Stablecoins
Zerohash is in talks to raise $250 million at $1.5 billion valuation after walking away from Mastercard takeover
The company recently walked away from multi-billion dollar acquisition talks with Mastercard, instead opting to remain independent.
Sui Group charts new course for crypto treasuries with stablecoins and DeFi
The Nasdaq-listed firm said it is evolving beyond a crypto treasury vehicle into a yield-generating operating business.
The fight over stablecoin yield isn’t really about stablecoins
It’s about deposits and who gets paid on them, argues Le.
Stablecoins moved $35 trillion last year but only 1% of it was for 'real world' payments
While stablecoins settled around $35 trillion last year, only around 1% of that represented genuine payments like remittances and payroll, a new report found.
Ark Invest sees bitcoin and tokenization driving the next phase of digital asset growth
The asset manager said bitcoin’s institutional adoption and asset tokenization are pushing digital assets toward scale, potentially reaching tens of trillions by decade’s end.
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong spars with France’s Central Bank chief at Davos over yield and ‘bitcoin standard’
Ripple’s Brad Garlinghouse called the WEF panel ‘spirited’ as Coinbase’s CEO defended bitcoin and stablecoins, while Villeroy warned of threats to monetary sovereignty and financial stability.
Iran’s central bank bought $507 million USDT to underpin rial, report finds
Elliptic traced more than $500 million in USDT tied to Iran’s central bank, suggesting the stablecoin was used to manage foreign-exchange pressures and build a “sanctions-proof” alternative to dollar banking.
Customers are benefitting from the global stablecoin arms race — but that won’t last forever
It would be a mistake to see the incoming wave of aggressive APYs as the new baseline, according to Ron Tarter, CEO of MNEE. This is merely the promotional phase of stablecoins.
HR services provider Gusto taps Zerohash to speed up global payouts with stablecoins
Payroll and HR platform Gusto is piloting stablecoin payouts powered by Zerohash, aiming to cut cross-border payment times.
Crypto card spending hits $18 billion annualized as stablecoin use shifts to everyday payments
Artemis research shows crypto credit and debit card spending is now rivaling peer-to-peer stablecoin transfers, with Visa capturing most on-chain volume through early infrastructure partnerships.
