Despite Bitcoin falling below $59,000 and widespread crypto sell-offs, major financial companies including Visa, Mastercard, Coinbase, BlackRock, and Google have launched Open USD, a new dollar-backed stablecoin. This initiative aims to create a more open and scalable stablecoin infrastructure for businesses, challenging existing leaders like USDT and USDC. The move highlights a significant shift where institutional players are embedding crypto payment systems into traditional finance, suggesting long-term adoption even as prices drop. This development could reshape the stablecoin market and signal a new phase of crypto integration with mainstream financial systems.
USDT0, a Tether-backed stablecoin, launched on the Stellar blockchain on September 2, 2026, using LayerZero's interoperability standard to enable seamless cross-chain transfers and unified liquidity access. This launch connects Stellar to a broader U...
Amid renewed macroeconomic fears and rising US Treasury yields reaching levels unseen since early 2025, investors are rotating toward safe-haven assets. The Federal Reserve's planned $12.5 billion Treasury purchase may ease financial conditions by in...
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has asked a federal court to dismiss CME Group's lawsuit challenging the CFTC's approval of Kalshi's bitcoin perpetual futures. The CFTC argues CME lacks standing because it can list similar perpetual f...
Researchers from the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) tested a prototype using the XRP Ledger Devnet to verify the integrity and origin of official statistical datasets by recording cryptographic fingerprints rather than full data on the bloc...
British American Tobacco's Modern Oral segment expanded by 65.9% in the first half of 2026, now holding a 39.2% volume share in key markets like Sweden, Norway, Poland, and the US. This growth reflects a shift as oral nicotine products attract new us...
