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Nearly all stablecoins track the U.S. dollar. Experiments with baskets and commodities show how hard that grip is to loosen.
Proposed restrictions under the US CLARITY Act could drive demand for offshore and synthetic dollar products as investors seek yield outside regulated markets, experts warn.
While stablecoins settled around $35 trillion last year, only around 1% of that represented genuine payments like remittances and payroll, a new report found.
Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, economist Vera Songwe pointed to remittances and inflation hedging as key drivers of stablecoin use across Africa.
Ryan James Wedding was accused of using stablecoin Tether to fuel a cocaine smuggling and murder operation in Latin America and the U.S.
The American Bankers Association’s fight over stablecoin yields has become its top priority as Congress looks to pass crypto market structure legislation before the midterms.
Capital One’s acquisition of Brex comes just months after the payment company launched support for stablecoins.
The deal brings a startup-focused spend platform with artificial intelligence and stablecoin capabilities into a major U.S. bank.
Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire says AI agents have no alternative to stablecoins and will conduct everyday activities with the tokens within as little as three years.
In a press release from September, Brex said it was planning to launch native stablecoin payments as part of its business.
Institutional compliance costs and higher Treasury yields are reshaping stablecoin issuance as growth shifts from rapid expansion to balance-sheet discipline.
Stablecoins are increasingly used for payments and settlement rather than trading, pushing crypto deeper into everyday financial workflows.
