Stablecoins

Stablecoins

Finance

Google Teams Up With Coinbase to Bring Stablecoin Payments to AI Apps

The tech giant expands its open-source AI protocol into financial transactions, partnering with Coinbase, the Ethereum Foundation to integrate stablecoin rails.

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Policy

Coinbase Policy Chief Pushes Back on Bank Warnings That Stablecoins Threaten Deposits

Coinbase’s policy head said concerns of stablecoin deposit flight are myths, claiming banks are really defending profits from an outdated payments system.

Coinbase CPO Faryar Shirzad (CoinDesk)

Policy

Bank of England’s Proposed Stablecoin Ownership Limits Are Unworkable, Say Crypto Groups: Report

Industry leaders told the Financial Times the plan would be hard to enforce, risk driving business abroad and mark the U.K. as tougher than the U.S. or the EU.

Bank of England (Robert Bye / Unsplash / Modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

Tether Unveils USAT Stablecoin for U.S. Market, Names Bo Hines to Lead New Division

The token was designed to meet the U.S. stablecoin issuance standard, with Anchorage Digital and Cantor Fitzgerald supporting issuance and reserve management.

Tether (CoinDesk)

Markets

Asia Morning Briefing: Native Markets Leads Early Voting for Hyperliquid’s USDH Stablecoin Contract

Stripe-linked proposal draws early validator support despite community pushback.

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Finance

LitFinancial Introduces Stablecoin on Ethereum to Streamline Mortgage Lending

Developed with Brale and Stably, litUSD aims to cut costs, improve treasury management and potentially used for on-chain settlement of mortgage payments.

Coin98 joins a growing roster of DeFi protocols crafting their own stablecoin. (Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

Minnesota Credit Union to Launch Stablecoin; Claims to Be First in U.S.

St. Cloud Financial Credit Union's upcoming token highlights how smaller financial institutions may tap stablecoins to be competitive following U.S. regulatory clarity.

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Markets

Bakkt Rated Buy With 44% Upside on Stablecoin Growth Potential: Clear Street

The company has sold non-core units to streamline into a blockchain-native payments platform, said Clear Street.

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Finance

Ethena Joins Race for Hyperliquid's Stablecoin With BlackRock-Backed Proposal

Ethena's proposed stablecoin promises to return 95% of revenue to Hyperliquid’s ecosystem.

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

Markets

Ethena's ENA Rallies to 7-Month High on Binance Listing Fueling $500M Buyback Hopes

Listing the protocol's USDe token on major exchanges like Binance is a key requirement to enable a mechanism to share protocol revenues with token holders.

Charts signal 2024-like massive BTC bull run ahead. (NASA-Imagery/Pixabay)