Stablecoin wallets challenge traditional bank accounts as main consumer money hub
Industry leaders debate whether digital dollar wallets will dismantle traditional bank accounts or simply modernize the underlying infrastructure.…
Ethena pushes stablecoins into everyday banking with high-yield savings, cards and payments
Ethena Pay offers a 6% dollar savings rate and 5% card cashback, using Avalanche for settlement. Source:CoinDesk
Bitcoin and Ether bears get decimated amid 'squeeze-led' rally and Musk's X wants to pay creators in stablecoins: Crypto week in 5 stories
Bitcoin and crypto staged their strongest rally in months as Treasury intervention, regulatory moves and a historic short squeeze collided, while banks and…
Cash App's crypto support expands beyond bitcoin and USDC via MoonPay
Eligible Cash App users will be able to use their balances to purchase digital assets offered by MoonPay, which include ether, solana and stablecoin USDT.…
XRP slips below $1 even as a Korean regional bank adopts Ripple Payments
Jeonbuk Bank will use Ripple’s 24/7 crossborder payment service for business remittances, but it is unknown whether the flows will use XRP or Ripple’s RLUSD…
U.S. Treasury Department proposes GENIUS Act stablecoin rule
The Treasury proposal would establish some of the core definitions and jurisdictions in the law Congress completed last year. Source:CoinDesk
Galaxy lowers CLARITY Act odds to 10%
Galaxy cited unresolved ethics, stablecoin yield and developer protection issues, along with a narrow Senate window when lawmakers return in September.…
Tether says it completed long-promised 'Big Four' audit of finances behind $180 billion USDT stablecoin
KPMG U.S. examined Tether's books and even counted its gold bars as the $180 billion USDT issuer said it completed its longpromised financial audit.…
TRON USDT supply hits $87.9B as transfers reach $2.1T in Q2: Messari
Messari reported that TRON recorded alltime highs in stablecoin supply and network activity during the second quarter, while DeFi and decentralized exchange…
US Senate to vote on advancing CLARITY Act in September after Thune files cloture
The procedural move puts crypto market structure legislation back on track as lawmakers continue negotiations over ethics and stablecoin provisions.…
Tether expands tokenization business into Saudi Arabia, starting with real estate
The stablecoin issuer is extending its tokenization business into Saudi Arabia, starting with institutional real estate assets with plans to expand to other…
Yen stablecoin issuer JPYC’s Series B reaches $38M
JPYC said it plans to use the new capital to expand its financial and Web3 ecosystem and accelerate adoption of its yenpegged token. Source:Cointelegraph