Stablecoins
Institutional

Australia’s Project Acacia shows why tokenized markets still hinge on settlement money

Project Acacia has now tested how tokenized asset markets could settle in Australia. The Reserve Bank of Australia and Digital Finance Cooperative Research Centre released…
Infrastructure

Tempo L1 Hits 3.9M Transactions in Two Months

The payments-focused blockchain Tempo has settled 3.9M transactions across 177K addresses since mainnet launch in March, with stablecoin supply exceeding $25M and full Dune Analytics…
Payments

Stablecoins were supposed to bypass credit cards, but now Visa is winning crypto card payments

Stablecoins were built on the premise that removing intermediaries between sender and recipient would erode the relevance of legacy payment networks, but the fastest-growing consumer…
Infrastructure

Block Kicks Off Cash App’s Phased Stablecoin Rollout to Its Nearly 60 Million Users

Cash App began rolling out USDC on Solana, Ethereum, Polygon, and Arbitrum, marking a major reversal for bitcoin maximalist CEO Jack Dorsey as the stablecoin…
Infrastructure

Cash App Goes Live With Fee-Free USDC Transfers, Framing Stablecoins as a Path to Bitcoin

Block’s payments app, home to 59 million monthly active users, now supports sending and receiving USDC across four blockchain networks with no wallet setup required,…
Infrastructure

Cash App Now Supports Stablecoins, Despite Bitcoin Maxi Jack Dorsey's 'Gatekeeper' Gripes

Cash App has begun supporting stablecoin transactions on networks including Ethereum and Solana, pushing past its Bitcoin-based roots. Read Full Story at Decrypt.co →
Infrastructure

SoFi Launches SoFiUSD Stablecoin Across Ethereum and Solana

SoFi is making its SoFiUSD token available to members, marking a milestone in the convergence of regulated banking and blockchain. Read Full Story at Decrypt.co…
DeFi

Prediction markets enter the derivatives era: XBIT DEX opens whitelist for prediction leverage, launching a 35,000 USDC campaign

XBIT DEX takes the lead in introducing leverage to on-chain prediction markets, prioritizing the 2026 FIFA World Cup for its initial category. The whitelist application…
Institutional

SoFi Brings Its Bank-Issued Stablecoin to 14.7 Million Members

SoFiUSD, first launched in December for enterprise clients, is now live inside the SoFi app — making it the first stablecoin issued by a US…
Markets

Mastercard Wins NY BitLicense, Deepening Push Into Stablecoin Settlement

The payments giant, which processed nearly $11 trillion in volume last year, secured one of the US’s most demanding state crypto licenses as it moves…