329 posts tagged with "Stablecoins"
Stablecoin projects and their role in crypto finance
CADD Is Live: What a Regulated CAD Stablecoin Actually Changes for Cross-Border Payments
CADD puts regulated Canadian-dollar settlement on Base, Ethereum, and Tempo. Here is the payment-path breakdown of what it changes for cross-border transfers—and the FX, payout, custody, and support work it does not replace.
Ripple Takes RLUSD to Four L2s: How Wormhole NTT Avoids the Classic Wrapped-Token Model
Ripple’s RLUSD now spans four Ethereum L2s through Wormhole NTT. See the transfer flow, the controls it preserves, and the risks it does not remove.
Tokenized Money in 2026: What Actually Runs 24/7
Tokenized money can move and serve as collateral around the clock, but subscription, custody, liquidity, and legal records still set the real limits. See the 2026 operating model.
Stripe's 'AWS for Money': How Bridge, Privy, and a Federal Bank Charter Built the First Vertically Integrated Stablecoin Stack
Stripe has assembled the world's first vertically integrated stablecoin developer platform — combining Bridge's $1.1B settlement infrastructure, Privy's 75M-account embedded wallet, and a conditional OCC federal bank charter into a single API stack. Here's what it means for developers in 2026.
$73M and 176 Million Transactions: How AI Agents Made Crypto Rails the Default Payment Layer
AI agents settled $73M across 176 million transactions in twelve months — 98.6% in USDC, and 76% of payments below Visa's $0.30 fee floor. Here's why crypto rails won, why USDC dominance is both a strength and a risk, and how x402, MPP, AP2, and ACP are racing to own the $450B agent economy's payment layer.
Fasset's $51M Series B: The Stablecoin-Powered Islamic Neobank Quietly Moving $32B Across 50+ Emerging Market Corridors
Fasset's $51M Series B reveals where stablecoin adoption is actually accelerating: not in New York boardrooms, but across 50+ payment corridors in Asia, Africa, and the Middle East — where a Sharia-compliant neobank is processing $32B in annualized volume for 1,000+ SMEs and 2 million wallets.
Tether's MiningOS Bet: How a $189B Stablecoin Giant Is Trying to Own Bitcoin's Mining Stack
Tether's release of MiningOS under Apache 2.0 is the latest move in its quiet bid to control Bitcoin's full financial stack — from stablecoin issuance to mining infrastructure. Here's what MOS actually does, how it compares to Braiins and LuxOS, and why 'free and open-source' doesn't mean 'strategically neutral.'
Circle Bets $3 Billion That Owning the Rail Beats Riding Someone Else's
Circle's $222M Arc token presale at a $3B valuation marks the company's pivot from stablecoin issuer to blockchain operator — combining USDC issuance with its own settlement rail and competing with Coinbase Base and Stripe Tempo for institutional on-chain finance.
The $5 Trillion Protocol War: Google UCP, x402, Stripe Tempo, and Circle Arc Racing to Become the Default AI Agent Payment Rail
Google UCP, Coinbase x402, Stripe Tempo, and Circle Arc are racing to become the default payment rail for AI agents in a $3-5 trillion agentic commerce market. An analysis of the four contenders and what's at stake.