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Ripple Prime Introduces 24/7 Real-World Asset Perpetual Swaps
15.10.2026
Ripple has opened the door for institutional traders to gain around-the-clock exposure to more than 100 traditional financial markets—including stocks, oil, gold, and currencies—through perpetual swaps that keep trading even when Wall Street closes for the weekend. Ripple Opens 100+ Traditional...
Mastercard Brings Stablecoins to Millions of Retail Checkouts
15.10.2026
Mastercard is opening its global payments network to stablecoin spending through a new platform built with BVNK, allowing customers to use digital dollar balances at hundreds of millions of merchant locations. Announced Oct. 15, the service combines traditional currencies and stablecoins through...
Circle’s USDC Is First to Cross Europe’s Stablecoin Threshold
15.10.2026
Circle’s USDC has become the first stablecoin classified as a significant e-money token by the European Banking Authority (EBA), separating it from 44 other notified e-money tokens in the European Union. Beginning Nov. 12, 2026, the designation places USDC under dual regulatory supervision...
US Becomes Bitcoin Net Importer Again, Says Chainalysis
15.10.2026
The U.S., a global supplier of USD-pegged stablecoins, has once again “imported” more bitcoin than it “exported,” becoming a net importer for the first time since 2022, according to blockchain analysis firm Chainalysis. The firm reached this conclusion by analyzing data for the year...
Polygon Rolls Out US-Regulated Payments With Completed Coinme Deal
14.10.2026
Polygon Labs has completed its acquisition of crypto payments company Coinme, bringing regulated U.S. payment capabilities to its Open Money Stack platform and expanding its push into stablecoin-powered financial services. Polygon Gets Regulated Payments via Coinme Polygon Labs announced Wednesday...
Ukraine’s ‘Kinetic Sanctions’ Disrupt Russian A7A5 Stablecoin Services: Elliptic
14.10.2026
Another successful Ukrainian drone attack deep inside Russia, the country that has invaded Ukraine, has produced an unexpected victim: transactions involving A7A5, a stablecoin designed to evade Western sanctions, have collapsed. On the night of Oct. 7-8, Ukrainian drones struck a Yandex—or...
Ripple’s $10M RLUSD Donation Could Help Generate $900M: Report
14.10.2026
Small business lending supported by Ripple’s RLUSD donation could help generate up to $900 million in GDP over a decade. The forecast connects a permanent capital contribution with borrowing, repeated loans, and economic activity across communities. Ripple’s $10 Million Lending Equity Gets...
Ripple’s RLUSD Gains Standard Chartered Custody on the XRP Ledger
13.10.2026
Eligible institutions can now safeguard Ripple’s RLUSD on the XRP Ledger through Standard Chartered’s digital asset custody service. The launch expands bank-based stablecoin infrastructure, with a planned LMAX integration targeting future use as trading collateral. Standard Chartered Opens Bank...
Credit Unions Could Face 26 New Stablecoin Reporting Fields
10.10.2026
Credit unions involved with stablecoins could face 26 new federal reporting fields covering custody, issuer exposure, and their own holdings. The proposal seeks more detailed supervision as community institutions explore digital dollar services. Stablecoin Custody and Holdings Face Closer Oversight...
Kyrgyzstan Shuts Stablecoin USDKG, Burns 50M Tokens After UK Sanctions
9.10.2026
Kyrgyzstan is winding down USDKG, its state-backed gold stablecoin, and liquidating both its issuer and the country’s first state-owned crypto exchange. Kyrgyzstan Pulls Plug on USDKG and State-Owned Crypto Exchange Kyrgyzstan is pulling the plug on one of the crypto industry’s more unusual...
Moody’s Gives Sky Protocol Its First Stablecoin Credit Rating
7.10.2026
Moody’s has given Sky Protocol a B3 rating with a stable outlook, marking the agency’s first rating of a stablecoin protocol. But the report carries a sting: Sky held only about $90 million in tangible common equity against roughly $10 billion in tangible managed assets as of September, leaving...
Kazakhstan Taps Tether to Explore a New Tenge Stablecoin Model
7.10.2026
Kazakhstan already has a tenge stablecoin in a central-bank sandbox. Now it has brought Tether into the room to study another one. Tether, the National Bank of Kazakhstan, and the Alatau City Authority signed an exploratory memorandum on Wednesday covering a possible tenge-pegged stablecoin, asset...
US Senate Findings Put GCC Stablecoin Transactions Under Spotlight
7.10.2026
The U.S. Senate findings linking stablecoins, particularly tether, to Iran’s shadow banking network could increase compliance pressure on licensed VASPs across the Gulf region. Legal expert Soham Jethani warns that receiving local currency does not shield merchants from sanctions exposure,...
Startale Bond Puts a Yen Stablecoin to Work in Corporate Finance
7.10.2026
Startale Japan has launched a digital corporate bond that will pay both interest and principal in JPYSC, a yen-denominated stablecoin issued by SBI Shinsei Trust Bank. The company describes it as the first digital corporate bond in Japan to use a yen-denominated trust-type stablecoin for both types...
Conduit Sues Tether Over a $2.76M USDT Wallet Frozen for a Year
6.10.2026
Conduit Technology has sued Tether after the stablecoin issuer froze $2.76 million in the company’s USDT and allegedly kept it locked for more than a year. The stranger part is why. Conduit says Brazilian police never asked Tether to freeze its treasury wallet and that Tether’s own financial crime...
Visa Targets APAC Market as 46% of Consumers Plan Stablecoin Use
6.10.2026
A Visa-commissioned study found that stablecoin adoption has room to grow in the APAC region, with nearly 50% of those polled being open to using these digital assets in the next five years. Nonetheless, awareness of what stablecoins really are and how they work is low. Visa Survey Finds Rising...
French Executives Propose Taxing Crypto-to-Stablecoin Conversions
5.10.2026
Three executives of crypto-linked companies proposed taxing exchanges between cryptocurrencies and stablecoins directly, stressing that this treatment would accelerate the use of crypto as a means of payment and reduce the complexity of calculating these taxes for users. French Crypto Executive...
50,000 Europeans Reportedly Collide With EU Central Banks Over Stablecoins
2.10.2026
European crypto asset advocacy group Stand With Crypto EU claims more than 50,000 people emailed the European Commission asking it to allow various stablecoin perks that European central banks asked last week to remain banned. Stand With Crypto EU (SWC) said the emails were sent to the European...
Lloyds Sends Visa $750K in USDC While Banks Are Closed
1.10.2026
Lloyds Banking Group used USDC to settle $750,000 in live payment obligations with Visa during a seven-day trial, with funds reaching Visa in under an hour, even over the weekend. The test was the first stablecoin settlement trial between Visa and a major U.K. banking group and crossed both private...
HSBC Redcoin to Start With Transfers and Payments in Hong Kong
1.10.2026
HSBC’s forthcoming Hong Kong dollar stablecoin will begin with person-to-person transfers and merchant payments before soon expanding to wholesale corporate and institutional use cases. A survey of 1,060 customers accompanied the Sept. 30 naming announcement, revealing knowledge gaps...