OCC Letter 1188: The Quiet Rule Letting US Banks Take Over Stablecoins
OCC Interpretive Letter 1188 quietly authorized national banks to run crypto trading desks without MSB registration. Combined with the GENIUS Act framework whose comment period just closed, it puts JPMorgan, Citi, BofA, and Wells Fargo at the center of the US stablecoin stack.
Your Paycheck Just Started Earning Yield: Inside the Toku × Paxos Amplify Stablecoin Payroll Breakthrough
Toku's April 28, 2026 integration with Paxos Labs Amplify lets employees earn yield on USDC, USDT, and USDG paychecks the moment they land — and quietly rewires the legacy payroll stack.
Anchorage × M0 Wants to Be the AWS of Branded Stablecoins
The April 30 Anchorage-M0 partnership turns branded stablecoin issuance into a productized service — federal banking charter from one side, modular middleware from the other, and a real bet on the post-GENIUS Act issuance race.
OnePay Becomes the First Consumer Bank to Run a Stablecoin L1 Validator
OnePay's April 28, 2026 pledge to run a Tempo validator makes the Walmart-affiliated fintech the first consumer-facing US bank brand to operate stablecoin Layer 1 infrastructure — forcing open every GENIUS Act question regulators thought they had until July to answer.
ProShares IQMM's $17B Debut: The First ETF Built for the GENIUS Act Stablecoin Reserve Era
ProShares IQMM, the first money market ETF designed for GENIUS Act stablecoin reserves, posted a record $17 billion debut. Inside the back-office vehicle that just rewired a $315 billion industry.
Bitcoin Wakes Up: How Babylon, sBTC, tBTC, and exSat Are Turning $1.9T of Idle BTC Into Programmable Collateral
Babylon, Stacks' sBTC, Threshold's tBTC, and exSat each take a different path to making $1.9T of idle Bitcoin productive — and the GENIUS Act quietly reshapes which ones survive.
Stablecoins Hit $311B: USDC Doubles, USDT Holds 59%, and the Reserve Playbook Gets Rewritten
Stablecoin market cap hits $311B in April 2026. Circle USDC doubled to $78B, Tether holds 59% with $184B, and yield-bearing tokens grow 15x faster than the market.
Stablecoins Hit $311 Billion: The USDC Surge, Tether's Compliance Cliff, and Who Wins the Issuer Race
The stablecoin market has crossed $311 billion as USDC's on-chain volume surpasses USDT for the first time since 2019, powered by the GENIUS Act's regulatory clarity. Here's what the four-way issuer race between Tether, Circle, PayPal, and Stripe means for the future of digital money.
PYUSD Quietly Hits $4.5B: How PayPal's Stablecoin Proved Distribution Beats Technology
PayPal's PYUSD crossed $4.5B in April 2026 to become the fourth-largest stablecoin — built without DeFi yields, airdrops, or crypto-native distribution. Here's why distribution beats technology in the $320B stablecoin market.