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DeFi

Did Tether just freeze $72M in USDT with no link to a hack in Monero money laundering sting?

A reported $120.2 million USDT routing through Monero left about $72 million frozen, but the market impact showed how quickly traceable liquidity can move toward…
DeFi

World Liberty Financial Pays UFC Freedom 250 Fighters in USD1 at White House

Trump-backed World Liberty Financial funded a $250,000 Performance of the Night bonus pool at UFC Freedom 250, distributing the awards in its USD1 stablecoin on…
Infrastructure

Morpho's $175M raise shows where crypto VC money is flowing

Morpho’s recent $175 million raise reflects growing investor bets on onchain credit infrastructure as stablecoin adoption expands. Read Full Story at Cointelegraph.com →
Data

Ripple wants AI agents to pay in XRP and RLUSD. The market is still mostly USDC

The XRPL AI Starter Kit gives developers tools for agent payments, but early x402 activity has clustered on Base and Solana. Ripple’s bet is that…
DeFi

Fidelity’s Dollar Stablecoin Taps Curve and Uniswap as Its DeFi Liquidity Layer

The Fidelity Digital Dollar stablecoin deployed Curve Finance Stableswap LP positions and Uniswap LP positions simultaneously in a single Ethereum block Thursday evening, with Curve…
DeFi

Fidelity’s Dollar Stablecoin Taps Curve and Uniswap as Its DeFi Liquidity Layer

The Fidelity Digital Dollar stablecoin deployed Curve Finance Stableswap LP positions and Uniswap LP positions simultaneously in a single Ethereum block Thursday evening, with Curve…
AI

Ripple chases AI’s machine economy as XRPL stablecoins near $1 billion

Stablecoin liquidity on the XRP Ledger (XRPL) has nearly doubled over the past month, putting the network within reach of a $1 billion supply milestone…
DeFi

Monero prices rocket to $438 amid $120 million onchain laundering maze

Onchain sleuth ZachXBT traced remaining funds across exchanges, instant swap services and other blockchains. Tether later froze $72 million in USDT linked to the activity.…
Institutional

Banking rails are moving past the 'stablecoin winner' narrative: Sygnum

Digital asset bank Sygnum says institutional clients want multiple tokenized cash instruments operating interchangeably on a single platform. Read Full Story at Coindesk.com →
Payments

Binance Converts Stock Holdings Into On-Chain Tokens With bStocks Launch

Binance has activated its tokenized-equity layer, converting live stock positions on its brokerage platform into BNB Chain tokens tradable around the clock. The first five…