Stablecoins


CoinDesk Indices

24/7 Settlement: Why Instant Liquidity Changes Everything

Uniform Labs’ Will Beeson says that the future of finance is not merely faster payments — it is a world where capital is never idle, where the trade-off between liquidity and yield disappears and where the foundations of financial markets are rebuilt for an always-on, global economy.

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Markets

Plasma's $250M USDT Yield Program on Binance Filled in Less Than an Hour

The on-chain yield program quickly attracted investors with offering Plasma's XPL native token rewards.

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Policy

Crypto Lobby Pushes Back Against Bank Effort to Rewrite U.S. Stablecoin Law

Industry groups said repealing key provisions of the GENIUS Act would stifle competition and deny consumers meaningful choice.

Capitol Building in Washington D.C. (Harold Mendoza/Unsplash)

Policy

Ripple’s Global Co-Head of Policy on Four Best Practices for Digital Asset Custody

Ripple distills a Singapore workshop into four custody best practices: compliance by design, tailored models, operational resilience and governance.

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Finance

Bullish's $1.15B in IPO Proceeds Was Entirely in Stablecoins—A First for Public Market

Stablecoins used in the settlement include dollar- and euro-pegged tokens of Circle, Paxos, PayPal, Ripple and Societe Generale, among others.

Digitally altered photo of a dollar bill (Ryan Quintal/Unsplash, Modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

Wyoming State Debuts U.S. Dollar Stablecoin on Seven Blockchains

The Frontier Stable Token has been deployed on Arbitrum (ARB), Avalanche (AVAX), Base, Ethereum (ETH), Optimism (OP), Polygon (POL), and Solana (SOL) networks.

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Finance

Tether Taps Bo Hines, Former White House Crypto Council Head, as Advisor for U.S Strategy

Hines will guide Tether’s U.S. market push, focusing on policy engagement and digital asset growth, the firm said.

Bo Hines on CoinDesk TV

Policy

U.S. Treasury Department Starts Work on GENIUS, Gathering Views on Illicit Activity

The new stablecoin law called for the Treasury engagement on detecting illicit crypto activity, so the department is opening a comment period.

U.S. Treasury Department in Washington, D.C. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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Policy

Japan's Financial Regulator to Approve First Yen-Denominated Stablecoin: Report

Approval of JPYC's yen-pegged token could happen as early as the next few months.

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News Analysis

Why Circle and Stripe (And Many Others) Are Launching Their Own Blockchains

Firms aim to own their settlement rails to boost efficiency, compliance and revenue from digital asset payments, analysts said.

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