Tagged: stablecoins

December 29, 2025 @ 10:55 am By Omar Faridi  |  

In the evolving ecosystem of web3 and cryptocurrency platforms and exchange services, stablecoins have become a focal point for anti-money laundering (AML) efforts. A recent report highlights a significant development in how two leading issuers handle asset freezes, underscoring broader tensions between tech advancements and… Read More

December 27, 2025 @ 5:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

This past week, Coin Metrics had released their latest 2025 Digital Assets Report, extensively breaking down some of the key structural developments and transformative trends shaping the web3 and crypto ecosystem from institutional adoption and regulatory breakthroughs to onchain expansion. Coin Metrics also noted that… Read More

December 26, 2025 @ 8:56 am By JD Alois  |  

The European Union continues to plow forward with Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC), unlike the US, which has chosen privately issued stablecoins as a preferred option to enable digital dollars as well as fuel innovation. In a Christmas update, European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine… Read More

December 24, 2025 @ 10:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Klarna (NYSE:KLAR), the global digital bank and flexible payments provider, has partnered with Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) to add stablecoin funding to its broad range of traditional sources of funding, which include consumer deposits, long-term loans and short-dated commercial paper. The digital bank intends to raise short-term funding… Read More

December 24, 2025 @ 8:57 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Coinbax has reportedly raised $4.2 million in seed funding to accelerate development of its programmable trust layer for stablecoin payments. The round was led by BankTech Ventures, with participation from Connecticut Innovations, Paxos, SpringTime Ventures, and other banking and payments industry participants. According to the… Read More

December 24, 2025 @ 1:01 am By Omar Faridi  |  

21X – Europe’s DLT trading and settlement system under the EU DLT Regime – and SOOHO.IO – the Korean blockchain fintech powering Project Namsan, an institutional consortium building a stablecoin ecosystem for FX and programmable payments – announced they are exploring a collaboration. This tie-up… Read More

December 23, 2025 @ 8:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Chainalysis noted that stablecoins have reportedly crossed the chasm from trading utility to live, programmable payment channels that are able to regularly settle value in “minutes, 24/7/365, across borders and applications.” Chainalysis also mentioned that banks now face both demand to serve and margins to… Read More

December 22, 2025 @ 9:33 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The IMF noted that despite having a market cap of about 10 percent of Bitcoin, stablecoins are growing in popularity because of their interconnections with mainstream financial markets that stem from their structure and potential use cases. The IMF has also mentioned that their use… Read More

December 21, 2025 @ 9:38 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) is launching a new product suite called Custom Stablecoins, which will be allowing businesses to create a custom stablecoin that is to be “fully backed 1:1 by flexible collateral (including USDC),” all custodied by Coinbase, offering “security and rewards without sacrificing interoperability and… Read More

December 19, 2025 @ 10:14 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Modern Treasury announced a partnership with Paxos, a regulated blockchain and tokenization infrastructure platform, to make it easier for businesses to start using stablecoin payments alongside their payment methods. Under the partnership, Modern Treasury will integrate Paxos’ stablecoin and settlement technology into its platform. This… Read More

December 19, 2025 @ 8:05 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Exodus Movement, Inc. (NYSE American: EXOD), a self-custodial digital asset platform, announced a partnership with MoonPay in order to launch a fully reserved, USD-backed dollar stablecoin that will power digital dollar experiences across the Exodus ecosystem. The asset will reportedly be “issued and managed by… Read More

December 18, 2025 @ 5:52 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Intuit (NASDAQ: INTU), the global financial technology platform that makes Intuit TurboTax, Credit Karma, QuickBooks, and Mailchimp, announced it has signed a partnership with Circle Internet Group, Inc. (NYSE: CRCL), one of the world’s internet financial platform companies, to accelerate next-generation financial services powered by… Read More

December 18, 2025 @ 9:02 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitvavo, Europe’s EUR-spot cryptocurrency exchange, has recently announced a partnership with Societe Generale-FORGE (SG-FORGE), the crypto-assets subsidiary of Societe Generale Group and a European stablecoin issuer. Via this collab, Bitvavo will list EUR CoinVertible and USD CoinVertible, two MiCA-compliant stablecoins issued by SG-FORGE, on its… Read More

December 18, 2025 @ 7:52 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Jack McDonald, SVP Stablecoins at Ripple, has said that they are pleased to mark the 1-year since the launch of $RLUSD. They have gone from 0 to trying to become a top 5 USD stablecoin in a short period of time. According to McDonald, here… Read More

December 18, 2025 @ 1:04 am By Omar Faridi  |  

RedotPay, a global stablecoin-based payment fintech, announced the successful completion of its $107 million Series B round, bringing the total capital raised in 2025 to US$194 million. This round is said to be a signal of investor confidence in RedotPay’s growth momentum and its market… Read More

December 17, 2025 @ 11:06 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Mesh, the crypto payments network, today announced a partnership with Paxos, the blockchain infrastructure and tokenization platform. This integration will now reportedly allow Paxos to deploy Mesh’s technology “across its customer base, in order to enable seamless crypto deposits from verified sources.” By leveraging Mesh,… Read More

December 17, 2025 @ 8:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In a joint 2025 end-of-year report with FactSet, Talos has analyzed a year that marked a “structural” shift for digital assets. Drawing on Coin Metrics On-Chain and Market Data alongside FactSet’s capital markets intelligence, the report examines how regulation, institutional access, and “real economic usage… Read More

December 17, 2025 @ 4:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

An affiliate of Circle Internet Group, Inc. (NYSE:CRCL), a global financial technology firm and the issuer of USDC through its regulated entities, signed a Memorandum of Understanding with LianLian Global, a licensed cross-border payments provider. The collab will explore opportunities in stablecoin-enabled payment infrastructure to… Read More

December 17, 2025 @ 2:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Tether, which claims to be one off the largest companies in the digital assets industry, announced that it has made a strategic investment in Speed, Inc., a payments infrastructure company building instant, global settlement rails using the Bitcoin Lightning Network and stablecoins. Tether has reportedly… Read More

December 17, 2025 @ 2:08 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Visa Inc. (NYSE: V) announced the launch of USDC settlement in the United States, marking a key milestone in the company’s stablecoin settlement pilot program and strategy to “modernize its settlement layer underpinning commerce.” Now, U.S. issuer and acquirer partners can settle with Visa in… Read More