USDC News and Stablecoin Insights
Circle secures federal trust bank charter as USDC revenue model faces new pressure
Circle gains a significant regulatory endorsement after receiving approval to open a federally regulated national trust bank tied to its digital-asset operations. The move strengthens the ...
Circle faces rising pressure on USDC economics as Wall Street cuts outlook
Analysts are taking a more cautious view on Circle as competition in the stablecoin market intensifies and raises questions over the sustainability of USDC revenue sharing. Mizuho cuts its rating ...
JCB and Circle launch USDC pilot for payments in Japan
JCB and Circle are moving stablecoin payments closer to mainstream use in Japan, starting with a pilot that will test USDC in business payment operations. The agreement adds another regulated ...
Crypto test drive: How automakers are exploring digital assets
Automakers are increasingly experimenting with digital assets. Cryptocurrency is being used both to pay for vehicles and for cross-border corporate settlements. But can this practice become a ...
Circle wins approval to establish U.S. national trust bank
Circle, the issuer of the world’s second-largest stablecoin, USDC, has received approval from the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to establish a national trust bank. Such banks ...
Circle wins final OCC approval for national trust bank expansion
Circle is moving deeper into federally supervised crypto infrastructure after securing final clearance to launch a national trust bank in the U.S. The new entity, Circle National Trust, is set to ...
Traders Union research: 41% of investors use stablecoins to protect against inflation
Traders Union has published new research on how investors use stablecoins beyond crypto trading. The findings show that such assets are increasingly becoming a tool for savings, payments and ...
Aiming for leadership: Payment giants prepare a new stablecoin
The stablecoin market may be about to get a serious new player. Dozens of major companies have backed an initiative that plans to launch a dollar-denominated token called Open USD. The project ...
Stablecoin transaction volume nears $1.8 trillion in one month
Stablecoin transaction volume reached a record $1.79 trillion in June. This was 63% higher than the May figure of $1.1 trillion, according to data from payments company Visa.The new high ...
Standard Chartered offers major clients access to USDC minting
Standard Chartered has launched a new service that will allow eligible institutional clients to mint and redeem USDC through its own banking platform. The product was developed together with ...
U.S. Justice Department charges New York woman with attempting to send cryptocurrency to Palestine Islamic Jihad
Federal prosecutors say a woman from upstate New York is arrested on allegations that she tried to provide financial support to the Palestine Islamic Jihad through cryptocurrency transfers. The ...
Cybrid report points to rising business stablecoin adoption in cross-border payments
Corporate use of stablecoins is set to expand over the next 12 months as more companies turn to digital tokens for international transactions. A Cybrid survey of 468 executives and business ...
New York Life Investment Management launches tokenized high-yield bond fund with Centrifuge
Wall Street firms are widening their use of blockchain-based fund structures beyond tokenized Treasury products into riskier fixed-income segments. New York Life Investment Management is now ...
BNY expands USDC services for institutional digital custody clients
Institutional demand for regulated links between traditional cash management and digital assets is pushing banks to broaden crypto infrastructure services. BNY is expanding its partnership with ...
BNY adds USDC custody and minting services for institutional clients
As stablecoins move further into mainstream finance, BNY is widening its digital asset offering for institutions with support for Circle's USDC. The expansion lets clients manage dollar ...
Crypto stocks deepen slump as Coinbase, Circle trail U.S. tech peers
Crypto-linked equities are falling far more sharply than the broader U.S. stock market as weakness in digital assets adds to a wider technology selloff. The gap has widened even as the S&P 500 ...
Circle and Nomura eye stablecoin FX settlement for Japan corporates
Japan's push to build regulated digital asset infrastructure is drawing stablecoin issuers deeper into mainstream corporate finance. Circle and Nomura are reportedly preparing a service that could ...
Stablecore expands stablecoin pilot to U.S. credit unions managing $25 billion in assets
Smaller U.S. lenders are gaining a new route to assess stablecoins and other blockchain-based financial services before making broader platform decisions. The early-access initiative covers credit ...
EU digital money strategy risks ceding tokenised finance to U.S. dollar networks
As digital payments and tokenised assets reshape finance, Europe is still debating how far to protect its bank-centred monetary system. That leaves the EU exposed to a deeper strategic risk, the ...
Zama, Morpho and Steakhouse bring confidential USDC yield to Ethereum
Zama, Morpho, and Steakhouse Financial are launching a DeFi vault designed to let holders of encrypted USDC earn yield on Ethereum without making their balances or transaction sizes public. The ...
U.S. senators urge Treasury to preserve state oversight in GENIUS stablecoin rules
As the Treasury moves toward final implementation of the GENIUS Act, a bipartisan group of U.S. senators is pressing for a clearer path for states to supervise some stablecoin issuers. The request ...
