Stablecoin
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.
U.S. FDIC proposes first U.S. stablecoin rule to emerge from GENIUS Act
The banking regulator began its formal rulemaking process to set up the procedures by which depository institutions can start stablecoin subsidiaries.
Most Influential: Guy Young
Young sparked a new category of digital assets, yieldcoins, that sits at the intersection of DeFi rails and TradFi basis trades.
Most Influential: Oleg Ogienko
Sanctions, capital controls and Russia’s improvised financial plumbing helped create A7A5, a ruble stablecoin built on a currency rarely used in global commerce, allowing it to appear legally at major events even as its presence leaves compliance teams panicked.
StraitsX to debut Singapore and U.S. dollar stablecoins on Solana for quick currency exchange
The debut will enable instant swaps between SGD and USD on Solana, facilitating digital forex trading.
Ripple Expands $1.3B RLUSD Stablecoin to Ethereum L2s via Wormhole in Multichain Push
Ripple said it's testing its U.S. dollar stablecoin on Optimism, Base, Ink and Unichain with more blockchains to be added next year pending regulatory review.
Stablecoin Issuer Circle to Acquire Axelar Developer Interops Assets to Boost Crosschain Tech
The agreement involves folding engineers and IP into Circle (CRCL), while the Axelar network and its token will continue to operate independently.
