Stablecoins

Revolut has begun rolling out its new euro-pegged stablecoin, EURR, to selected customers in Denmark, Poland, and Portugal, with plans for a broader European Economic Area expansion later this year.

A coalition of 39 state bankers’ associations has formed the BankChain Alliance to develop an industry-owned blockchain network targeting a 2027 launch.

Cumulative stablecoin card top‑up volume hit $13.8 billion by August 2026, with USDC topping tracked spending and Base handling the largest share of transactions.

Thirty-nine US state banking associations have established the BankChain Alliance to develop a nationwide, industry-owned blockchain network targeted for a 2027 launch.

Thirty-nine banking associations in the United States have launched the BankChain Alliance to develop a 24/7 permissioned blockchain network, aiming to rival private stablecoins amid a holdup on the CLARITY Act.

Ripple USD has surpassed $2 billion in market capitalization, with nearly $1 billion issued on the XRP Ledger and the remainder on Ethereum.

BlackRock's BUIDL fund recently added $52.1 million in market cap within 24 hours, cementing its dominance in the growing tokenized US Treasury sector.

World Liberty Financial has deployed its USD1 stablecoin natively on the Canton Network to enable institutional settlements for tokenized real-world assets.

POSCO International America completed a pilot tokenizing real trade receivables on the Avalanche blockchain in a project backed by Olea and Intain.

World Liberty Financial CEO Zach Witkoff defended the stablecoin USD1 by pointing to strong trading volume and market stats, amid ongoing scrutiny from critics and federal lawmakers regarding the company's ties to the Tr...

Bitwise Asset Management has introduced Automated Token Portfolios, allowing eligible non-US users to replicate model portfolios built from Coinbase's tokenized US stocks.

Standard Chartered has partnered with Anchorpoint Financial to become an authorized distributor of the Hong Kong dollar-backed stablecoin HKDAP, moving into regulated stablecoin financing activities.

Stablecoins are increasingly adopted in digital services, gaming platforms, and global commerce, offering low fees and price stability tied to assets like the U.S. dollar.

Agentic onchain payments experienced a significant rebound, with x402 stablecoin transfers reaching 8.7 million in the week starting August 17.

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Artificial intelligence agents initiated 3.3 million USDC in x402 payments on Solana within a single week, underscoring emerging machine-to-machine payment use cases.

Franklin Templeton plans to utilize its tokenized money-market assets within conventional ETFs and mutual funds following a regulatory no-action position from the SEC.

Payments company Banxa has launched Native, a headless infrastructure designed to embed fiat-to-crypto and crypto-to-fiat transactions directly into partner apps without redirects.

Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) has become the first authorized bank to distribute the regulated HKDAP stablecoin, offering blockchain settlement options for institutional clients.

Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino highlights the growing reliance on USDT in developing economies for domestic and international commerce, propelling the stablecoin's market capitalization past $180 billion.