News Archive
Browse retained market reporting from the past 30 days.
Crypto Briefing
Latitude's funding could accelerate stablecoin adoption by simplifying cross-border transactions, potentially reshaping global payment systems. Latitude raises $35M in Series A funding led by Oak HC/FT to build stablecoin payment rails.
Crypto Briefing
The euro's growing regulatory framework and real-world asset tokenization could significantly narrow the stablecoin gap with the dollar. The 300-to-1 onchain gap between dollar and euro stablecoins is staggering, and it might not last.
Crypto Economy
U.S. Bank completed a live transaction with its USBDC stablecoin between entities in North America and Europe over the Stellar network. The pilot validated token minting, redemption, and recovery functions, as well as the bank's internal digital asset platform. The bank is exploring uses of USBDC in cross-border treasury, liquidity management, and collateral movement.
Coingape
U.S. Bank has completed a live cross-border payment using USBDC, its dollar-backed stablecoin, as major financial institutions expand testing of blockchain-based payment and settlement systems. Ad Ad US Bank Tests USBDC on Stellar Blockchain U.S. Bancorp has completed the pilot between its banking entities in North America and Europe.
Blockonomi
U.S. Bank tests USBDC on Stellar for live cross-border payments, treasury, liquidity management and collateral movement.
Coindesk
Ryan Connor of RockawayX writes that the dollar leads the euro about 3 to 1 across the offchain economy and more than 300 to 1 onchain. Euro-pegged stablecoins total €711 million, under 1% of supply.
Crypto Economy
The supply of euro-denominated stablecoins reached $848.1M, adding around $156M since January, a 22.6% increase. EURC and EURCV account for 82% of the market; SG-Forge —Société Générale's subsidiary— controls 19.6% of the total. Ethereum absorbed $125M of the annual growth and Solana another $30M, capturing virtually all of the expansion recorded in the period.
Crypto Briefing
US Bancorp's stablecoin initiative could redefine banking by integrating public blockchain technology, potentially influencing industry standards. US Bancorp plans to launch its own stablecoin USBDC.
Crypto Economy
Iran is easing currency controls so exporters can use USDT and Bitcoin to bring earnings home and finance imports without relying on official exchange channels. Authorities estimate businesses hold more than $100 billion in undeclared earnings, while scrutiny of crypto exchanges has reportedly been relaxed. U.S.
Coindesk
The fifth-largest U.S. commercial bank said it is exploring USBDC stablecoin for treasury payments, liquidity management and collateral after completing a live transaction.
Bitcoin
Noncustodial trading platform Byrrgis aims to fix fragmented decentralized finance trading by removing the need for native gas tokens and unifying discovery, evaluation and execution across chains. Fragmented DeFi Trading Across Networks Decentralized finance (DeFi) trading has expanded across multiple networks, yet the user experience remains fundamentally fragmented.
Crypto Daily
Visa stablecoin settlement volume recently surpassed a $20 billion annualized run rate, up more than 15x year over year.
AMBCrypto
Visa, stablecoin settlement volume has passed a $20 billion annualized run rate.
Blockonomi
Euro stablecoins reached $848.1 million as supply grew 22.6% in 2026, while dollar stablecoin growth remained nearly flat.
Cryptonews
The CLARITY Act faces a September 15 Senate cloture vote as ethics, stablecoin and Democratic support disputes threaten its path to passage.
Blockonomi
Visa (V) is bridging traditional payment infrastructure with blockchain-powered financing, addressing critical working capital challenges for stablecoin-based card programs operating across its network.
Blockonomi
Bybit has introduced three perpetual contracts that provide traders with exposure to leading forex currency pairs. These contracts follow the movements of EUR/USD, GBP/USD, and USD/JPY, with settlement conducted in USDT.
Crypto news
DDSC and Network International have launched the UAE's first in-store pilot for payments using a Central Bank-licensed, AED-backed stablecoin, allowing customers to spend DDSC through existing point-of-sale terminals at selected retailers. According to a press release shared with crypto.
Cryptopolitan
According to the latest data from Token Terminal, Euro-denominated stablecoin supply reached $848.1 million as of September 7. Since the start of the year, its supply has grown by around 22.6%, up from $691.7 million on January 1.
CoinPedia
Iran is loosening its strict foreign exchange rules as U.S. sanctions make normal international payments harder. The new approach allows businesses to use Bitcoin, Tether, and other digital assets for cross-border trade. This comes as the U.S. and other nations have frozen or blocked around $1 billion to $1.