Stablecoins
Markets

Circle wants you to love USDC a little like you love Chelsea

Chelsea has found a cool new shirt sponsor whose main product is…a stablecoin? USDC is designed to be worth one…
Sep 19, 2026
Infrastructure

Bastion wins conditional OCC approval for national trust bank charter

Bastion Platforms National Trust Company will offer stablecoin custody and wallets, payment infrastructure and white-label issuance from a single federally…
Sep 19, 2026
DeFi

Hyperliquid opens native lending as HYPE hits new ATH above $90

Hyperliquid has launched native manual borrowing, extending its trading infrastructure into credit as HYPE climbed to a fresh all-time high…
Sep 18, 2026
Payments

Morpho Opens Borrowing Against Coinbase's Tokenized Stocks

Holders of five Coinbase stock tokens can pledge them for USDC loans on Base. Read Full Story at Thedefiant.io →
Sep 18, 2026
Markets

World launches self-custodial ‘super app’ World Money

World Money is rolling out across more than 150 countries, combining stablecoin payments, digital asset rewards and trading in a…
Sep 18, 2026
Industry News

Stablecoin payments firm dtcpay closes $25 million Series A with SBI Group investment

The fresh capital enables it to scale product suite and merchant network, including a revamped business portal for enterprise clients.…
Sep 18, 2026
DeFi

Aave V4’s Arc market is swimming in $76 million of USDC nobody is borrowing

Less than $100,000 was borrowed as utilization hovered near 0.1%, separating supply appetite from credit demand. The post Aave V4’s…
Sep 17, 2026
DeFi

S&P Global Agrees to Buy OpenZeppelin and Fold Smart Contract Audits Into Ratings

The ratings firm that cut Tether’s stability grade to its lowest level last year is buying the security company behind…
Sep 17, 2026
Institutional

Bitcoin Price Unlikely To Be Bothered by Interest Rate Hike: Grayscale

Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin Price Unlikely To Be Bothered by Interest Rate Hike: Grayscale The Federal Reserve hiked interest rates on…
Sep 17, 2026
Infrastructure

How Circle’s institutional Arc blockchain got taken over by memecoins on day one

Circle blockchain Arc’s first day was dominated by memecoins, and the traders behind them had already moved on by Thursday…
Sep 17, 2026