Stablecoins
XRP’s 30% monthly rebound meets a $4.6 million liquidity trial inside XRPL’s $1.1 billion stablecoin boom
Monthly DEX volume more than doubled, yet XRP routing and market-maker holding time remain unmeasured.
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Payments
US Bank moves USBDC across borders on Stellar, but only inside its own walls
The live payment linked the bank's North American and European entities while testing minting, redemption and issuer controls.
Deals
Why Circle is spending $400M to fix the last mile holding stablecoins back from real-world payouts
How the $400M cross-border deal could finally link stablecoins directly to local bank accounts worldwide.
Stablecoins
Circle’s Noble shutdown leaves Cosmos racing to move $92 million in USDC
Cross-chain burn limits start shrinking in October as Injective becomes the replacement route for native USDC.
Legislation
CLARITY Act’s biggest Senate vote could happen before the bill is actually finished
Republicans are asking lawmakers to preserve the amendment process while major disputes over ethics, stablecoins and prediction markets remain open.
Stablecoins
Aave’s proposed interest rate hike threatens to crush Ethena’s most popular yield loop
The proposed curve change adds 13 to 89 basis points across a $323.8 million debt snapshot for USDe positions.
Analysis
MetaMask and Consensys split exposes the gap between Ethereum adoption and ETH demand
The wallet and infrastructure businesses are set to operate independently, while Monad products and private networks complicate the link to ETH demand.
Lending
Visa is quietly routing $2.5 billion in credit through smart contracts, and no one knows who carries the risk
Private Visa files size the loans, smart contracts collect repayment, and undisclosed terms determine who takes the first loss.
ETF
Wall Street’s altcoin ETF rotation is not producing an altseason, and the old playbook may be breaking
Wall Street's ETF demand is clustering in Ethereum, XRP and Solana while smaller products like BNB and Polkadot struggle for flows.
Crime
US hit on $24 billion crypto black market sends rival money launderers running for exits
Xinbi-linked withdrawals surged after authorities restrained $52 million, while rival Fulilai began purging laundering merchants.
Stablecoins
Paolo Ardoino says 650 million people decentralized US debt, but Tether still controls the T-bills
USDT spreads dollar claims and Treasury funding demand while Tether keeps reserve ownership, portfolio control and gains above face value.
Stablecoins
Tether is putting $400 million into a $3 trillion Wall Street debt market just as defaults hit a 5-year high
StableFund launches with $400 million in sponsor capital and ambitions to raise another $3 billion from institutional investors.
