Payments
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…
Infrastructure

Stablecoin demand starts to fade as Visa and Stripe build for the next boom

Stablecoins have rarely had more policy attention than they do in 2026. Lawmakers, payment companies, and crypto firms are treating dollar tokens as infrastructure rather…
Institutional

The UK softened stablecoin rules, but may still be capping its own market

The Bank of England has dropped the piece of its stablecoin plan that the industry hated most, the proposed £20,000 limit on how much sterling…
Markets

The Stablecoin Founder Map Doesn't Match the Stablecoin Volume Map

Emerging markets drive most real-world stablecoin usage, yet founder concentration and venture funding remain U.S.- and Europe-centric. Read Full Story at Decrypt.co →
Markets

Coinbase, Circle underperform Big Tech as crypto stock slump deepens

Coinbase and Circle have posted steeper losses than Oracle, Netflix and Salesforce, highlighting the widening gap between crypto equities and the broader market. Read Full…
DeFi

Tether putting $23 billion gold stockpile to work with bullion-backed loans

The stablecoin issuer is extending its tokenized gold strategy by allowing holders of XAUT to borrow against their bullion, mirroring bitcoin-backed lending without selling the…