Stablecoin
Agora's Nick van Eck bets on stablecoin boom in enterprise payments
Agora CEO Nick van Eck sees stablecoin adoption shifting to real-world business for cross-border payments.
Russia’s ruble-pegged stablecoin helped evade sanctions to the tune of $100 billion
Elliptic says the ruble-pegged A7A5 processed nearly 250,000 onchain transactions, demonstrating how stablecoins facilitate cross-border flows under sanctions pressure.
Bank lobby targets stablecoin yield and open banking in policy push
The American Bankers Association’s latest priorities aim to limit how digital dollars earn returns and how financial data is shared as lawmakers debate U.S. crypto market structure legislation.
Ripple injects $150 million into LMAX to push RLUSD stablecoin for institutions
The deal will see LMAX embed Ripple's $1.4 billion U.S. dollar stablecoin into the exchange's infrastructure.
As America nears 250, financial freedom shouldn’t be up for debate
The banking lobby’s efforts to revisit or reinterpret Congress’ decisions regarding stablecoin rewards are driven by attempts to re-litigate settled law and blunt competition after the fact, argues Blockchain Association’s Summer Mersinger.
Polygon Labs pushes deeper into stablecoin payments with $250 million deal
The move comes as crypto projects increasingly position themselves as offering payment platforms that resemble traditional digital banks, but operate on blockchain rails.
Crypto infrastructure firm Bakkt jumps 17% on deeper stablecoin payments push with new deal
The firm said it has agreed to acquire Distributed Technologies Research, a blockchain-based payment infrastructure provider.
Trump family-linked World Liberty Financial rolls out lending platform for its USD1 stablecoin
The Trump family–backed crypto venture has rolled out World Liberty Markets, a new DeFi app built on Dolomite. DOLO rose by 57% following the announcement.
Polygon Labs unveils ‘Open Money Stack’ to power borderless stablecoin payments
The system will bring together various elements of the payment stack, including liquidity, orchestration, and regulatory controls.
Uniform Labs’ Multiliquid targets structural gap in $35 billion tokenized asset market
The new protocol offers instant swaps between tokenized money market funds and stablecoins as regulators scrutinize yield-bearing stablecoin models.
