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Taiwan Passes Crucial Crypto Law With Licensing Rules, Stablecoin Framework

Bitcoin Magazine Taiwan Passes Crucial Crypto Law With Licensing Rules, Stablecoin Framework Taiwan passed its first comprehensive crypto law, creating a licensing regime for virtual…
Infrastructure

Circle CEO touts USDC's network advantage as OUSD emerges

Bernstein said OUSD could become the strongest new challenger to the Circle-Tether duopoly, while flagging unresolved questions around governance, operations and revenue sharing. Read Full…
Payments

Morning Minute: Major New Stablecoin Launch Shakes Incumbents

Open USD takes a shot at USDC and USDT, with backing from heavy hitters including Visa, Mastercard and Google. Read Full Story at Decrypt.co →
Payments

Taiwan Passes Sweeping Crypto Law With Licensing, Stablecoin Rules

The new law puts virtual asset firms under FSC oversight for the first time and sets reserve-and-trust rules for stablecoins. Read Full Story at Decrypt.co…
DeFi

Lighter to Burn Repurchased LIT, Fund Staking from Ecosystem Reserve

The perpetuals exchange will start burning the LIT it buys with revenue and tap its token reserve to keep staking yields flowing. Read Full Story…
Infrastructure

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…