Stablecoins
DeFi

Morning Minute: Base Hands Its App Over to Cobie

Plus, Stripe makes a $53 billion move that could crown a stablecoin king. And Ostium gets drained of $18M in…
Jul 16, 2026
DeFi

Galaxy targets institutional stablecoin yield with new DeFi vaults

The crypto financial services firm launched Galaxy Curator, a Morpho-based platform that gives Fireblocks’ 2,400 institutional clients access to onchain…
Jul 16, 2026
DeFi

Galaxy targets institutional stablecoin yield with new DeFi vaults

The crypto financial services firm launched Galaxy Curator, a Morpho-based platform that gives Fireblocks’ 2,400 institutional clients access to onchain…
Jul 16, 2026
Payments

Tether invests $20 million in Argentine neobank Ualá as it expands Latin America push

Ualá’s CEO clarified Tether is acting solely as a financial investor, citing current regional regulations preventing any immediate USDT integration.…
Jul 16, 2026
Payments

Tether invests $20M into Argentine neobank Ualá

Tether reportedly invested $20 million into Ualá, as part of the Argentine neobank’s $197 million funding round announced earlier in…
Jul 16, 2026
Institutional

US government sends $288M to Coinbase putting Bitcoin reserve rules into question

The transfer highlights unresolved custody rules, while the public evidence identifies a deposit rather than a government sale. The post…
Jul 15, 2026
Payments

Stripe and Advent Bid $53 Billion for PayPal, Linking Two Stablecoin Players

The offer values PayPal at a 28% premium and would fold its PYUSD stablecoin into Stripe’s fast-growing crypto-payments push, though…
Jul 15, 2026
Institutional

US Treasury Freezes More Than $130 Million in Iran-Linked Crypto Wallets

OFAC sanctioned wallets tied to Iran’s central bank, freezing mostly Tether’s USDT on Tron, as a US-Iran ceasefire collapsed and…
Jul 15, 2026
DeFi

Banking Groups Push Senate to Tighten CLARITY Act Stablecoin Rules, Warning of Deposit Flight

A coalition of bank trade groups told Senate leaders the bill’s yield language could pull deposits from community banks, as…
Jul 14, 2026
Infrastructure

Velocity raises $38M to build stablecoin treasury infrastructure for enterprises

Backed by Dragonfly, FirstMark and Coinbase Ventures, the startup is expanding software that helps businesses integrate stablecoins into treasury and…
Jul 14, 2026