Two international financial bodies have published conflicting accounts of stablecoin growth, leaving tens of billions of dollars unexplained.

Ethereum developers are exploring a stablecoin that hides users' transactions, although the assets supporting it could still be frozen by Circle or Tether.

More than $500 million in stablecoins has piled into Circle's Arc, but transaction activity has already fallen about 70% from its launch day peak.

S&P is buying OpenZeppelin, whose code underpins several stablecoins already assessed by it.

Circle minted 10 billion ARC tokens this week after selling more than 8% of the supply to institutions, but says a public token launch is still not guaranteed.

Brian Armstrong says crypto can no longer wait for Congress, but his replies are pointing back to Coinbase's own decision to walk away from CLARITY in January.

Base looked like crypto's biggest stablecoin network in August until a stricter filter erased 99.9% of its reported transfer volume.

Nearly one-sixth of Ripple's record $2.4 billion stablecoin supply is now sitting in a single yield vault.

Ethereum's plan to let users pay gas with stablecoins could leave sponsors exposed if users move their tokens before transactions land on-chain.

Deel lets contractors earn "rewards" on their pay, while the product underneath routes opted-in balances into a Bitcoin-backed DeFi lending vault.

Stablecoins face a tougher regulatory path inside Canadian banks than tokenized deposits, according to a new KPMG analysis of the country's capital rules.

More than half of the stablecoins tracked by S&P passed its test, but USDT, which accounts for nearly 60% of the market, still has the lowest assessment.

Coupang tests won-backed stablecoin payouts five months after regulators fined the e-commerce giant over 508,752 late supplier payments.

Most countries surveyed by FATF have adopted the crypto Travel Rule, but 60% of those with legislation haven't taken any related enforcement action.

Brazil's central bank is preparing a rule that could let crypto firms hold stablecoin transfers for up to 24 hours before sending them to self-custody wallets.

Open USD's pitch was built around a huge partner list, but that list is now looking a lot fuzzier after some said they had no official talks with Open Standard at all.

Jeremy Allaire published a 1,538-word post on X about OUSD, implying that the rival's logo-heavy consortium model won't simply work.

Circle's post-IPO glow took a hit after Coinbase, BlackRock, Google, Visa, Stripe and more than 140 other companies backed a new stablecoin.

Bank of England stablecoin rules move the UK closer to a 2027 launch for regulated payment stablecoins, with final rules expected by the end of 2026.

Zelle bank-backed operator Early Warning will let U.S. users send money to India before the end of 2026 with a new dollar-backed stablecoin.

UFC White House fighters will receive some bonuses in USD1, a stablecoin issued by Trump-backed World Liberty Financial.

Tether is moving deeper into robotics by leading a round of up to $1.4 billion for NEURA Robotics, with plans to embed crypto into the company's machines.

MUFG, SMBC and Mizuho plan to work together on stablecoins, giving Japan's traditional banking sector a larger role in tokenized payments.

World Liberty Financial's address freeze has spilled onto HTX, with the exchange halting WLFI and USD1 markets and moving to convert USD1 balances into USDT.

Deel is adding DLUSD, a dollar-denominated in-app balance, giving contractors a way to hold pay in dollars without using a separate crypto exchange.

Turkish lira stablecoin was the second-most used stablecoin at Zodia Markets last year, beating euro and other currencies.

The stablecoin story is getting weird as the same product looks like a dollar boost, a Europe problem, a bank threat and a Japan opportunity.

Jeremy Allaire criticized Tether U.S. stablecoin, saying USAT has "basically zero transaction volume."

Hyperliquid USDT integration is getting deeper after the exchange enabled USDT borrowing for portfolio margin on testnet.

Georgia is working with Tether on a new Georgian lari stablecoin as the country tries to move more digital payments onto regulated rails.

A suspected exploit at StablR knocked several of its stablecoins by more than 20% below peg.

FDIC says stablecoins issued via banks should come with bank-style controls for money laundering, terrorism financing and sanctions compliance.

The central bank pushed back against proposals to loosen rules for euro stablecoins, warning EU finance ministers that the move could weaken banks.

Deel is adding support for stablecoin salary payouts, letting workers in the U.S. and Eurozone receive part of their net pay in digital dollars or euros.

Bradesco will custody cryptocurrencies for clients through Fireblocks after testing stablecoins for foreign-trade payments.

The stablecoin issuer filed new trademark applications in South Korea for its name, logo and Tether Gold.

Tether is in talks with one of El Salvador's largest fuel suppliers to test stablecoin payments at gas stations.

Tether is backing Lemonade Finance as the stablecoin issuer looks to move USDT deeper into migrant remittances.

The Bank of Japan is testing whether money that banks hold at the central bank can move on blockchain rails.

Hyperliquid tried to move beyond USDC with USDH, but the final deal looks more like a renegotiation than a retreat.

The French bank plans to bring its CoinVertible stablecoins to Canton Network as it expands its push into tokenized collateral and on-chain financing.

The DIP-10 proposal aims to convert remaining customer funds in Drift's Borrow Lend pool into USDT as the first reserve for post-exploit compensation.

The island nation will test stablecoin payments on Stellar as local merchants face card fees of 3% to 5%.

The whitepaper says ARC would power staking, governance, fee capture and discounts on its planned Layer 1 blockchain.

Tether is offering task-based grants to developers working on local-first AI and crypto tools, with payouts currently ranging from about $1,500 to $4,000.

Stablecoin issuer Circle raised $222 million through a presale of Arc's native token, giving the USDC issuer more capital for its new blockchain.