Stablecoin

Stablecoin

Finance

Cloudflare Unveils U.S. Dollar Stablecoin for AI-Powered Internet Economy

The cloud company said the token, dubbed NET Dollar, will enable instant, global transactions for autonomous agents online.

BTC faces "cloud resistance." (geralt/Pixabay)

Finance

Circle Examines Ways to Reverse Transactions to Counter Fraud, Disputes: FT

Circle is "thinking through ... whether or not there's the possibility of reversibility of transactions," President Heath Tarbert said in an interview

Circle Internet President Heath Tarbert

Finance

PayPal Taps Spark to Boost PYUSD Liquidity by $1B Through DeFi Lending

Partnership targets deep liquidity for PayPal USD on SparkLend, with $100M already deposited

paypal, venmo, hq

Finance

Nine European Banks Join Forces to Issue MiCA-Compliant Euro Stablecoin

The banks involved in the new euro-denominated stablecoin are: ING, Banca Sella, KBC, Danske Bank, DekaBank, UniCredit, SEB, CaixaBank and Raiffeisen Bank International.

Euro. (jojooff/Pixabay/Modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

Coinbase, Sony and Samsung Back $14.6M Round for Stablecoin Startup Bastion

The firm white-label stablecoin systems, enabling companies to issue digital dollars without coding or their own regulatory licenses.

Seed Funding Investment coins in a jar (Towfiqu barbhuiya/Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Hyperliquid's Newly Launched USDH Stablecoin Sees Over $2M Volume in Early Trading

USDH, backed by cash and U.S. Treasury securities, aims to reduce dependency on external stablecoins.

US Dollars (CoinDesk Archives)

Finance

Asia Morning Briefing: Capital Controls Doom Asia’s Stablecoin Dreams—Except in Hong Kong

Most currencies in the region are locked in by capital controls. Hong Kong's unique status as an autonomous part of China means its currency is available around the world.

Hong Kong Harbor (Shutterstock/Modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

OKX Offers 4.1% Yield on USDG as Stablecoin Competition Heats Up

OKX is responding to intensifying competition for stablecoin dominance, describing stablecoins as crypto's "connective tissue"

OKX founder Star Xu (OKX)

Opinion

The GENIUS Act is already law, and banks shouldn't try to rewrite it now

Legacy financial firms should embrace competition, not try to kneecap emerging players through anti-innovation regulations, Blockchain Association CEO Summer K. Mersinger argues.

U.S. Congress (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin Traders Should Pay Attention to Japan as Top Economist Warns of Debt Implosion

Debt implosion risks could drive demand for alternative financial escape valves like cryptocurrencies and stablecoins.

japan, flag. (DavidRockDesign/Pixabay/Modified by CoinDesk)