Stablecoins

Stablecoins

Finance

Forget retail traders: The real multi-trillion-dollar crypto future is building infrastructure for machines

While legacy banks keep corporate money idled in slow regional accounts, a new protocol allows software systems to settle multi-currency trade instantly.

Bernardo Bilotta, Stables CEO and Founder. (Olivier Acuna/CoinDesk)

Juridique

U.S. senators urge Treasury not to leave states out of GENIUS Act stablecoin process

Senators led by Republican Cynthia Lummis are insisting the Treasury Department ensure states get a process to prove their ability to supervise stablecoins.

U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Finance

Ripple invests in Flutterwave, pushing its stablecoin and XRP Ledger into payments across Africa

The deal values Flutterwave at $3.2 billion, and will integrate Ripple's RLUSD and the XRP Ledger network to speed cross-border payments across Africa.

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse, Consensus 2026 in Miami (CoinDesk)

Marchés

Trump-linked stablecoin used for bonus payouts at White House UFC contest

UFC Freedom 250 paid fighter bonuses in USD1, the stablecoin issued by the Trump-linked crypto venture World Liberty Financial, at a contest held at the White House.

Eric Trump sits holding a microphone at a panel discussion. (Keith Tanner/CoinDesk)

Analyses

Stablecoins Were Meant to Disrupt Finance. Instead, They Became Idle Cash.

O’Connor argues that crypto’s clearest success story has scaled as money but not as capital.

Bills

Finance

Banking rails are moving past the 'stablecoin winner' narrative: Sygnum

Digital asset bank Sygnum says institutional clients want multiple tokenized cash instruments operating interchangeably on a single platform.

UBS HQ Zurich (JaierRT/Wikimedia Commons)

Finance

Tether leads $1.4 billion funding round in German robotics company Neura

The investment is part of the stablecoin giant’s expansion into industries outside of crypto.

Robotics. (Gabimedia/Pixabay)

Finance

Netomi CEO says $5 trillion AI customer experience market could boost stablecoin demand

Puneet Mehta, a former high-level Wall Street engineer and data scientist, said the rapid expansion of AI enterprise software will increase demand for stablecoins and blockchain.

CoinDesk

Finance

Japan's three largest banks aim for joint stablecoin issue by March

MUFG, SMBC and Mizuho will establish a council to explore operational frameworks and prepare for the issuance of stablecoins.

Japan flag in front of a building (Roméo A./Unsplash)

Finance

Abra’s Bill Barhydt says Wall Street’s next crypto bet is tokenization

As Abra prepares for a Nasdaq debut, CEO Bill Barhydt is betting tokenized yield products and onchain lending will drive the next phase of crypto wealth management.

Abra's Bill Barhydt