Stablecoins

Stablecoins

Markets

Stablecoin Retail Transfers Break Records in 2025, Hit $5.8B in August

Retail transfers under $250 are at all-time highs, with BSC and Ethereum mainnet gaining ground as Tron falls, according to a fresh report by CEX.io.

Stabelcoin transfers under $250 dollar (Visa/Allium)

Finance

Stripe CEO Patrick Collison Explains Why Businesses Are Turning to Stablecoins

Stripe CEO Patrick Collison outlines the benefits businesses see in stablecoins, the day after Stripe and Paradigm launched 'Tempo.'

Patrick Collison, Co-Founder and CEO of Stripe

Tech

Popular DEX Hyperliquid Moves Forward to Launch Proprietary Stablecoin

A proprietary stablecoin could reduce Hyperliquid's dependency on USDC and potentially capture a part of the revenues from reserve assets.

U.S. dollar (Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

Elliptic Unveils Crime-Tracking Tool as Stablecoins Enter the Mainstream

The blockchain analytics specialist has released a due diligence product for stablecoins that's tailored to banks and compliance departments.

Elliptic Founder James Smith

Finance

Stripe, Paradigm Unveil Tempo as Blockchain Race for High-Speed Stablecoin Payments Heats Up

The chain's stablecoin-first design aims to handle global payouts, microtransactions, remittances and AI agentic payments, Stripe CEO Patrick Collison said.

Patrick Collison (Getty images)

Finance

Ripple Brings $700M RLUSD Stablecoin to Africa, Trials Extreme Weather Insurances

Stablecoins are gaining traction in cross-border payments, especially in emerging markets where access to reliable currencies and banks is limited.

Globe showing Africa (James Wiseman/Unsplash)

Policy

ECB President Lagarde Calls for Firm Safeguards on Foreign Stablecoins

Stablecoins should comply with the bloc’s regulatory standards before operating on EU soil, Lagarde argued.

ECB President Christine Lagarde (Alexandros Michailidis/Shutterstock)

Markets

Solowin Closes $350M AlloyX Deal to Expand Stablecoin Infrastructure in Emerging Markets

The all-stock deal integrates AlloyX's technology, including a stablecoin application platform and RWA tokenization tools, into Solowin's ecosystem.

Stock market price charts (Anne Nygård/Unsplash)

Markets

Asia Morning Briefing: Are Stablecoins an 'Engine of Global Dollar Demand' or a 2008-Style 'Liquidity Crunch'?

Some might say they are boring, but stablecoins are becoming a lever on Treasury liquidity — and a source of debate over whether they steady or strain markets.

Rolls of dollar bills of varying denominations. (NikolayFrolochkin/Pixabay)

Finance

Kite Raises $18M to Bridge Stablecoin Payments and Autonomous Agents

General Catalyst and PayPal Ventures co-led the Series A funding as Kite launches infrastructure to let AI agents transact at scale with on-chain settlement

16:9 Kites (Bill Fairs/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)