325 posts tagged with "Stablecoins"
Stablecoin projects and their role in crypto finance
MiCA's July 2026 Cliff: The EU Stablecoin Delisting Map for a Post-Grandfathering Market
On July 1, 2026, MiCA's transitional period ends and roughly $184 billion in Tether liquidity becomes ineligible on EU-regulated venues. Here is the issuer scorecard, the delisting map, and the structural shifts reshaping European stablecoin flows.
Fireblocks Hits $2 Trillion: How One Stack Became the Snowflake of Stablecoin Issuance
Fireblocks just crossed $2T in annual transaction volume, with stablecoins driving 55% of flow. Why Qivalis, MPC-CMP key management, and an integrated stack make Fireblocks the default backend for bank-grade stablecoin issuance — and a $15-25B IPO candidate by 2027.
Hong Kong Web3 Festival 2026 Recap: $2B Tokenized Bonds, a 5.6% Stablecoin Approval Rate, and Asia's New Institutional Crypto Capital
Hong Kong Web3 Festival 2026 drew 50,000-plus attendees, BlackRock and HSBC executives, and a Financial Secretary keynote disclosing US$2 billion in tokenized bonds — the four-day event that just made HKCEC Asia's institutional crypto capital.
BILS Goes Live: How Israel's Shekel Stablecoin on Solana Rewrites the Non-USD Playbook
Israel's Capital Market Authority approved BILS, a shekel-pegged stablecoin issued by Bits of Gold on Solana — the first government-approved fiat stablecoin in the Middle East and a working template for non-USD tokenized money.
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.
Tempo Borrowed Palantir's Playbook: How Forward-Deployed Engineers Could Decide the Stablecoin Chain Wars
Stripe-backed Tempo just launched a stablecoin advisory unit with forward-deployed engineers — borrowing Palantir's enterprise playbook to win Fortune 500 deployments. Why DoorDash, Visa, and Standard Chartered's Zodia signed on.
Western Union Picks Solana Over SWIFT: Inside the USDPT Stablecoin Pivot Reshaping the $905B Remittance Map
Western Union confirmed USDPT — a Solana-based stablecoin issued by Anchorage Digital Bank — launches in May 2026. Here's why the 174-year-old remittance giant chose Solana over SWIFT and what it signals for the $5 trillion cross-border stablecoin opportunity.
Aleo and Mercy Corps Just Solved Crypto's Hardest Humanitarian Problem
On April 21, 2026, Aleo, Mercy Corps, Humanity Link, and the Danish Refugee Council launched a USDCx pilot in Colombia — the first production humanitarian deployment to resolve the privacy-versus-auditability tradeoff at the cryptographic layer.