Stablecoin


Finance

MEXC Ventures Invests $36M in Ethena and USDe as Stablecoin Demand Continues to Surge

The investment aims to boost stablecoin adoption and crypto accessibility.

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Policy

Latest Draft of U.S. Stablecoin Bill Aims to Split Power Between State and Federal Authorities

The latest version of the bill expands the role of states in regulating stablecoins and proposes new transparency as well as enforcement requirements

Bill Hagerty, a sponsor of the bill (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

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Crypto for Advisors: DeFi and On-chain Finance

Will 2025 drive growth in the adoption of yield-bearing assets like staking, liquid staking, restaking and liquid restaking in DeFi?

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Finance

USDe Stablecoin Developer Ethena Raises $100M: Bloomberg

USDe's market cap has jumped to around $6 billion this month, becoming the third largest stablecoin behind Tether's USDT and Circle's USDC

Funding (Gerd Altmann/Pixabay)

Finance

Figure Markets Offers SEC-Registered Yield-Bearing Stablecoin as Tokenized Asset Demand Soars

The YLDS stablecoin, backed by prime money market funds, offers daily interest and 24/7 peer-to-peer transfers.

Figure Markets CEO Mike Cagney (Figure)

Finance

Tether Made 'Unsolicited' Bid for Majority Stake in $1B LatAm Agribusiness Adecoagro

Adecoagro owns farmland and industrial facilities across Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay.

Tether already holds a minority stake in the agricultural commodities producer. (Unsplash/Getty Images)

Finance

Peter Thiel-Backed Plasma Raises $20M to Develop Bitcoin-Based Network for Stablecoins

The project, which also claims Tether's Paolo Ardoino as an investor, aims to enhance stablecoin adoption through a Bitcoin sidechain that allows zero-fee USDT transactions.

Plasma (Ramon Salinero/Unsplash)

Markets

Circle's USDC Hits Record Market Cap Over $56B as Stablecoin Demand Soars

USDC and USDT minting accelerated in the past weeks, providing a bullish signal for crypto markets despite declining token prices.

USDC market capitalization (CoinDesk Data)

Markets

Solana Saw 112% Surge in Stablecoin Supply in January With TRUMP Memecoin Frenzy: CCData

This coincided with the launch of Donald Trump's memecoin $TRUMP which caused a wave of inflows to the network

A Solana booth at ethDenver (Danny Nelson)

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The Next Bridge.xyz? BlindPay's CEO Wants to Revolutionize Global Payments

Bernardo Moura is looking to upend SWIFT’s dominance of the massive international payments industry, starting with Latin America.

BlindPay CEO Bernardo Simonassi Moura

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