Lloyds Settles $750K With Visa in USDC Pilot
Funds reached Visa in under an hour, including over the weekend, giving the bank a test of settlement beyond standard banking hours.
Lloyds Settles $750K With Visa in USDC Pilot
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Stablecoins
Stablecoin issuance, market share, depegs, and reserve backing across USDT, USDC, DAI, and other major stablecoins.
WuBlockchain
Coinbase CEO Says Banks May Push for CLARITY 2.0
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Coinbase CEO Says Banks May Push for CLARITY 2.0
Brian Armstrong argues that banks face tighter legal constraints on crypto custody, while Coinbase can still offer stablecoin rewards.
Uniswap StablePair Leaves LPs Exposed When Stablecoins Depeg
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Uniswap StablePair Leaves LPs Exposed When Stablecoins Depeg
The hook can capture rebalancing fees, but its fixed reference cannot account for a stablecoin losing value. Pool volume alone cannot establish LP returns.
CryptoSlate
Open USD Launches With $1B Liquidity Across Four Networks
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Open USD Launches With $1B Liquidity Across Four Networks
Visa, Stripe, Shopify, Coinbase and Mastercard are listed among the stablecoin's backers, putting major payments and commerce firms behind a multichain launch.
WatcherGuru
Open USD Launches on Four Chains With Partner Equity Model
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Open USD Launches on Four Chains With Partner Equity Model
The model ties partner rewards to both OUSD supply and transaction activity, putting distribution and real usage at the center of its challenge to USDT and USDC.
CoinDesk
ENA Could Gain 669% as Standard Chartered Sets $2 Target
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ENA Could Gain 669% as Standard Chartered Sets $2 Target
The forecast hinges on USDe scaling to $40B and Ethena directing 95% of net revenue to ENA buybacks, while slower yield-stablecoin growth remains the main risk.
TheBlock
HSBC RedCoin to Launch for Hong Kong Payments
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HSBC RedCoin to Launch for Hong Kong Payments
The planned rollout starts with everyday payments, while survey results point to broad customer awareness of stablecoin uses across trading, transfers and remittances.
HSBC RedCoin Targets P2P Transfers and Merchant Payments
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HSBC RedCoin Targets P2P Transfers and Merchant Payments
The planned stablecoin is set to begin with peer-to-peer and merchant payments, putting a major bank's digital-money ambitions in a practical payments setting.
CoinTelegraph
Binance Pay Adds USDT Payments at Millions of Japan Locations
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Binance Pay Adds USDT Payments at Millions of Japan Locations
The rollout puts USDT within reach at PayPay-supported merchants, extending stablecoin utility into everyday payments in one of the world’s largest economies.
Fed Proposes Two-Business-Day Redemption Rule for Stablecoins
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Fed Proposes Two-Business-Day Redemption Rule for Stablecoins
The proposed clock applies to supervised issuers, not automatically to exchange customers, while at least $76B in stablecoins sits on centralized venues.
El Salvador Remittances Get Stablecoin Payments Through Sivar
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El Salvador Remittances Get Stablecoin Payments Through Sivar
The shift separates Bitcoin’s role as a national reserve asset from the dollar-based blockchain rails aimed at everyday payments.
Tether Froze $550M in Iran USDT, Senate Says $35M Slipped
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Tether Froze $550M in Iran USDT, Senate Says $35M Slipped
Senate investigators found $34.6M moved through 34 wallets between an Israeli seizure notice and Tether's March 2024 freeze, prompting Blumenthal to refer Tether's compliance to Treasury and Justice…
Morgan Stanley Digital Asset Lab Explores Stablecoins and DeFi
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Morgan Stanley Digital Asset Lab Explores Stablecoins and DeFi
Testing stablecoins, tokenization and DeFi puts a major Wall Street institution closer to practical applications of blockchain finance.
Coinbase and Citi Launch Stablecoin Payment Rails
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Coinbase and Citi Launch Stablecoin Payment Rails
The two services cover distinct flows, but Coinbase has disclosed no live client, transaction volume or eligibility details to show how widely either is being used.
CFTC Approves Coinbase Clearing for USDC Derivatives
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CFTC Approves Coinbase Clearing for USDC Derivatives
The approval gives Coinbase a regulated clearinghouse for fully collateralized contracts, with round-the-clock settlement built into the model.
Tether USDT Faces Senate Scrutiny Over Iran-Linked Wallets
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Tether USDT Faces Senate Scrutiny Over Iran-Linked Wallets
The report's findings intensify questions about sanctions enforcement and AML oversight, while Tether says it froze $550 million in USDT linked to Iran over the past year.
Ethereum USDT Growth Outpaced Contract Holdings, BIS Finds
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Ethereum USDT Growth Outpaced Contract Holdings, BIS Finds
The historical data challenge using rising stablecoin supply as a proxy for DeFi deployment, but do not show that DeFi balances or usage fell.
Citi and Coinbase Expand Stablecoin Payments for Businesses
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Citi and Coinbase Expand Stablecoin Payments for Businesses
The U.S. launch pairs bank account functionality with stablecoin payment rails, letting businesses use digital payments without directly managing stablecoins.
USDT Under Fire as Senate Democrats Allege Iran Sanctions Evasion
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USDT Under Fire as Senate Democrats Allege Iran Sanctions Evasion
The report alleges delayed or inconsistent wallet freezes, while Tether says it has supported nearly $550 million in Iran-linked freezes at authorities' request.
Tether Helped Freeze $550M in Iran-Linked USDT
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Tether Helped Freeze $550M in Iran-Linked USDT
The freezes put Tether’s law-enforcement role under a spotlight as sanctions authorities target digital-asset networks linked to Iran.