Stablecoins

Stablecoins

Finance

UK crypto rules too slow to support global hub ambitions, says Agant CEO

Regulatory delays risk blunting Britain’s digital asset push, said Andrew MacKenzie, head of the pound-pegged stablecoin developer.

Agant CEO Andrew MacKenzie. (Olivier Acuna/Modified by Coindesk)

Markets

'We do not do illegal things': Inside a U.S.-sanctioned stablecoin issuer's race to build a crypto giant

Oleg Ogienko, the public face of A7A5, pitched the ruble-pegged stablecoin as a fast-growing trade rail built to move money across borders despite sanctions pressure.

Oleg Ogienko, director for regulatory and overseas affairs at A7A5, at Consensus in Hong Kong (provided)

Finance

From Wall Street to Web3: This is crypto’s year of integration, Silicon Valley Bank says

From bank-led stablecoins to tokenized T-bills and AI-powered wallets, digital assets will move from pilot projects to financial plumbing this year.

Wall street signs, traffic light, New York City

Finance

Galaxy’s Steve Kurz sees ‘great convergence’ driving crypto’s long-term outlook

The firm's asset-management chief says the recent crypto selloff reflects healthy deleveraging, while infrastructure growth and institutional adoption support a bullish outlook.

Steve Kurz on CoinDesk TV

Finance

Binance converts its $1 billion safety net into 15,000 BTC

The crypto exchange finalized a 30-day plan to convert its stablecoin-backed user protection fund into 15,000 BTC, reinforcing bitcoin as its long-term reserve asset.

Binance

Policy

Agant registers with U.K. FCA ahead of British pound stablecoin debut

The issuer cleared a key regulatory hurdle as it prepares to roll out GBPA, a fully backed sterling stablecoin targeting institutional use.

Stablecoin networks (Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

OKX Ventures backs STBL in partnership with Hamilton Lane and Securitize

The companies are joining forces to introduce an RWA-backed stablecoin on OKX’s Ethereum-compatible layer-2 blockchain, X Layer.

Avtar Sehra sits on a chair in front of a microphone (Libre)

Tech

Ethena-backed suiUSDe stablecoin goes live on Sui with $10 million yield vault launch

The synthetic dollar debuts on Sui Mainnet alongside a permissionless vault seeded by SUI Group and integration with DeepBook’s new margin system.

Sui token glitch

Policy

Crypto's banker adversaries didn't want to deal in latest White House meeting on bill

The White House had instructed crypto executives and bankers to come ready to compromise, but bankers maintained their call for a ban on stablecoin yields.

The White House, the executive office of the U.S. President (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Markets

Tether's gold stash tops $23 billion as buying outpaces nation states, Jefferies says

The Wall Street investment bank estimates the crypto firm holds at least 148 tonnes of physical gold holdings, joining top 30 global holders of bullion.

Gold (Unsplash/Zlataky/Modified by CoinDesk)