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Argentine Prosecutors Arrest 24, Seize Over $8M in USDT in 'Fake Coins' Crypto-Fraud Sweep

The Buenos Aires Public Prosecutor’s Office said it ran 90 simultaneous raids and froze more than 8 million USDT across…
May 31, 2026
Infrastructure

Circle freezes $12.6M of USDC linked to privacy protocol Zama

The $12.6 million in USDC was likely frozen in connection with an ongoing but unrelated civil court case, according to…
May 30, 2026
DeFi

Circle Freeze on Zama's Confidential USDC Locks $12.6M of User Funds in DeFi 'Crossfire'

A court-ordered restraining order pushed Circle to blacklist Zama’s cUSDC wrapper on Ethereum. The privacy protocol is not a defendant…
May 30, 2026
DeFi

Circle Freeze on Zama's Confidential USDC Locks $12.6M of User Funds in DeFi 'Crossfire'

A court-ordered restraining order pushed Circle to blacklist Zama’s cUSDC wrapper on Ethereum. The privacy protocol is not a defendant…
May 30, 2026
DeFi

‘The banks will not accept it’: Dimon escalates battle over stablecoin rewards in CLARITY Act debate

JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon criticized Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong and warned the current CLARITY Act framework could ultimately fail, as…
May 29, 2026
Markets

Tether's U.S.-focused stablecoin grows over 500% in a month, but still lags main rivals

USAT’s market cap jumped above $140 million in April, though it remains well behind Circle’s USDC, PayPal’s PYUSD and Ripple’s…
May 28, 2026
Infrastructure

Tempo L1 Hits 3.9M Transactions in Two Months

The payments-focused blockchain Tempo has settled 3.9M transactions across 177K addresses since mainnet launch in March, with stablecoin supply exceeding…
May 28, 2026
Payments

Stablecoins were supposed to bypass credit cards, but now Visa is winning crypto card payments

Stablecoins were built on the premise that removing intermediaries between sender and recipient would erode the relevance of legacy payment…
May 28, 2026
Infrastructure

Block Kicks Off Cash App’s Phased Stablecoin Rollout to Its Nearly 60 Million Users

Cash App began rolling out USDC on Solana, Ethereum, Polygon, and Arbitrum, marking a major reversal for bitcoin maximalist CEO…
May 28, 2026
Infrastructure

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…
May 27, 2026