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Browse retained market reporting from the past 30 days.
Coindesk
The "BankChain Alliance" is aiming for a 2027 launch, and would foster stablecoins, payments and tokenized deposits inside the banking system's regulatory sphere.
Crypto Economy
Bybit removed fees on cryptocurrency purchases via Apple Pay until September 24, a promotion available globally. The offer applies to purchases of 100 USDT or its equivalent and covers 36 fiat currencies compatible with cards linked to Apple Wallet.
Coincu
A crypto industry group is pushing back on broader stablecoin KYC rules, arguing expanded requirements could raise compliance burdens and slow adoption.
Decrypt
The crypto trade group warned that forcing issuers to verify identities for peer-to-peer wallet transfers would “cripple the industry” as regulators implement the GENIUS Act.
CrowdFundInsider
In a recent filing with federal regulators, US banking associations have called for stronger customer identification standards to cover more of the stablecoin ecosystem.
Crypto Daily
Standard Chartered has become the first bank authorised to distribute HKDAP, Hong Kong's regulated HKD-backed stablecoin, as institutional use cases expand.
Coingape
Mastercard's $1.8 billion acquisition of stablecoin infrastructure provider BVNK has done more than expand its digital-asset capabilities. It has also changed the competitive landscape for stablecoin payments.
Blockonomi
The global payments giant Visa has announced its participation in Singapore's BLOOM program, an initiative orchestrated by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), collaborating with cross-border payment platform Nium to trial stablecoin settlement mechanisms. The company disclosed $11.63 billion in net revenue for its fiscal third quarter ending in July, marking a 10% year-over-year increase in both payment volume and processed transactions.
AMBCrypto
Multinational companies could use HKDAP to transfer tokenized Hong Kong dollar value round the clock.
Crypto Economy
The Blockchain Association submitted a comment letter supporting proposed rules by federal agencies for stablecoin issuers under the GENIUS Act. The group supports limiting customer identification requirements to direct transactions in the primary market, excluding peer-to-peer operations in secondary markets.
CrowdFundInsider
The Blockchain Association, an industry advocacy group for digital assets, has voiced strong support for key elements of proposed federal rules implementing customer identification requirements for permitted payment stablecoin issuers under the GENIUS Act.
Crypto news
Visa has joined Singapore's BLOOM initiative and selected Nium for a pilot testing seven-day settlement with regulated U.S. dollar and euro-backed stablecoins across cross-border payment flows.
Crypto Daily
Crypto is regularly used as a payment rail rather than just an asset to hold or trade. Stablecoin payments reached roughly $390 billion in 2025, more than double 2024 levels, for faster, low-friction transactions.
Cointelegraph
The bank plans tokenized money market fund settlements in the fourth quarter as HKDAP expands its phased rollout into conventional banking.
Crypto news
Stablecoin card spending has crossed $10.9 billion in cumulative volume as RedotPay projected that annual spending through the products could quadruple to $50 billion by 2028. RedotPay said in an Aug.
Crypto Briefing
The distribution of HKDAP by Standard Chartered may accelerate stablecoin adoption and integration in global financial systems. Standard Chartered first bank to distribute Hong Kong's HKDAP stablecoin.
Crypto news
Binance launched five USDT-settled TradFi perpetuals tied to DJT, Moderna and leveraged semiconductor ETFs with up to 20x leverage.
Cryip
The Blockchain Association told five federal regulators on Friday that new identity-verification rules for stablecoin issuers should stop at the moment a coin is issued or redeemed.
The Block
It backs limiting client ID requirements to direct issuer-customer transactions in the primary market, while calling for clearer definitions.
Crypto news
Blockchain Association backed federal stablecoin identity checks but urged agencies to exclude peer-to-peer secondary-market transfers.