Circle won final OCC approval to establish a national trust bank, allowing it to place USDC reserves under federal oversight and expanding its regulated digital asset custody business.
Tether invested $20 million in Brazil's Mercado Bitcoin to expand regulated blockchain finance, tokenization and stablecoin infrastructure across Latin America.
Taiwan passed its first comprehensive crypto law, creating a licensing regime for virtual asset firms, establishing stablecoin rules, and imposing penalties of up to seven years in prison for unlicensed operations, as the island moves to formalize and expand its digital asset industry.
Visa, Mastercard, Stripe, Coinbase, and 140+ firms have launched Open USD (OUSD), a new yield-sharing stablecoin that aims to challenge Circle and reshape the economics of the $300 billion stablecoin market.
The UK unveiled its most comprehensive crypto regulatory framework yet, requiring firms to meet capital, stress-testing, and market-abuse standards while easing some stablecoin rules.
The Federal Reserve proposed requiring stablecoin issuers to verify customer identities before account opening or direct token redemption, extending bank-style anti-money laundering standards to stablecoins.
Paystand, the Bitcoin-powered B2B payments network processing over $20B in volume, today launched USDb, a 1:1 USD-backed stablecoin native to Blockstream’s Liquid and Rootstock layers for commercial-scale accounts receivable, payable, payroll, and treasury.
A White House economic analysis finds that banning stablecoin yield would provide negligible benefits to bank lending while costing consumers more in lost returns.
The FDIC has moved forward with a new GENIUS Act framework outlining how U.S. banks can issue and manage stablecoins, signaling expanded federal oversight of dollar-backed digital assets.
Polymarket is rolling out a major exchange upgrade—including a new trading system and native stablecoin—as it scales infrastructure and prepares for U.S. expansion.
