329 posts tagged with "Stablecoins"
Stablecoin projects and their role in crypto finance
Coinbase's Quiet Revolution: How Derivatives and Subscriptions Are Remaking Crypto's Biggest Exchange
Coinbase's Q1 2026 earnings showed a 31% revenue drop on the surface, but underneath: derivatives volume surged 169%, global market share hit an all-time high 8.6%, and subscription revenue now accounts for 44% of net revenue — the clearest signal yet that crypto's biggest exchange is becoming infrastructure.
From Libra's Ashes: How Meta's Stablecoin Comeback Changes Everything
Meta launched USDC creator payouts in Colombia and the Philippines in April 2026, using Stripe's Bridge infrastructure — a compliance-first return to crypto payments four years after the Libra/Diem collapse. Four structural changes made this launch succeed where Libra failed.
Polymarket's Infrastructure Revolution: How CLOB v2 and pUSD Are Rebuilding the Prediction Market Stack
Polymarket's April 28, 2026 CLOB v2 launch and pUSD migration replace ghost-fill-prone V1 architecture and Wormhole-bridged collateral with a rebuilt matching engine and a native Polygon stablecoin — a decisive infrastructure bet made under competitive pressure from Hyperliquid HIP-4's zero-fee structure and Kalshi's CFTC-licensed moat.
Visa Goes Nine-Chain: Inside the $7B Stablecoin Settlement Expansion
Visa expanded its stablecoin settlement program to nine blockchains — adding Arc, Base, Canton, Polygon, and Tempo — as its annualized run rate hit $7 billion, up 50% in one quarter. What the multi-chain architecture means for Web3 builders, DeFi protocols, and the institutional payments race.
The Stablecoin Land Grab: How the GENIUS Act Blew Open a $320B Market
The GENIUS Act created the first federal pathway for banks to issue stablecoins, and now JPMorgan, Ripple, MetaMask, SoFi, and a 20-firm pipeline through Anchorage are racing to fragment the $322B market that Tether and Circle built.
Your AI Agent Just Got a Wallet: Solana and Google Cloud's Pay.sh Changes How Machines Pay for the Internet
Solana Foundation and Google Cloud launched Pay.sh on May 6, 2026 — a stablecoin gateway letting AI agents pay-per-call for APIs using USDC on Solana, with no credit card or subscription required. Here's what it means for the agent economy and the infrastructure layer beneath it.
Anchorage's 20-Issuer Queue: The Stablecoin Factory Hiding in Plain Sight
Anchorage Digital is the only operational federally chartered crypto bank under the GENIUS Act, with 20 institutions queued to issue stablecoins through its OCC charter — a structural moat that resembles the early AWS, Stripe, and Plaid windows.
AWS Hands AI Agents a Wallet: Why Bedrock AgentCore Payments Just Compressed the Agentic Economy Into a 30-Day Sprint
AWS, Coinbase, and Stripe shipped Bedrock AgentCore Payments on May 7, 2026 — letting AI agents pay in USDC over x402 in 200 milliseconds. Here is why three hyperscalers chose the same protocol in 30 days, and what it means for builders.
The Crypto Iron Curtain: EU's 20th Sanctions Package Bans Russian Exchanges, the Digital Ruble, and RUBx
On May 24, 2026 the EU's 20th sanctions package shifts crypto enforcement from list-by-list designations to a category ban on every Russian and Belarusian crypto provider — and pre-emptively blocks the digital ruble before its September rollout.