Stablecoin

Visa is expanding its push into stablecoins with a new platform designed to help banks, fintech companies, and merchants use digital dollars in everyday payments. The platform will make it...

AI-powered microbusinesses could become a major driver of stablecoin adoption over the next decade. Australian crypto exchange Swyftx projects they will generate $262 billion in stablecoin payment volume by 2033...

Companies are increasingly testing stablecoins to speed up cross-border payments, and Hyundai has now joined that push. Hyundai Motor America and Hyundai Motor de México completed a cross-border treasury transfer...

Sony has moved closer to entering the U.S. stablecoin market after receiving conditional approval from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) to create a national trust bank....

Cloudflare launched its Monetization Gateway on Wednesday, introducing a platform that lets businesses accept stablecoin payments for online services such as websites, APIs, datasets and AI tools. The company also...

Open Standard is preparing Open USD as a partner-governed stablecoin for business payments and on-chain finance. The project has attracted more than 140 companies. Backers include BlackRock, Coinbase, Mastercard, Stripe,...

Open Standard has introduced Open USD, a new stablecoin backed by more than 140 companies from the banking, payments, technology, and cryptocurrency sectors. The group includes Visa, Stripe, BlackRock, Google,...

Google searches for stablecoins dropped sharply in June. Stablecoin supply has also moved below its recent peak. The slowdown points to weaker retail interest after 2025 brought stronger growth through...

Circle Internet Financial and Nomura Holdings plan to launch a digital asset settlement service in Japan as early as 2027. The partnership would let Japanese companies use USDC for payments...

Ripple has officially launched its US dollar-backed stablecoin RLUSD in Japan following regulatory approval from the Japan Financial Services Agency (JFSA), partnering with SBI VC Trade to offer the stablecoin...

SBI Group has officially launched JPYSC, Japan’s first stablecoin backed by a trust bank, marking a major milestone for the country’s digital asset sector. The yen-pegged stablecoin will be issued...

SBI Group has received the necessary regulatory approval to issue a stablecoin pegged to the Japanese yen and aims to launch it this week, according to reports. The group plans...

Bitget has launched a new Stock Transfer Fast-Track Plan. The program allows users to move their existing U.S. stock holdings from external brokers directly to its Stock+ platform. Eligible users...

The Bank of England has abandoned limits on individual stablecoin holdings, replacing them with a temporary £40 billion ceiling for each systemic coin. The change removes caps of £20,000 per...

Kenyan lawmakers are questioning whether a 30% domestic reserve requirement would protect users or restrict participation by international issuers. According to local media reports, the dispute emerged during talks between...

Fidelity Investments has entered the stablecoin reserve business with the launch of the Fidelity Reserves Digital Fund, a money market fund built for stablecoin issuers and institutional investors. The fund...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has reported that stablecoins have become a significant cross-border payments tool in Nigeria, with $59 billion in crypto inflows from July 2023 to June 2024....

UFC Freedom 250 shifted from patriotic pageantry to a crypto-ethics dispute after World Liberty Financial promoted its stablecoin at the White House event. Per reports, the UFC named the Trump...

President Donald Trump’s crypto venture, World Liberty Financial (WLFI), used the White House-hosted UFC Freedom 250 event to promote the USD1 stablecoin. Fighter bonus payouts were in USD1, putting the...

Ripple and Bitso are adding Bitso’s Mexican peso-backed stablecoin, MXNB, to the XRP Ledger as they expand their cross-border payments network in Latin America. The integration will plug MXNB into...

Japan’s three largest banking groups are moving closer to issuing an asset-backed stablecoin, marking a new stage in the country’s efforts to integrate blockchain-based payment systems into the traditional financial...

Italy’s Bancomat has accelerated its digital payments strategy after securing support from nine major Italian banks for its EUR.bank stablecoin initiative. The payments company confirmed that the participating lenders will...

Peter Schiff, one of crypto’s most vocal critics, has taken an unexpected position in defence of stablecoins, pushing back directly against JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon’s argument that crypto companies...

Ripple’s RLUSD stablecoin has moved into a wider multichain phase after the company selected Wormhole’s Native Token Transfers framework for cross-chain access. The move gives RLUSD a broader distribution layer...

The Clearing House, the private payments infrastructure company owned by America’s largest financial institutions, is set to operate a shared blockchain network allowing bank deposits to move on-chain with round-the-clock...