The total market capitalization of stablecoins has reached a record $322 billion, a milestone that now exceeds the foreign exchange reserves of 95 countries, including the United Kingdom, Canada, and Mexico.
Bitget, a major cryptocurrency exchange, has launched a new platform called Reality, designed to bring tokenized U.S. stocks and exchange-traded funds onto the blockchain.
Tether, the world’s largest stablecoin issuer, and the government of Georgia announced on Monday a plan to launch GELT, a stablecoin pegged to the Georgian lari.
Coinbase chief executive Brian Armstrong has outlined eight areas where he believes the global financial system still requires significant upgrades, focusing on blockchain technology, stablecoins, artificial intelligence...
Artificial intelligence agents have settled more than $73 million across 176 million transactions over the past year, signaling the emergence of a payment layer built on stablecoins and blockchain rails, according to a r...
The likelihood of the CLARITY Act, a bill aimed at establishing a federal framework for digital assets, passing before 2027 has dropped sharply on prediction markets, falling from nearly 75 percent last week to around 50...
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation approved a notice of proposed rulemaking on May 22 that would require stablecoin issuers under its supervision to comply with Bank Secrecy Act and federal sanctions standards, ma...
An ongoing exploit against the stablecoin issuer StablR has caused its euro and dollar pegged tokens to lose their value, with approximately $2.8 million extracted so far, according to blockchain security firm Blockaid.
The market for tokenized real-world assets has surged to $31.4 billion over the past year, driven by rapid institutional adoption that is transforming blockchain-based financial instruments from experimental products int...
European Central Bank officials have strongly opposed proposals to ease regulations for euro-denominated stablecoins, warning that wider adoption could destabilize traditional banks and weaken monetary policy.
The Sui blockchain network has launched a protocol-level feature enabling users to send stablecoins without paying transaction fees or holding its native SUI token.
A consortium of licensed financial institutions has successfully completed the first live transfer test of Hong Kong's regulated stablecoin, HKDAP, on the Ethereum mainnet.
A recent regulatory move by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to allow third-party listings of tokenized stocks has sparked a debate over the potential fragmentation of financial markets.
A bipartisan group of lawmakers has introduced legislation directing the Treasury Department to study the potential for a tax exemption on small cryptocurrency transactions.
The cryptocurrency exchange Binance has launched a new financial product allowing traders to speculate on the valuation of SpaceX ahead of its anticipated public listing.
Tokenized money market funds are unlikely to capture more than a small fraction of the stablecoin market due to significant regulatory hurdles, according to a new analysis from JPMorgan.
Cryptocurrency payments company MoonPay has launched a new institutional platform and completed a key acquisition, marking a significant expansion from its consumer roots into the infrastructure serving major financial f...
A major European financial consortium is building a blockchain-based settlement system for securities, aiming to create a unified infrastructure across the continent.
The cryptocurrency exchange Kraken has moved closer to launching in the United Arab Emirates after its parent company, Payward, received preliminary approval from Dubai’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA).
Ripple Prime, the institutional prime brokerage arm of the blockchain company Ripple, has integrated with EDX Markets and EDXM International, providing clients with a unified platform to access both spot and perpetual fu...
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