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Asia Morning Briefing: Asia's Banks Look to Stablecoins to Prevent Deposit Flight
PLUS: Bakkt is entering the BTC Treasury market with a $1 billion BTC purchase.

Taurus Releases Open Source Privacy Tech for Stablecoins, Starts With Circle's USDC
Taurus’s stablecoin privacy layer uses zero-knowledge proofs and was built atop the Aztec Network.

Rain, Toku Debut Stablecoin Payrolls for Workers in Over 100 Countries
The new offering embeds into popular payroll platforms and allows employers to pay workers in USDC, RLUSD and USDG globally.

Circle Drops 15%, Stock Frenzy Cools as BIS Warns of Stablecoin Risks
The decline coincided with a BIS report casting doubts about stablecoins' future role in global finance.

Circle Hits New Record With Market Cap Nearing That of Coinbase
Circle’s blistering rally reflects investor hunger for stablecoin exposure, but lofty valuation multiples are raising eyebrows.

ARK Invest Dumps $146.3M More Circle Shares After Meteoric 670% IPO Surge
The move comes as ARK added shares of AMD, Shopify, and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company.

Coinbase Derivatives, Nodal Clear Plan to Use USDC as Collateral for Futures Trades
The move is expected to mark the first time a stablecoin is accepted as collateral for margined futures in the U.S.

Shopify to Enable USDC Payments on Coinbase's Base for Merchants Worldwide
The integration is set to roll out on June 12 to a limited group of early access merchants, with wider availability expected later in the year.

Sam Altman’s World Chain Adds Native USDC Stablecoin and Circle’s Cross-Chain Service
World Network also integrates Circle’s Cross-Chain Transfer Protocol (CCTP V2) to move USDC across a range of blockchains.

Circle IPO Pricing Could Jump Above Range as Investor Orders Surge: Bloomberg
Pricing for the stablecoin issuer's public offering is expected during the U.S. evening hours on Wednesday.

