Tagged: stablecoins

December 17, 2025 @ 10:16 am By JD Alois  |  

The GENIUS Act, signed into law last July, legalized payment stablecoins as issued by regulated financial services firms. This includes traditional banks, with many poised to move into the new form of value transfer and payments. Yesterday, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) issued a… Read More

December 16, 2025 @ 10:02 am By JD Alois  |  

Cross River Bank and Highnote will offer a new stablecoin settlement as part of Visa’s stablecoin settlement pilot program. In a release, the companies stated that the collaboration will offer USDC settlement over the Solana blockchain in a production environment. Luca Cosentino, Head of Crypto… Read More

December 16, 2025 @ 9:10 am By JD Alois  |  

The Canton Network will offer USD1 stablecoin, issued by World Liberty Financial (WLFI). WLFI is majority-controlled by the Trump family. USD1 has a market cap of over $2 billion. USD1 is fully backed 1 to 1 by US Treasuries, dollar deposits, and other low-risk assets…. Read More

December 15, 2025 @ 4:52 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

The Web3 community weighed in on the crypto year that was and the crypto year that will be. Read more about Bitcoin, stablecoins and price movements below. “Companies that continue positioning themselves solely as Bitcoin holders risk commoditization. The strategic advantage will shift toward those… Read More

December 15, 2025 @ 11:59 am By JD Alois  |  

Interactive Brokers, (NASDAQ:IBKR) is rolling out the ability to accept stablecoins. Interactive Brokers reports over 4 million clients around the world and assets of more than $750 billion. Interactive Brokers is one of the largest electronic brokers based on daily average revenue trades, executing 4,273,000… Read More

December 15, 2025 @ 3:56 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Circle Internet Group, Inc. (NYSE: CRCL), one of the world’s internet financial platform companies, announced a regulatory milestone in the United Arab Emirates as it strengthens its presence in the region. Circle has secured a Financial Services Permission (FSP) license from the Financial Services Regulatory… Read More

December 14, 2025 @ 4:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Global Dollar Network (GDN) announced that it has grown to over 100 partners and its USD-backed stablecoin, Global Dollar (USDG), surpassed a market cap of $1 billion. This supports the aim to form a more open, enterprise-grade digital dollar ecosystem—supporting real-world financial use cases. As… Read More

December 12, 2025 @ 8:23 am By Omar Faridi  |  

MassPay, a global payout orchestration platform, and Plasma, a company building vertically integrated stablecoin-powered products and infrastructure, today announced an integration that enables MassPay customers to send USD₮ payouts on Plasma across more than 230 countries. The addition of USD₮ expands MassPay’s payout stack beyond… Read More

December 11, 2025 @ 2:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Valora has noted that they are starting their next chapter of business growth and product development. The Valora team will be joining Stripe, marking a key milestone in their stated mission to effectively unlock access to financial opportunity for consumers across the… Read More

December 11, 2025 @ 11:14 am By JD Alois  |  

Anchorage Digital will partner with OSL to issue a new dollar-based stablecoin – USDGO. OSL Group (HKEX: 863) is a Hong Kong-based stablecoin trading and payment platform for financial institutions and individuals. The company offers crypto trading, custody, payments, and tokenization services. Anchorage Digital and… Read More

December 11, 2025 @ 7:24 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Tempo, a payment-focused L1, is now supported by Blockaid to provide security across its network. By supporting the chain, Blockaid explains in a blog post that it helps create a “safer” environment for payment processors, stablecoin issuers, and other partners building on Tempo’s ecosystem. Blockaid… Read More

December 10, 2025 @ 1:59 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bybit, which claims to be one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges by trading volume, announced a partnership with an affiliate of Circle Internet Group, Inc. (NYSE:CRCL), a financial tech firm and the issuer of USDC through its regulated entities. The latest partnership aims to… Read More

December 9, 2025 @ 3:24 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The U.S. digital asset regulatory environment has transformed considerably in 2025 to provide a clearer statutory framework, according to an update from CertiK. New federal legislation and administrative reforms are now more aligned around how digital assets are being issued, traded, and custodied. CertiK noted… Read More

December 3, 2025 @ 10:35 am By JD Alois  |  

Santander has published a report on the future of payments in the UK that also highlights concerns about fraud. The survey used data garnered from 3,022 adults (February 2025), 501 SME finance decision-makers, 14 in-depth interviews, and a “London citizens’ jury on crypto and the digital… Read More

December 3, 2025 @ 7:57 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Earlier, it was revealed that nine large European banks – Banca Sella, CaixaBank, Danske Bank, DekaBank, ING, KBC, Raiffeisen Bank International, SEB, and UniCredit – announced on 25 Sept this year that they had teamed up to launch a MiCAR–compliant stablecoin issuer under the supervision… Read More

November 29, 2025 @ 4:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

S&P Global may have somewhat surprised the stablecoin sector this past week after cutting Tether’s rating to “weak,” citing persistent disclosure gaps and structural opacity across its reserves. The downgrade appears have put fresh scrutiny on the world’s largest stablecoin, Tether (USDT), and analysts at… Read More

November 29, 2025 @ 2:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Anthony Apollo, Executive Director at the Wyoming Stable Token Commission, has shared what he claims is another first for a U.S. state which has been achieved by their organization (the Wyoming Stable Token Commission). At a recent gathering / sesssion, their CISO Keith Lawhorn unveiled… Read More

November 28, 2025 @ 5:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Wirex has announced a partnership with Crossmint to expand on-chain stablecoin payments to non-EVM blockchains, starting with Stellar. This collaboration is a major step toward unlocking true multichain stablecoin payments. It brings Wirex’s on-chain, non-custodial payment architecture to ecosystems that have traditionally been “underserved by… Read More

November 28, 2025 @ 10:40 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Ripple, a financial technology company that offers crypto solutions for businesses, announced that its USD-backed stablecoin Ripple USD (RLUSD) has been recognized as an Accepted Fiat-Referenced Token by Abu Dhabi’s Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA), enabling use within the ADGM, the international financial centre of… Read More

November 27, 2025 @ 9:30 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Deutsche Börse Group and AllUnity, a joint venture between DWS, Flow Traders, and Galaxy,and aregulated e-money institute, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding. The collab now aims to integrate AllUnity’s regulated euro-backed stablecoin offering into Deutsche Börse Group’s infrastructure. As part of the cooperation, EURAU,… Read More