Stablecoins
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…
Markets

Bitcoin’s $60,000 test is not over after Strategy’s $2.5B STRC backstop

Strategy’s preferred stack and Bitcoin’s price are facing two separate tests this week, and only one of them has been resolved. The company’s Digital Credit…
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…
Stablecoins

El Salvador’s Bitcoin reserve faces an accounting reckoning under new IMF pressure

Its 7,696 BTC reserve now has to remain legible through a drawdown, wallet scrutiny, and program conditions. The post El Salvador’s Bitcoin reserve faces an…
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…
Stablecoins

Fed stress tests reveal whether banks can survive a 10% unemployment shock

All 32 of America’s largest banks made it through the Federal Reserve’s annual stress test on June 24. This year’s scenario was unusually brutal: the…
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…