2025-9-4 17:55 |
According to financial journalist Paul J. Davies, stablecoins pose a bigger threat to U.S. credit cards than to bank accounts or money market funds. What are the real dynamics between credit cards and stablecoins, and what are the possible outcomes… origin »
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RWAs, excluding stablecoins, reached $26,30 billion in value, with private credit in the lead.
2025-8-19 19:03 | |
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Max Keiser argues Bitcoin is no longer speculative, becoming a critical hedge against a collapsing fiat system, as the US explores stablecoins and monetary shifts. The post Bitcoin Is Becoming the Credit Default Swap on a Collapsing Fiat System | US Crypto News appeared first on BeInCrypto.
2025-7-29 17:23 | |
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Coinbase is betting that stablecoins will power a new kind of economy, one where AI agents manage money, transact autonomously, and replace traditional credit and debit rails in the background. As these tools become more embedded in online commerce, consumers…
2025-7-28 16:16 | |
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We are watching the biggest transformation since credit cards. The companies that capitalize on this will thrive.
2025-7-23 12:38 | |
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Maple Finance has partnered with Lido Finance to offer stablecoin credit lines backed by stETH, a liquid staking token representing staked ETH. The move will let institutions borrow stablecoins without unstaking their Ethereum (ETH), preserving exposure to Ethereum staking rewards…
2025-6-13 16:43 | |
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New York lawmaker Latrice Walker proposed a new bill that supports using fiat-collateralized stablecoins as an acceptable method for bail bond payments. Introduced on May 10, the New York Assembly Bill 7024 noted that the existing methods of paying bail bonds included cash, insurance bonds, and credit cards.
2023-5-11 11:45 | |
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Stablecoins offer a way for consumers — particularly Americans — to escape the financial industry’s punitive transaction fees.
2023-4-5 22:18 | |
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Moody's, a leading credit rating agency, is developing a scoring system for blockchain-based stablecoins.
2023-1-27 23:10 | |
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Bankrupt trading firm Alameda Research has $7.2 million in outstanding debt from a TrueFi credit facility.
2022-11-12 22:44 | |
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Following on from its $400 million revolving credit deal with FTX, BlockFi has announced that from August 1st it will be increasing the yield it offers for deposits on several major stablecoins and cryptocurrencies.
2022-7-28 15:00 | |
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Fitch notes potential asset contagion risks posed by stablecoins could lead to tighter regulations for the industry.
2021-7-5 11:11 | |
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Decentralized platform Warp Finance has suffered a major hack, as the newly launched company loses $7. 7million worth of DAI and USDC stablecoins. The hacker withdrew the said amount from the platform using a flash credit scheme.
2020-12-19 15:29 | |
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Lumi Wallet announced that from June 2020, Tether USDT, Binance USD, Paxos Standard Token, Celsius and Dai are available to purchase in Lumi Wallet with a credit card. The highest grossing stablecoins on the crypto market are fully integrated for exchange and purchase in-wallet.
2020-6-25 20:30 | |
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In the cryptocurrency economy, the supply of credit through the banking system could disappear, warned Bank of England Deputy Governor Sir Jon Cunliffe. That would be a change with “profound economic consequences,” he added, emphasizing the risks from Facebook’s Libra project and global stablecoins.
2020-3-2 20:45 | |
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For most people, buying cryptocurrencies is just a click away; there are multiple options, credit cards, debit cards, and CashApp. However, even with a number of on-ramp options, the go-to option mostThe post Stablecoins TUSD, USDT, and GUSD have had an ironically unstable year appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2019-12-12 17:00 | |
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Tether has taken a lot of heat for admitting it is running a fractional reserve. There’s no doubt that Tether’s unregulated nature makes this approach risky and that its lack of transparency is unsettling, but the entire modern banking system is architected on fractioned assets.
2019-5-13 16:37 | |
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Blockchain Payroll Platform WorkChain. io has partnered with tokenization platform STASIS to enable euro-backed crypto paychecks for its European Union (EU) users with the EURS stablecoin.
2018-12-1 21:00 | |
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“Go for the Jugular” is the advice George Soros gave to his team during his famous attack on the British pound for a profit of $1 billion on so-called Black Wednesday in 1992.
2018-11-15 18:50 | |
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Galaxy Capital–backed BlockFiis taking its loan services to the global stage. According to a statement shared with Bitcoin Magazine, the platform is expanding its services to an international audience.
2018-10-31 17:17 | |
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Global professional services firm PwC has partnered with decentralized lending platform Cred to boost trust in the cryptocurrency space and bring in more traders by advancing stablecoin technology.
2018-10-8 21:30 | |
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Global professional services firm PwC has partnered with decentralized lending platform Cred to boost trust in the cryptocurrency space and bring in more traders by advancing stablecoin technology.
2018-10-10 21:30 | |
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Stability. The word seems to be at complete odds with the current nature of the crypto market. With its flagship coin having “died” on hundreds of occasions, volatility and meteoric price swings have come to define cryptocurrencies, as price stability, ever-elusive, is in short supply.
2018-10-3 19:05 | |
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University of Berkeley Professor Barry Eichengreen has taken a swipe at the viability of stablecoins in an op-ed published on Project Syndicate. The critique, entitled “The Stable-Coin Myth,” argues stablecoins are not automatically "viable" just because they are pegged to an asset, though Eichengreen does believe they have an advantage over "conventional cryptocurrencies" such as bitcoin which he says "is highly unstable" and "unattractive as units of account.
2018-9-13 18:07 | |
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Stronghold, a cryptocurrency trading platform housed by Stellar, is launching a stablecoin on its parent network’s blockchain in collaboration with IBM. Stronghold USD will be backed with “one-to-one U.
2018-7-18 22:00 | |
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Visa introduces a pilot program enabling businesses to make fiat payments to individual stablecoin wallets, with recipients choosing to receive USD-backed stablecoins. The post Visa Launches Fiat-to-Stablecoin Pilot Program for Business Payments appeared first on Coinspeaker.
Payment service provider Visa has introduced a new stablecoin payout pilot program to simplify payments from businesses to creators. According to a press release shared with crypto.news, Visa has launched a new pilot that allows businesses to send USD-backed stablecoin…
Tangem is moving to link self-custody with everyday payment use without altering how users hold their assets. The company has introduced Tangem Pay, allowing people to spend onchain USDC using a virtual Visa card while keeping funds under their own…
Visa will add support for four new stablecoins on its settlement platform after the payments giant witnessed a spike in demand for stablecoin-linked card services. During the company’s fourth-quarter earnings call, CEO Ryan McInerney told investors that Visa plans to…
Circle is witnessing a rapid consolidation of financial heavyweights around its Arc testnet, as competitors from Goldman Sachs to Visa begin aligning on a common technological standard for the future of money movement.
A16zcrypto says active crypto users are now around 70 million, up 10 million from last year, showing more people are actually using crypto. And adoption is picking up everywhere, with wallets booming in emerging markets more than anywhere else. Andreessen…
Oobit’s new DePay layer lets users spend crypto directly from wallets like MetaMask and SafePal, no custodial cards or top-ups required. Payments are settled on-chain and accepted by more than 150 million Visa and Mastercard merchants worldwide. According to a…