...

Morgan Stanley Investment Management (MSIM) has launched the Stablecoin Reserves Portfolio (MSNXX), a new government money market fund built for stablecoin issuers. The fund is part of the Morgan Stanley...

Four of the most powerful banking lobby groups in the United States have jointly written to four federal agencies asking for more time before the industry must respond to stablecoin...

A consortium of 12 European (EU) banks, led by Qivalis, has partnered with Fireblocks to develop a fully compliant Markets in Crypto Assets Regulation (MiCA)-compliant euro stablecoin for institutional settlement,...

New Bank of Korea Governor Shin Hyun-song has hinted at pursuing flexible monetary policies during his four-year term, which began on Tuesday, April 21, 2026. According to Hyun-song, uncertainty regarding...

On April 17, 2026, Singapore Gulf Bank (SGB) announced live instant USD to USDC conversion from fiat accounts across Ethereum (ETH), Solana (SOL), BASE, Arbitrum (ARB), and Avalanche (AVAX) blockchains,...

The crypto market remains under pressure as economic uncertainty and global tensions make investors less willing to take risks. Bitcoin remains significantly below its previous peak, trading at approximately 41%...

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong says the next wave of AI could become a major source of digital dollar demand.  He said in a post on X that if autonomous AI...

South Korea is advancing the use of blockchain in public finance, with the Ministry of Economy and Finance preparing a pilot program to replace traditional government card payments with blockchain-based...

Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire said there is a “tremendous opportunity” for a yuan-backed stablecoin as digital money becomes more important in global trade and payments. Speaking in Hong Kong, Allaire...

JPMorgan’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Jeremy Barnum is warning that stablecoins could turn into a kind of “regulatory arbitrage,” reopening the debate over how to regulate digital dollar tokens as...

Solana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko is pushing a new architecture for stablecoins that would sharply limit who can freeze funds at the base layer. In his view, a foundational dollar stablecoin...

The American Bankers Association (ABA) has criticized the latest report from the US President’s Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) concerning stablecoin implementation in the banking sector. In its latest publication,...

Hong Kong has moved ahead with its long-planned stablecoin framework after regulators granted the first issuer licenses to major banking-backed entities, leading to a shift toward regulated digital money tied...

On April 9, 2026, the Dubai Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA) released updated issuance guidelines that classify token issuance into three categories: Category 1 tokens, such as fiat-pegged and asset-pegged...