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Stablecoin platform Bridge, acquired by Stripe last year, received conditional approval from the OCC, the firm said on Tuesday.
theblock.co ↗The company claimed the bragging right of being the first to let investors opt for dividend payments in a cryptocurrency, backed by gold.
coindesk.com ↗The firm’s fourth fund positions it alongside a16z and Paradigm even as blockchain VC fundraising contracts and investors pivot toward stablecoins and tokenized finance.
coindesk.com ↗The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
theblock.co ↗TON Foundation and Banxa have partnered to enable stablecoin payments for APAC merchants using TON infrastructure.
theblock.co ↗Financial Times reports that regulators and investors are scrutinising large dollar stablecoin issuers as new rules take shape, prompting issuers to adjust reserve disclosures and market strategy.
ft.com ↗Financial Times reports on growing regulatory attention on leading dollar stablecoins and how their expanding Treasuries-heavy reserves are drawing systemic risk questions.
ft.com ↗Fortune reports that Circle is experimenting with privacy-preserving stablecoin transfers on the Aleo blockchain using a new UDSC token and UDSCx privacy wrapper to enable confidential USDC payments with embedded compliance controls.
fortune.com ↗CoinDesk reports that BNP Paribas has joined a European bank consortium developing a euro-denominated stablecoin platform led by a former Coinbase Germany executive to streamline regulated interbank settlement.
coindesk.com ↗Citi and Swift completed a workflow trial that converted client fiat payments into digital currency on a distributed ledger and back again using Swift's transaction management to coordinate settlement across networks.
prnewswire.com ↗SCMP details how New Delhi-aligned technologists are pitching a rupee stablecoin fully backed by sovereign debt to let energy importers and Global South partners settle trades outside the greenback.
scmp.com ↗Financial Times reporting relayed by The Economic Times says Chinese regulators told major tech platforms to halt stablecoin pilots while authorities firm up oversight around yuan-linked tokens.
m.economictimes.com ↗Coinbase Business is launching a new B2B payments suite of tools designed to make USDC, a U.S. dollar-backed stablecoin, as easy to move as sending an
pymnts.com ↗Global payments provider Euronet will integrate Fireblocks' digital asset infrastructure to power cross-border settlement flows using regulated stablecoins across its Dandelion network.
markets.businessinsider.com ↗Mitsubishi UFJ, Mizuho and Sumitomo Mitsui will collaborate on a yen-pegged stablecoin to support corporate settlements under Japan's new digital currency rules, according to Nikkei via Reuters.
reuters.com ↗Tether unveiled USAT, a U.S.-regulated, dollar-backed stablecoin designed to meet federal compliance standards while keeping reserves fully backed by cash and cash equivalents.
tether.io ↗Brookings analysts examine how the rapid growth of stablecoin reserves invested in U.S. Treasury bills is reshaping demand, liquidity dynamics, and policy oversight across the short-term funding market.
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