Stablecoins
Institutional

US Treasury sanctions over 100 ISIS-K crypto addresses that moved over $1.4 million

ISIS-K allegedly used its media wing to solicit donations via Tron, Monero, and Bitcoin, highlighting stablecoin issuers’ growing role in…
Jul 2, 2026
Institutional

Standard Chartered Becomes First Global Bank to Offer Direct USDC Access to Institutions

Standard Chartered is the first Global Systemically Important Bank authorized to let institutions mint and redeem Circle’s USDC. Read Full…
Jul 2, 2026
DeFi

Aave brings V3 lending and GHO stablecoin to Monad

Aave launched its V3 lending protocol on Monad with 12 supported assets as the network commits $15 million in first-year…
Jul 2, 2026
Institutional

Standard Chartered, Circle bring USDC minting onto banking rails

Standard Chartered and Circle launch bank-led USDC minting and redemption for institutions, starting in Dubai’s DIFC with planned global expansion.…
Jul 2, 2026
Markets

Bitcoin tops $60K amid Fed inflation talks: Is bull trap or $65K next?

Bitcoin rallied above $60,000 despite Federal Reserve rate hike fears and steady outflows from the BTC spot ETFs. Is the…
Jul 1, 2026
Infrastructure

Cloudflare Launches Monetization Gateway for Stablecoin Payments via x402

Cloudflare opened a waitlist for its Monetization Gateway on Wednesday, letting customers charge for web pages, datasets, APIs or MCP…
Jul 1, 2026
DeFi

Circle CEO says Open USD must break USDC’s network effect before its 140 backers matter

Allaire says the stablecoin fight will hinge on liquidity, integrations and regulated usage once OUSD goes live. The post Circle…
Jul 1, 2026
DeFi

Is OpenUSD the answer to bank push back on CLARITY? Hints stablecoin yield concessions will fail

The 140-partner model challenges USDC reserve economics while leaving issuer, reserve and redemption tests unresolved. The post Is OpenUSD the…
Jul 1, 2026
Institutional

Jefferies warns against buying the dip in Circle as Open USD raises new competition fears

The investment bank said new competition from the Stripe- and Coinbase-backed stablecoin consortium could pressure USDC’s growth. Read Full Story…
Jul 1, 2026
Markets

Taiwan’s legislature passes crypto, stablecoin regulations

Taiwan’s legislative branch has passed the nation’s first crypto and stablecoin rules, which aim to integrate the country with the…
Jul 1, 2026