Stablecoins

Stablecoins

Tech

Plasma to Launch Mainnet Beta Blockchain for Stablecoins Next Week

The team claims that the network will debut with more than $2 billion in stablecoin liquidity.

Plasma (Ramon Salinero/Unsplash)

Finance

Tether Co-Founder, Tokenization Pioneer Unveil Startup for GENIUS-Aligned Digital Dollars

STBL transforms tokenized securities such as money market funds into freely usable stablecoins, and allow-listed, interest-accruing NFTs.

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Policy

Australia's Financial Watchdog Offers Exemptions to Stablecoin Intermediaries

The exemptions mean intermediaries do not require a a separate Australian financial services license to distribute licensed stablecoins.

View of Sydney harbor with Habor Bridge and opera house. (Caleb/ Unsplash modified by CoinDesk)

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Why We Need More Stablecoins

Stablecoins are quietly rewriting the rules of global finance. They give anyone, anywhere, access to money that moves instantly, across borders, with incentives aligned to users rather than banks.

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Finance

MoneyGram Makes Stablecoins the Backbone of Its Next-Generation App

Launching first in Colombia, the app will allow users to receive and hold funds in USD-backed stablecoins.

MoneyGram app (MoneyGram)

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policy head said concerns of stablecoin deposit flight are myths, claiming banks are really defending profits from an outdated payments system.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

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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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