A report by crypto market maker Keyrock reveals that 98.6% of AI agent crypto transactions between May 2025 and April 2026 were settled in the stablecoin USDC. This dominance underscores USDC's role as the preferred settlement asset in the emerging machine-to-machine payments economy due to its stability, liquidity, and regulatory compliance. The report tracked 176 million blockchain transactions worth over $73 million, showing rapid adoption and a structural imbalance with more buyers than sellers. This trend could significantly boost stablecoin demand independent of human trading, posing challenges for competitors like USDT as regulatory frameworks for AI payments remain undeveloped.
The Trump administration, through a partnership between Better Home & Finance and Coinbase, introduced the first conforming mortgage that allows borrowers to use Bitcoin (BTC) or USDC stablecoin as collateral, backed by Fannie Mae. This new mortgage ...
Coinbase Exchange has activated full trading capabilities—including limit, market, and stop orders—for Wrapped Ronin (WRON) and Nexus (NEX) tokens against the US dollar. This upgrade coincides with Coinbase expanding its USDC trading pairs to 237, in...
Tether's USDT stablecoin supply surged by over $5 billion in one month, reaching nearly $190 billion and capturing about 60% of the stablecoin market. Meanwhile, competitors like USDC, PYUSD, and USDe lost a combined $4.2 billion, reflecting a market...
Union Investment's Christoph Hock criticized Tether and USDC for holding significant gold and bitcoin reserves, arguing they don't qualify as genuine stablecoins. USDC experienced notable price drops in 2023 and 2024, highlighting stability risks. Th...
In Q1 2026, Solana's tokenized real-world assets surged 43% to $2.01 billion, driven by Blackrock's BUIDL and other tokenized products, showing strong institutional interest. Despite a 33% drop in SOL price and a 22% decline in DeFi value locked, Sol...
