325 posts tagged with "Stablecoins"
Stablecoin projects and their role in crypto finance
Stablecoins Process More Than Visa: Inside the $33 Trillion Payment Revolution
Stablecoins processed a record $33 trillion in 2025, surpassing Visa's annual volume. Here's what the Tether vs. Circle split, AI agent payments via ERC-8183, and the GENIUS Act mean for the future of money movement.
Toss Goes Onchain: Why South Korea's $10B Fintech Super-App Is Building Its Own Blockchain
South Korea's largest fintech Toss has filed 24 KRW stablecoin trademarks and is building a proprietary blockchain for its 24 million users — here's what the 'Money 3.0' strategy means for Web3 adoption.
The Protocol Wars: Google UCP, x402, ERC-8183, and the Fight to Define How AI Agents Pay
Four competing protocols — Google UCP, Coinbase x402, Ethereum ERC-8183, and Stripe MPP — are racing to define how AI agents transact. Here's what each does, where each wins, and what it means for Web3 builders.
The CFO's New Best Friend: Why 74% of Finance Leaders Are Betting on Stablecoins for Corporate Treasury
Ripple's 2026 survey of 1,000+ finance leaders finds 74% see stablecoins as essential for cash-flow efficiency. Here's why corporate treasuries are moving from experimentation to deployment — and what it takes to get started.
America's First Stablecoin Rulebook: What the GENIUS Act NPRM's $10B Threshold Means for the $308B Market
The U.S. Treasury just released its first GENIUS Act rulemaking — 87 pages that split the $308B stablecoin market at a $10B threshold, close the yield loophole, and set a January 2027 compliance deadline. Here's what every issuer, builder, and investor needs to know.
Crypto Exchanges Are Becoming Stock Brokerages — Inside the Equity Perpetual Contract Arms Race
Binance, Coinbase, Kraken, OKX, and BitMEX are all launching equity perpetual contracts — stablecoin-settled, 24/7, leveraged derivatives on stocks like Apple, Nvidia, and the S&P 500. How crypto exchanges became parallel equity markets and what it means for traders and regulators.
UK Sanctions Xinbi: Inside the $24 Billion Stablecoin-Powered Crime Empire
The UK became the first country to sanction Xinbi Guarantee, a $24.2 billion Chinese-language Telegram marketplace that powered pig-butchering scams, laundered North Korean hack proceeds, and built its own no-KYC payment system — exposing how stablecoins have become organized crime's preferred financial rails.
Bitcoin's Historic Losing Streak Meets Wall Street's Biggest Crypto Buildout Ever
Bitcoin's five-month losing streak from $126K to $67K mirrors 2018's historic decline, yet Wall Street is deploying unprecedented infrastructure — 11 OCC bank charters, Mastercard's $1.8B BVNK deal, and $65B in ETF inflows. Inside crypto's K-shaped market.
California's DFAL Is Crypto's New BitLicense — But This Time, the Fifth-Largest Economy in the World Is Setting the Standard
California's Digital Financial Assets Law (DFAL) takes effect July 1, 2026, requiring every crypto company serving the state's 39 million residents to obtain a license. Here's how the world's fifth-largest economy is setting a de facto national standard for crypto regulation.