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Why OpenUSD's 'real threat' that tanked Circle stock still faces a steep uphill battle for adoption

The Stripe- and Coinbase-backed stablecoin consortium can challenge Circle’s business model, but analysts say building a network is harder than assembling big-name partners. Read Full…
DeFi

Visa, Mastercard, And Over 140 Companies Launch Stablecoin Open USD

Bitcoin Magazine Visa, Mastercard, And Over 140 Companies Launch Stablecoin Open USD Visa, Mastercard, Stripe, Coinbase, and 140+ firms have launched Open USD (OUSD), a…
Payments

Coinbase, Visa, Stripe and More Back New Open USD Stablecoin in Challenge to Circle and Tether

More than 140 companies are lining up behind Open USD, a forthcoming dollar stablecoin that would hand reserve earnings to its partners and let businesses…
Payments

FCA finalizes UK crypto rules as firms face 2027 access deadline

The FCA’s new regime will force exchanges, custodians and stablecoin firms to decide whether UK access is worth a full FSMA authorisation process, even if…
DeFi

JPMorgan Calls for Clear and Strict Crypto Rules, Warns About Stablecoin “Shadow Banking” Risk

Executives Umar Farooq and Peter Muriungi say they support the bill’s goals but spent most of their blog post warning that stablecoin yield products and…
Institutional

UK to lower stablecoin capital buffers, undercutting EU's MiCA requirements

The Financial Conduct Authority’s proposal follows the Bank of England’s backtracking on the limit to the value of stablecoins an individual could hold. Read Full…
Institutional

BNY adds USDC minting and redemption to institutional custody platform

The move deepens BNY’s partnership with Circle and builds on the bank’s role as the primary custodian of USDC reserves. Read Full Story at Cointelegraph.com…
Industry News

Honda eyes $2.5bn in eurobonds to fund payments to parts makers

Honda eyes $2.5bn in eurobonds to fund payments to parts makers Read the full story at Nikkei Asia →
DeFi

Pioneering zk-rollup Loopring closes DEX, citing lack of adoption

“We lacked a virtual machine, no composability, no real‑world payment use cases. That limitation kept our ecosystem from growing,” said the team. Read Full Story…
Payments

Congress blocks introduction of any CBDC in the next 4 years – but the fight over digital money is just starting

Congress just blocked the Federal Reserve from issuing a CBDC, and the companies benefiting most are private stablecoin issuers like Circle and Tether. The 21st…