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Spanish lender BBVA joins EU banks' stablecoin venture to challenge digital dollars
4.2.2026
The $800 billion-asset bank is the 12th to join Amsterdam-based Qivalis, which aims to introduce a euro-pegged token this year
Critics tell UK Lords stablecoins are not future money
4.2.2026
At a House of Lords hearing, witnesses cast doubt on stablecoins as mainstream money, backing strict Bank of England oversight and criticizing the "disastrous" US GENIUS Act for letting non‑banks into “the money business.”
Tether scales back $20 billion funding ambitions after investor resistance: FT
4.2.2026
Advisers are now discussing a smaller fundraising of roughly $5 billion, as prospective backers question both the size of the deal and Tether’s lofty valuation
CoinDesk Research: U.S. leads institutional crypto, Asia rules trading ahead of Consensus Miami
4.2.2026
Asia’s dominance is visible across every major dataset in this report, but the U.S. is assembling the institutional engine for the next surge of global adoption, while Latin America is already proving how utility-driven demand can scale in the real economy
Galaxy Digital shares plunge over 6% in pre-market over $482 million Q4 loss
3.2.2026
Galaxy generated $426 million in adjusted gross profit for the full year and ended it with $2.6 billion in cash and stablecoins, despite the significant quarterly loss
Hong Kong will start granting stablecoin issuer licenses in March: Reuters
2.2.2026
Eddie Yue Wai-man, chief executive of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA), said only a very few stablecoin licenses would be issued initially
XRP-linked Ripple rolls out treasury platform after $1 billion GTreasury deal
30.1.2026
New product lets companies manage cash, stablecoins and tokenized funds in one system, cutting cross-border settlement times from days to seconds
Binance to shift $1 billion user protection fund into bitcoin amid market rout
30.1.2026
Binance will convert the stablecoin holdings in its $1 billion Secure Asset Fund for Users to bitcoin over the next 30 days, with plans for regular audits
Crypto for Advisors: banks and digital money
29.1.2026
Banks are embracing stablecoins and tokenized deposits as a means to upgrade their financial infrastructure, but they are approaching the two technologies differently
White House to meet with crypto, banking executives to discuss market structure bill
28.1.2026
A vote on the legislation was delayed earlier this month after hitting resistance over how it proposes regulation regarding stablecoins
Fidelity readies digital dollar as stablecoins move into institutional finance
28.1.2026
Fidelity will issue a stablecoin through its newly approved national trust bank, signaling deeper institutional use of blockchain-based payment infrastructure
Fidelity Investments Starts its own stablecoin in a massive bet that future of banking is on blockchain
28.1.2026
The FIDD token will run on Ethereum, serve institutional and retail users, and comply with the new GENIUS Act’s reserve rules
Stablecoins seen as ‘the default’ for payments as OKX brings crypto card to Europe
28.1.2026
With EU banks exploring stablecoin issuance and regulators laying ground rules, OKX says its card marks a turning point in crypto’s integration into everyday finance
Top stablecoins shrink as crypto cash flees, posing risk to bitcoin's bounce
28.1.2026
USDC leads the decline in the market cap of top stablecoins, posing risk to crypto market valuations
Coinbase moves closer toward rolling out ‘custom stablecoins’
28.1.2026
Coinbase has been working with Solflare, R2, and Flipcash to bring custom stablecoins to market, with the latest testing focused on Flipcash's USDF
WH advisor Patrick Witt: Davos 2026 was ‘turning point’ for global crypto normalization
27.1.2026
White House crypto advisor Patrick Witt said stablecoins are the “gateway drug” for global finance and that Washington is racing to deliver regulatory clarity
Standard Chartered says U.S. regional banks most at risk in $500 billion stablecoin shift
27.1.2026
The delay of market structure legislation highlights a growing threat to domestic lenders as digital dollars begin to cannibalize traditional bank deposits
Tether debuts federally regulated USAT stablecoin via Anchorage Digital
27.1.2026
The new token is issued by Anchorage Digital Bank and designed to comply with the GENIUS Act, targeting institutional demand for a U.S.-regulated digital dollar
Stablecoins are a real threat to bank deposits, says Standard Chartered
27.1.2026
Stablecoin growth could drain bank deposits, with regional US banks most exposed, Standard Chartered’s Geoff Kendrick warned
Zerohash is in talks to raise $250 million at $1.5 billion valuation after walking away from Mastercard takeover
26.1.2026
The company recently walked away from multi-billion dollar acquisition talks with Mastercard, instead opting to remain independent