Stablecoins
Institutional

Congress Strikes Housing-Bill Deal That Bans Fed CBDC Through 2030

Congressional negotiators folded a statutory ban on a Federal Reserve central bank digital currency into the bipartisan 21st Century ROAD…
Jun 17, 2026
AI

Coinbase Enters the Tokenized Stock Race With 1:1-Backed Onchain Shares as Part of a Sweeping ‘Everything Exchange’ Push

Coinbase unveiled tokenized US stocks backed one-for-one with automatic dividends, alongside options trading, pre-IPO and thematic perpetual futures, an SEC-registered…
Jun 17, 2026
DeFi

Solstice’s Ryan Day on why sustainable DeFi yield depends on business fundamentals, not token incentives

Crypto yield has always carried a credibility problem. The same market that learned to demand proof after incentive-heavy protocols unwound…
Jun 16, 2026
Institutional

State Street launches GENIUS Act-aligned money market fund for stablecoin reserves

The launch comes amid growing competition among financial institutions to manage assets backing dollar-pegged stablecoins. Read Full Story at Cointelegraph.com…
Jun 16, 2026
Infrastructure

Ripple invests in Flutterwave, pushing its stablecoin and XRP Ledger into payments across Africa

The deal values Flutterwave at $3.2 billion, and will integrate Ripple’s RLUSD and the XRP Ledger network to speed cross-border…
Jun 16, 2026
Institutional

Michael Saylor’s Strategy Acquires Another 1,587 Bitcoin for $100 Million as Holdings Reach 846,842 BTC

Strategy bought 1,587 bitcoin for about $100 million at an average of $63,024, lifting holdings to 846,842 BTC, while also…
Jun 16, 2026
Markets

Tether Gold now has a dedicated options market on Bybit

These options, settled in USDT, let traders hedge risk, speculate on gold prices. Read Full Story at Coindesk.com →
Jun 16, 2026
Stablecoins

Trump crypto company's USD1 stablecoins backing UFC event bonuses

A spokesperson for the Democratic National Committee decried the move as “an opportunity to use the power of the presidency…
Jun 15, 2026
Payments

Paradigm Leads $9 Million Round in Latin American Stablecoin App El Dorado

Paradigm has led a roughly $9 million round in El Dorado, the stablecoin-powered payments app that has signed up more…
Jun 15, 2026
AI

SIREN Token Crashes 95% in a Week After Whale Sells 670M Tokens for $64.8M

A single dominant wallet offloaded roughly 92% of SIREN’s total supply across two days, collecting $64.8 million in Tether and…
Jun 15, 2026