Stablecoin Coup as Bitcoin Bleeds Out
Circle's empire takes a direct hit from BlackRock, Visa, and Stripe just as Bitcoin caps its worst month since 2022. The tape read it as regime change.
124 stories mentioning it. Newest first.
Circle's empire takes a direct hit from BlackRock, Visa, and Stripe just as Bitcoin caps its worst month since 2022. The tape read it as regime change.
Falling stablecoin supply means less dollar collateral available to recycle through crypto markets, the read that historically precedes sharper moves on both sides.
BIP-110's trigger fires this weekend; its replay protection waits until September. The dangerous case is a minority chain that refuses to die, because miner signalling sits at just 2.6%.
Stablecoins are the dollars of the crypto world — designed to hold steady value while moving at crypto speed. Here's how they work and where the risks hide.
A newly launched wallet is pitching a quantum-resistance layer for Bitcoin holdings that operates without requiring a…
Legacy UTXO holders would absorb quantum exposure via higher fees, and activation stays opt-in because Bitcoin's real bottleneck is coordination, not cryptography.
Toncoin (TON) is the native asset of The Open Network, a blockchain born from Telegram and tightly woven into its messenger and mini-app ecosystem.
Three on-chain signals preceded every major stablecoin depeg: thin DEX liquidity, imbalanced Curve pools, and reserve outflows. Here is how to read them.
PayFi is the label for stablecoin-based payment and credit rails, from on-chain lending to B2B settlement, that rebuilds traditional finance plumbing on faster rails.
Regulated stablecoins like USDC are often more surveilled than a bank account. Here is what actually stays private, and what does not.
Most stablecoins look identical on a surface. The difference is what's behind them, and that's exactly why some broke their peg while others didn't.
Bitcoin pushed past $66K on regulatory good news and ETF inflows, yet a $2.3B stablecoin drain and a fragile ethics deal leave traders unwilling to lean in fully.
DAI is the original decentralized stablecoin — born on Ethereum, governed by MakerDAO, backed by crypto collateral. Here is how it actually holds its peg, what changed with the USDS rebrand, and how it compares to USDT and USDC.
The CLARITY Act rolls forward, RWA perps hit a third of derivatives volume, and Bitcoin sits pinned near $66K. On-chain usage is doing one thing, the tape is doing another.
Banks and asset managers spent the day wiring stablecoins, tokenized dollars, and custody rails deeper into the plumbing, even as price action and ETF outflows told a much colder story.
Circle mints, Tether shuffles, and State Street launches a reserve fund — beneath the ETF noise, the dollar rails are being rebuilt.
RLUSD is a US dollar stablecoin issued by Ripple under a New York trust charter, live on XRP Ledger and Ethereum, and built for cross-border payments and tokenized assets.
Uniswap v4 swaps hundreds of pools for one singleton contract and lets devs attach code "hooks" to every pool action. More flexibility, but a bigger smart-contract attack surface for LPs.
Curve StableSwap pools exchange similar-priced assets, while LLAMMA manages crvUSD collateral through soft liquidation. Learn the design and failure modes.
A fifth day of ETF inflows and progress on the CLARITY Act put Bitcoin into the lead, even as tariffs and oil kept the macro backdrop hostile.