Stablecoins
Infrastructure

Kraken Parent Acquires Asian Stablecoin Firm Reap for $600 Million: Bloomberg

The deal marks Kraken’s largest acquisition as it pushes into Asian cross-border payments through stablecoin infrastructure. Read Full Story at Decrypt.co →
Regulation

U.S. Bitcoin Reserve Update Coming ‘in the Next Few Weeks,’ White House Adviser Says

White House crypto adviser Patrick Witt said the administration has a breakthrough on the reserve’s legal framework and plans to announce next steps within weeks.…
Payments

Bermuda pushes stablecoin payments with USDC airdrop as it courts crypto firms, regulators

Premier David Burt said Bermuda’s “onchain economy” plan aims to bring stablecoins into everyday commerce. Read Full Story at Coindesk.com →
Payments

Boltz Launches Non-Custodial USDC Swaps, Bridging Bitcoin Directly to Circle’s Regulated Dollar

Bitcoin Magazine Boltz Launches Non-Custodial USDC Swaps, Bridging Bitcoin Directly to Circle’s Regulated Dollar Boltz today enabled trustless Bitcoin-to-USDC swaps using Circle’s CCTP, allowing instant…
Payments

Reform UK’s Farage Claims 'No Obligation' to Declare Tether Billionaire's $6.7M Gift

Farage insisted that the gift from Christopher Harborne was for his personal security and had been reviewed “from every legal angle.” Read Full Story at…
Payments

Banking lobby attempts to kill Clarity Act’s stablecoin progress as markup is scheduled for next week

US banks are mounting an aggressive lobbying effort to stall the CLARITY Act, even as key US lawmakers signal a fast-tracked timeline to put the…
Institutional

Stablecoin industry opposes Bank of England’s unhosted wallet ban

The crypto industry in the UK has come out against the Bank of England’s proposed policy that would ban custodial wallets for stablecoins. Read Full…
DeFi

OpenTrade raises $17M as CEO sees stablecoin yield tailwinds

OpenTrade raised $17 million to expand its stablecoin yield platform, bringing total funding above $30 million as it scales stablecoin yield infrastructure for global clients.…
DeFi

Ripple CEO says market structure bill not a ‘done deal,’ despite stablecoin compromise

Brad Garlinghouse addressed attendees at a Tuesday crypto conference on the progress of the CLARITY Act after US lawmakers announced a compromise on stablecoin yield…
Markets

Lighter Names USDC as Preferred Stablecoin in New Circle Partnership

The agreement spans spot and perpetual trading, settlement, liquidations, and onboarding flows on the decentralized exchange. Read Full Story at Thedefiant.io →