Stablecoins

Stablecoins

Finance

Stablecoin Market Could Reach $4 Trillion by 2030, Citi Says in Revised Forecast

Bank tokens may ultimately surpass stablecoins in transaction volume, report said.

Citibank (Citibank)

Markets

Stablecoin-Focused Plasma's XPL Token Debuts With Over $2.4B Market Cap

XPL functions as a gas token, staking asset, and reward token, with a total supply of 10 billion tokens.

Plasma (Ramon Salinero/Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)

Policy

Hong Kong Monetary Authority Warns Against Unregulated Stablecoin Issuance

The warning comes after AnchorX, a Hong Kong-based firm, announced a stablecoin called AxCNH, pegged to the offshore Chinese yuan.

Hong Kong harbor during a sunrise (Manson Yim/Unsplash)

Finance

Stablecoin Startup RedotPay Attains Unicorn Status With $47M Raise for Regulatory Push

The Hong Kong company is scaling stablecoin-powered cards, wallets and payout services with backing from Coinbase Ventures, Galaxy and Vertex.

An inflatable unicorn floating on water. (Vlad Vasnetsov/Pixabay)

Policy

U.S. CFTC Moves Toward Getting Stablecoins Involved in Tokenized Collateral Push

The acting chairman of the U.S. derivatives regulator, Caroline Pham, has been pushing an aggressive "crypto sprint" to open the markets to crypto.

Caroline Pham, acting chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Finance

Societe Generale Selects Bullish Europe to Debut Its USD Stablecoin

The European arm of crypto exchange Bullish is to be the first venue to list the SG Forge’s USD CoinVertible (USDCV) stablecoin.

SocGen sign outside an office building

Finance

PayPal Ventures Invests in Stable to Expand PYUSD Reach

The move will unlock new commerce use cases, particularly in emerging markets where dollar-based payments have the biggest impact.

Pile of cash. (Emilio Takas/Unsplash)

Finance

Plasma Unveils First Stablecoin-Native Neobank, Targeting Emerging Markets

The rollout comes ahead of Plasma’s mainnet beta launch on September 25.

Plasma (Ramon Salinero/Unsplash)

Markets

Asia Morning Briefing: China’s Car, America’s Currency — Why Stablecoins Keep the Dollar in the Driver’s Seat

A BYD Dolphin Mini sold for USDT in a BRICS country highlights the irony of China’s de-dollarization drive, where the yuan is sidelined to academic theories about a post-U.S. order, while crypto-dollars power real-world trade.

Tether (CoinDesk)

Markets

Coinbase CEO: 'We Want to Become a Super App and Provide All Types of Financial Services'

Brian Armstrong told Fox Business that Coinbase aims to be users’ primary financial account while addressing U.S. crypto rules and pressure from banks.

Coinbase logo shown on a laptop screen