Stablecoins
CoinDesk Research: U.S. leads institutional crypto, Asia rules trading ahead of Consensus Miami
Asia leads across key crypto metrics, but the U.S. is building the institutional engine for the next adoption wave as Latin America shows real-world utility can scale.
Hong Kong will start granting stablecoin issuer licenses in March: Reuters
Eddie Yue Wai-man, chief executive of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA), said only a very few stablecoin licenses would be issued initially.
Crypto for Advisors: banks and digital money
Banks are embracing stablecoins and tokenized deposits as a means to upgrade their financial infrastructure, but they are approaching the two technologies differently.
Fidelity Investments starts its own stablecoin in a massive bet that future of banking is on blockchain
The FIDD token will run on Ethereum, serve institutional and retail users, and comply with the new GENIUS Act’s reserve rules.
Standard Chartered says U.S. regional banks most at risk in $500 billion stablecoin shift
The delay of market structure legislation highlights a growing threat to domestic lenders as digital dollars begin to cannibalize traditional bank deposits.
Tether takes the fight to Circle with a new 'made in America' stablecoin
The new token is issued by Anchorage Digital Bank and designed to comply with the GENIUS Act, targeting institutional demand for a U.S.-regulated digital dollar.
Zerohash is in talks to raise $250 million at $1.5 billion valuation after walking away from Mastercard takeover
The company recently walked away from multi-billion dollar acquisition talks with Mastercard, instead opting to remain independent.
Sui Group charts new course for crypto treasuries with stablecoins and DeFi
The Nasdaq-listed firm said it is evolving beyond a crypto treasury vehicle into a yield-generating operating business.
The fight over stablecoin yield isn’t really about stablecoins
It’s about deposits and who gets paid on them, argues Le.
Stablecoins moved $35 trillion last year but only 1% of it was for 'real world' payments
While stablecoins settled around $35 trillion last year, only around 1% of that represented genuine payments like remittances and payroll, a new report found.
