Despite growing competition from emerging issuers, the stablecoin market remains largely dominated by a few key players. According to data from Web3 research firm Nansen, Tether’s USDt continues to lead among US dollar-pegged stablecoins, even as com

Wallet provider MetaMask is launching a crypto payments card that will allow users to spend self-custodied funds, offering crypto holders additional ways to use their tokens.The new card is backed by Mastercard and is being developed in partnership w

Coinbase, the largest publicly traded cryptocurrency exchange, is waiving fees on transactions connected to PayPal's stablecoin and allowing its users to redeem the token directly for U.S. dollars, a major milestone for PayPal as the company doub

Payments behemoth PayPal plans to offer a 3.7% yield on balances held in its PayPal USD stablecoin.According to an April 23 Bloomberg report, a PayPal representative said that the measure aims to encourage more usage of the firm’s stablecoin. The new

The European Central Bank (ECB) raised an alarm over potential fallout from aggressive US support for the crypto industry, warning that a surge in dollar-backed stablecoins could destabilize Europe’s financial system.According to a policy paper seen

Italy’s minister of economy and finance warned that US stablecoin policies are more concerning than President Donald Trump’s tariffs, citing the potential for these crypto assets to undermine the euro’s dominance in cross-border payments.Speaking at

Stablecoins are the single best tool for the United States government to maintain the US dollar's hegemony in global financial markets, according to LayerZero Labs CEO and founder Bryan Pellegrino.In an interview with Cointelegraph, the CEO of LayerZ

Stablecoin firm Circle, the issuer of the USDC dollar-pegged token, might delay its planned initial public offering (IPO) amid macroeconomic uncertainty over US President Donald Trump’s trade policies, the The Wall Street Journal reported.Circle reg

Circle appears set to become the second-largest pure-play crypto firm to go public in the U.S., after filing a prospectus with the SEC on Tuesday. The move marks a tremendous step forward for the firm, which had canceled a previous attempt at a publi

USDC stablecoin issuer Circle Internet Financial filed a prospectus for an initial public offering with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday, according to a filing.This comes a day after the company said it had confidentially submit

Crypto stablecoin issuer Circle Internet Group has filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission to go public on the New York Stock Exchange.The USDC issuer is planning to list its Class A common stock under the symbol “CRCL,” according to it

By Connor Hart and Vicky Ge HuangCircle Internet Group, one of the crypto industry's biggest players, has filed with U.S. securities regulators to go public.Circle, whose core business maintains a U.S.-dollar-based stablecoin, didn't say Tuesday how

Ripple USD stablecoin, RLUSD, is gaining significant traction in the market, with the recently released February attestation report highlighting growth.In a tweet, Jack McDonald, SVP of Stablecoins at Ripple, stated that the February monthly independ

The Donald Trump-backed crypto venture World Liberty Financial launched a US dollar-pegged stablecoin with a total supply of more than $3.5 million.According to data from Etherscan and BscScan, the project launched the World Liberty Financial USD (US

Gold-backed stablecoins will outcompete US dollar-pegged alternatives worldwide due to gold's inflation-hedging properties and minimum volatility, according to Bitcoin maximalist Max Keiser.Keiser argued that gold is more trusted than the US dollar

Early in 2025, there was a significant surge in the stablecoin market, with a $20 billion increase in total supply. With a 10% increase from January, the total supply now stands at almost $205 billion. The spike, according to data from Glassnode, com

Movement on legislation to regulate stablecoins is underway this week as lawmakers in the House debated necessary provisions in the bill on Tuesday. The Senate committee will also assemble in the coming days to take a vote on proposed stablecoin rule

What is yield farming? Yield farming, also known as liquidity mining, is a decentralized finance (DeFi) strategy where cryptocurrency holders lend or stake their assets in various DeFi protocols to earn rewards. These rewards often come in the form

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is considering adopting cryptocurrency and blockchain in some of its operations, ProPublica reported, citing sources familiar with the matter.The HUD has held meetings to discuss the possibility of

Cryptocurrency exchange Bybit plans to begin rewarding clients who hold or use Ethena’s USDtb stablecoin, which is backed by the BlackRock BUIDL token, starting this week."USDtb, an Ethena ecosystem stablecoin, backed by BlackRock BUIDL, has been lis