Stablecoins

Stablecoins

Finance

Could Stablecoins Spark a New Contagion? BIS Warns, Coinbase Pushes Back

Not all agree with some recent sentiment that stablecoins pose a threat to global financial stability.

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Finance

Stablecoin Spending Goes Mainstream With Opera MiniPay’s LatAm Integration

The feature connects USDT balances to PIX and Mercado Pago, enabling users to pay with QR codes and converting to local currency instantly.

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Policy

Canada Approves Budget That Advances Policy for Stablecoins

The Canadian government narrowly won favor in Parliament for its budget push that includes a new policy governing stablecoins.

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Finance

Deutsche Börse to Add SocGen’s MiCA Stablecoins to Core Market Systems

Move brings regulated euro and dollar stablecoins into Deutsche Börse’s settlement and collateral tools.

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Finance

Africa Embraces Stablecoins Via IOTA to Unlock $70B Pan-Continent Trade Tech

Formed in partnership with the Tony Blair Institute and the WEF, the initiative aims to overhaul trade with USDT payments across 55 African nations.

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Finance

BNY Eyes $1.5T Stablecoin Market With New Reserve Fund for Issuers

The bank aims to provide a key piece of infrastructure for stablecoin issuers to back the value of their tokens, similarly to BlackRock's Circle Reserve Fund for USDC.

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Policy

Singapore's Central Bank to Trial Tokenized Bills, Introduce Stablecoin Laws

The Monetary Authority of Singapore sees a wholesale CBDC as an anchor for a system in which private settlement assets are used for different market needs.

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Finance

Sui Launches Native Stablecoin USDsui Using Bridge’s Open Issuance Platform

The new U.S.-compliant USDsui aims to link the blockchain’s $200bn monthly stablecoin volume to Bridge’s interoperable platform.

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Markets

Circle’s USDC Keeps Climbing; William Blair Reiterates Outperform After 3Q Results

The bank said USDC remains the frontrunner to dominate digital dollars as the company's third-quarter results topped forecasts.

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Finance

Circle Q3 Profit Triples, Beating Estimates, on USDC Growth

The shares slid in anticipation of lower U.S. interest rates, which would reduce revenue from reserve assets held to back the second-largest stablecoin.

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