Stablecoins


Policy

Meta's Stablecoin Plan Questioned by Democrats Ahead of Key Senate Vote

Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Richard Blumenthal sent a letter to Meta asking whether it's lobbied for the GENIUS Act or has any plans to join an issuer in any way.

Senators Richard Blumenthal (left) and Elizabeth Warren (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Finance

Sam Altman’s World Chain Adds Native USDC Stablecoin and Circle’s Cross-Chain Service

World Network also integrates Circle’s Cross-Chain Transfer Protocol (CCTP V2) to move USDC across a range of blockchains.

Sam Altman

Finance

PayPal Brings Its Stablecoin to Stellar for Cross-Border Remittances, Payments Financing

PayPal USD (PYUSD) plans to use Stellar for new payments and remittance use cases, as well as bringing PayFi options to millions of users and merchants.

PayPal logo on iphone screen (Marques Thomas/Unsplash)

Policy

South Korea's Ruling Party Wants to Allow Companies to Issue Stablecoins: Bloomberg

Under a proposed law, companies would be able issue their own tokens provided they meet equity capital requirements and can guarantee refunds through reserves.

South Korea's National Assembly

Markets

Blockchain Initiatives Have Been Adopted by 60% of Fortune 500 Companies: Coinbase Survey

The crypto exchange surveyed Fortune 500 company execs and decision makers at small and medium-sized firms in the U.S. to assess crypto adoption trends.

Coinbase (appshunter.io/Unsplash)

Finance

SocGen’s Crypto Arm Unveils Dollar Stablecoin on Ethereum and Solana

SG Forge’s USD CoinVertible has Bank of New York Mellon acting as reserve custodian for the token.

SocGen sign outside an office building

Markets

Plasma’s XPL Token Sale Attracts $500M as Investors Chase Stablecoin Plays

The oversubscribed raise follows stablecoin issuer Circle’s massive IPO last week, underscoring investor appetite for stablecoin-related projects.

Plasma (Unsplash)

Finance

Deutsche Bank Considers Stablecoin or Joining Industry-Led Initiative, Exec Says

The bank is also weighing a tokenized deposit system to make payments more efficient, as regulatory clarity and pending legislation accelerate stablecoin adoption.

Deutsche bank branch with logo (Wegavision/Wikimedia Commons)

Policy

Senate Stablecoin Bill Likely to Win Massive Bipartisan Support, Dem Lawmaker Says

Republicans "adopted a lot of the amendments" Democrats wanted, Sen. Ruben Gallego said.

Ruben Gallego (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Finance

Crypto Lender Maple Finance Expands to Solana With Chainlink

Maple’s ecosystem has allocated $500,000 in incentives and coordinated over $30 million in liquidity.

Maple leaves on a branch