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Abu Dhabi institutional giants team up for dirham stablecoin
29.4.2025
A trio of major Abu Dhabi institutions, including the Emirate’s sovereign wealth fund, have teamed up to launch a new dirham-pegged stablecoin.Abu Dhabi’s sovereign wealth fund ADQ, the United Arab Emirates' largest bank, First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB), and the massive conglomerate...
Abu Dhabi institutional giants team up for dirham stablecoin
29.4.2025
A trio of major Abu Dhabi institutions, including the Emirate’s sovereign wealth fund, have teamed up to launch a new dirham-pegged stablecoin.Abu Dhabi’s sovereign wealth fund ADQ, the United Arab Emirates’ largest bank, First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB), and the massive conglomerate...
Mastercard Expands Stablecoin Acceptance With 360-Degree Digital Payment Strategy
29.4.2025
Mastercard is turbocharging the future of payments with a sweeping launch of global stablecoin capabilities, revolutionizing digital wallets, merchant checkouts, and cross-border transactions. Mastercard Unveils Full-Scale Stablecoin Payments Network Globally Mastercard announced on April 28...
US dollar facing growing competition for stablecoin dominance: Tether co-founder
29.4.2025
While United States dollar-denominated stablecoins dominate the stablecoin and real-world asset (RWA) tokenization game, other competitors are coming into play, according to Tether co-founder Reeve Collins. Speaking to Cointelegraph in Dubai, Collins said that while dollar-backed stablecoins...
US dollar to face growing competition for stablecoin dominance: Tether co-founder
29.4.2025
While United States dollar-denominated stablecoins dominate the stablecoin and real-world asset (RWA) tokenization game, other competitors are coming into play, according to Tether co-founder Reeve Collins. Speaking to Cointelegraph in Dubai, Collins said that while USD-backed stablecoins...
Citi Predicts $3.7 Trillion Bull Case Stablecoin Explosion in Global Markets
29.4.2025
Citi forecasts U.S. dollar stablecoins could surge to $3.7 trillion in the bull case, driving an unprecedented blockchain-fueled transformation of global finance by 2030. US Dollar Stablecoins Set to Dominate Amid Global Blockchain Frenzy, Says Citi Citi’s Global Perspectives and Solutions division...
Mastercard links with Circle, Paxos for merchant stablecoin payments
29.4.2025
Mastercard says it will allow merchants across its network to be paid with stablecoins in a partnership with payment processor Nuvei and stablecoin issuers Circle and Paxos. Through the venture, 150 million merchants across the Mastercard network will now have the option to receive payments...
Mastercard links with Circle, Paxos for merchant stablecoin payments
29.4.2025
Mastercard says it will allow merchants across its network to be paid with stablecoins in a partnership with payment processor Nuvei and stablecoin issuers Circle and Paxos. Through the venture, 150 million merchants across the Mastercard network will now have the option to receive payments...
Mastercard Unveils End-to-End Stablecoin Capabilities, Will Launch Card With OKX
28.4.2025
Mastercard's new global system aims to make stablecoin transactions as seamless as traditional payments
What happened to sUSD? How a crypto-collateralized stablecoin depegged
28.4.2025
sUSD depeg, explained: Why Synthetix’s stablecoin fell below $0.70 In a significant and concerning event in the cryptocurrency space, sUSD, the native stablecoin of the Synthetix protocol, saw its value plummet to $0.68 on April 18, 2025. This drop...
Caitlin Long slams US Fed over stablecoin policy favoring big banks
28.4.2025
Caitlin Long, founder and CEO of Custodia Bank, has criticized the US Federal Reserve for quietly maintaining a key anti-crypto policy that favors big-bank-issued stablecoins, despite relaxing crypto partnership rules for banks.In an April 27 thread on X, Long explained that while the Fed recently...
Caitlin Long slams US Fed over stablecoin policy favoring big banks
28.4.2025
Caitlin Long, founder and CEO of Custodia Bank, has criticized the US Federal Reserve for quietly maintaining a key anti-crypto policy that favors big-bank-issued stablecoins, despite relaxing crypto partnership rules for banks.In an April 27 thread on X, Long explained that while the Fed recently...
Citi Projects Stablecoin Market at $1.6T to $3.7T by 2030, Highlights Blockchain’s Rise in Banking Sector
28.4.2025
In its April 2025 Global Perspectives and Solutions report, Citi Institute underscores the growing adoption of blockchain technology by banks and the public sector, spotlighting stablecoins and system modernization. The report forecasts the stablecoin market could reach $1.6 trillion by 2030 in...
Stablecoin Market Adds $4.58B in One Week, Nears $240B Milestone
27.4.2025
While the broader crypto market enjoyed steady gains last week, the stablecoin sector expanded notably, contributing an additional $4.581 billion to the fiat-linked crypto ecosystem. Fiat-Linked Tokens Expand Amid Market Volatility As of press time on Sunday, the stablecoin economy holds...
Stripe CEO Confirms Payments Company Is Developing New Stablecoin Product After a Decade of Interest
27.4.2025
Stripe CEO Patrick Collison has announced that the payments company is actively developing a new stablecoin product, a project that they have wanted to pursue for nearly a decade. This announcement comes after Stripe’s acquisition of stablecoin platform Bridge in October 2024 for $1.1...
Stablecoin Transactions Surpass Visa—Experts Warn of ‘Redemption Pressure’
27.4.2025
Experts say stablecoins are rapidly growing, with Bitwise reporting their 2024 transaction volume surpassed Visa’s. However, DWF Labs’ Andrei Grachev warns of systemic risks like redemption pressure and reserve management. Stablecoin Transaction Value Surpasses Visa Volumes Stablecoins...
Stripe Tests New Stablecoin Project as $3.7T Market Looms
26.4.2025
Stripe CEO Patrick Collison said a stablecoin tool for companies outside US, UK and EU is ready for testing
Stripe opens testing for new stablecoin product following Bridge acquisition
25.4.2025
Stripe, a global payments platform, is building a new US dollar stablecoin product for companies based outside the United States, the United Kingdom and Europe in a move that may further expand the footprint of the dollar around the world.Stripe CEO Patrick Collison confirmed the product on...
Stripe opens testing for new stablecoin product following Bridge acquisition
25.4.2025
Stripe, a global payments platform, is building a new US dollar stablecoin product for companies based outside the United States, the United Kingdom and Europe in a move that may further expand the footprint of the dollar around the world.Stripe CEO Patrick Collison confirmed the product on...
Stablecoins Could Bring 'ChatGPT' Moment to Blockchain Adoption, Hit $3.7T by 2030: Citi
25.4.2025
Stablecoin issuers could become one of the top U.S. Treasury holders, surpassing major sovereign nations, the report projected