Tag: Stablecoins

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Collateral, not yield, will decide which stablecoins win

Artem Tolkachev is Chief RWA Officer at Falcon Finance, which builds collateral-first dollar infrastructure.What actually determines whether a stablecoin gets used, not just parked,...

BitGo Cuts Nearly 15% of Staff Six Months After IPO, Refocuses on Stablecoins and AI

Crypto custodian BitGo is cutting approximately 15% of its workforce, CEO Mike Belshe announced Thursday, as the company refocuses on stablecoins, settlement, and AI...

Stablecoins and Public Ledgers Flawed, Report Says

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) warned that the rapid expansion of stablecoins risks fragmenting the global monetary system and weakening sovereign monetary control,...

China Central Bank Monitors Stablecoins’ Cross-Border Role

China’s central bank is paying closer attention to stablecoins as privately issued digital currencies take on a potentially larger role in the international monetary...

Trump Crypto Company to Back Fighter Bonuses in Stablecoins as Part of UFC Event

Some of the fighters in Sunday's Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) event on the White House lawn will be paid bonuses in stablecoins issued by...

Stablecoins Were Meant to Disrupt Finance. Instead, They Became Idle Cash.

Crypto tried to solve this with its own version of yield. We tried staking rewards, liquidity mining, and levered DeFi strategies. At first glance,...

Coinbase (COIN) and Cardless unveil credit card backed by stablecoins

Cardless, a firm that has facilitated credit cards for brands like Qatar Airways and Alibaba, said it developed a payment card in conjunction with...

Meta is paying creators in Stablecoins. Spending them is someone else’s problem

In March, when Meta announced plans to begin paying creators in USDC across Colombia and the Philippines, with expansion to more than 160 countries...

Franklin Templeton is teaming up with MoonPay to let big investors swap stablecoins for yields 24/7

Franklin Templeton is expanding its digital asset strategy through a new partnership with MoonPay that will allow institutional investors to move between stablecoins and...

Japan’s Ruling Party Pushes Crypto ETFs, Yen-Denominated Stablecoins

A group of lawmakers within Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) are seeking reforms to the country's cryptocurrency taxation system, as well as support for...

Japan’s ruling party supports crypto ETF trading, yen-based stablecoins

Japan should create a legal framework for trading cryptocurrency exchange-traded funds (ETFs), the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) said, according to a Reuters report...

Cash App Goes Live With Fee-Free USDC Transfers, Framing Stablecoins as a Path to Bitcoin

Block's payments app, home to 59 million monthly active users, now supports sending and receiving USDC across four blockchain networks with no wallet setup...