The policy fight over how U.S. lawmakers treat yield on stablecoins has moved from abstract risk scenarios to hard numbers. A new White House economic study finds little evidence that today’s stablecoin yield products are undermining bank lending or deposit… Read More »White House Study Undercuts Case for Stablecoin Yield Ban, Putting CLARITY Act Under Senate Spotlight
Circle’s ability to freeze USD Coin (USDC) on-chain—a control long marketed as a safety feature—is drawing renewed scrutiny after an on-chain investigation alleged that the company moved slowly to block hundreds of millions in stolen funds while rapidly freezing a… Read More »Circle’s USDC Freeze Powers Under Fire After Alleged Inconsistent Wallet Blocks
Tether’s USDT has grown into the dominant dollar token in crypto despite a persistent, high‑profile weakness: it had never passed a full, independent audit. That gap is now starting to close. On Mar. 24, Tether said it has formally engaged… Read More »Tether Finally Lands a Big Four Audit: What It Means for USDT and Crypto Markets
Mastercard is spending up to $1.8 billion to buy BVNK, a stablecoin infrastructure provider that plugs blockchain-based payments into traditional banking rails. For crypto investors and fintech operators, the price tag is less important than the message: the card networks… Read More »Why Mastercard Is Paying $1.8B for Stablecoin Rails Instead of Building Its Own
Circle’s latest quarterly numbers show a booming USDC business — but also make clear that most of the yield generated by the stablecoin doesn’t stay with the issuer. Instead, it’s being negotiated away to the exchanges, wallets, and payment platforms… Read More »Circle’s USDC Windfall: Who Really Captures the Stablecoin Yield?
World Liberty Financial’s dollar-backed stablecoin briefly slipped off its $1 peg on Feb. 23, trading as low as $0.994 before snapping back within minutes. The issuer framed the move as the result of a “coordinated attack,” but on-chain and market-structure… Read More »World Liberty Financial’s Stablecoin Peg Attack Exposes Concentration Risk at Single Exchange
The European Central Bank (ECB) is putting hard numbers and firm dates on the digital euro just as questions mount over how long President Christine Lagarde will stay in office. For crypto investors and policy watchers, the overlap is more… Read More »ECB’s €1.3B Digital Euro Plan Collides With Rumors of Lagarde’s Early Exit
Stablecoins have quietly become the closest thing crypto has to a native money supply. With a combined market cap of about $307.92 billion that has slipped roughly 1.13% over the past 30 days, this pool of on-chain “cash” has stopped… Read More »How a Shrinking Stablecoin ‘M2’ Is Squeezing Bitcoin Liquidity
The European Commission’s 20th sanctions package marks a decisive shift in how Brussels is trying to police Russia’s use of digital assets. Rather than just targeting specific exchanges, wallets, or tokens, the proposal aims to ban all cryptocurrency transactions involving… Read More »EU’s Blanket Crypto Ban on Russia: Can One Chokepoint Really Stop the Flows?
The U.S. stablecoin debate is about to hit another inflection point. A Feb. 10 White House meeting on stablecoin policy is being viewed by parts of the market as a potential catalyst to unstick the CLARITY Act in the Senate… Read More »How a White House Stablecoin Meeting Could Unlock the CLARITY Act — and Cut Into Your USDC Rewards
Fidelity has entered the stablecoin race with a regulated dollar token on Ethereum, underscoring how digital dollars are moving from the crypto periphery into the core of traditional finance. The launch comes as analysts warn US banks could see up… Read More »Fidelity’s Ethereum Stablecoin Puts Pressure on Banks as Digital Dollars Go Mainstream
Bermuda is positioning itself as the world’s first “fully on-chain national economy,” with USDC at the center of its payment rails. On its face, the move reads as an aggressive bet on public blockchains and open stablecoins. Look closer at… Read More »Bermuda’s ‘Fully On‑Chain’ USDC Economy Has a Hidden Centralization Problem