Coinbase (NASDAQ: COIN) CEO Brian Armstrong recently claimed crypto "doesn't get enough credit for the financial access it's already unlocked for the world" in a post on X. Armstrong noted that stablecoins allowed "anyone, anywhere" to access a low-inflation currency and send it "24/7 for a fraction of a cent", that decentralized finance (DeFi) applications gave "anyone access to credit" and unbanked individuals access to financial services, and that tokenized stocks would expose four billion "unbrokered people" to the U.S. stock market.
Armstrong's bullish take isn't surprising, since Coinbase is one of the world's largest cryptocurrency exchanges. If you agree with Armstrong's perspective, then it might be a good time to review how those catalysts could boost your crypto portfolio's long-term returns.
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The market's largest stablecoins, Tether (CRYPTO: USDT) and USD Coin (CRYPTO: USDC), are pegged to the U.S. dollar. Tether is more widely used overseas, while USD Coin -- which is only minted by Circle (NYSE: CRCL) -- is the leading stablecoin in the U.S. market.
Stablecoins can be deposited into third-party lending markets, automated market makers, and liquidity pools to earn higher yields than traditional dollar-based savings accounts. However, some of those platforms are much riskier than FDIC-backed banking accounts.

#stablecoins

MoneyGram has launched its crypto on- and off-ramp service on Solana, letting people on the network move between digital ****** ets and physical cash through the payments company's global network.
MoneyGram is a payments firm with more than 85 years of experience, serving over 60 million customers through nearly half a million retail locations worldwide.
Its product, MoneyGram Ramps, is a tool that lets apps connect users to cash-to-crypto and crypto-to-cash services, a "ramp" being the bridge between traditional money and digital ****** ets.
Solana is a blockchain network built for fast, low-cost transactions, which has made it one of the most active networks for payments, trading, and stablecoins.
"By connecting our ecosystem to MoneyGram's global payments network through MoneyGram Ramps, developers are able to more easily build financial applications with real-world utility at global scale," said Lily Liu, president of the Solana Foundation, the nonprofit that supports the network.

#moneygram #payments #digital

Donald Trump has created a way for Wall Street to pay to win. Trump Media & Technology Group's premium data product released its new subscription service for earlier access to Truth Social posts for $100,000 a month. According to reports, five Wall Street firms have already signed up for the service, gaining access to Truth Social posts milliseconds before the general public.
"I'll be blunt," Gian Luca Clementi, an economics professor at NYU Stern School of Business, told Fortune. "This is insider trading by definition."
Because Trump owns roughly 41% of the company's shares, he stands to directly profit from the new recurring revenue stream. At five subscribers alone, the service would generate about $500,000 in monthly revenue, or $6 million annually.
That figure is modest by the standards Trump has set since returning to the White House. His 2025 financial disclosure showed his businesses generated more than $2 billion in personal income last year—nearly quadruple his 2024 total—with the bulk flowing from ventures that sit directly at the intersection of his office and his balance sheet. He earned roughly $1.4 billion from cryptocurrency alone, including $635 million in royalties from his $TRUMP meme coin and more than $500 million from World Liberty Financial, the crypto venture run by his sons.
Notably, Trump signed legislation promoting stablecoins just months after World Liberty launched its own—a policy-to-profit pipeline structurally similar to what Truth API now does with his social media posts. He has also collected millions from Trump-branded Bibles, sneakers, and watches, and Melania Trump secured a reported $28 million deal with Jeff Bezos for a documentary. Truth API is the latest mechanism in an established playbook.

#service #posts #street #World

Donald Trump has created a way for Wall Street to pay to win. Trump Media & Technology Group's premium data product released its new subscription service for earlier access to Truth Social posts for $100,000 a month. According to reports, five Wall Street firms have already signed up for the service, gaining access to Truth Social posts milliseconds before the general public.
"I'll be blunt," Gian Luca Clementi, an economics professor at NYU Stern School of Business, told Fortune. "This is insider trading by definition."
Because Trump owns roughly 41% of the company's shares, he stands to directly profit from the new recurring revenue stream. At five subscribers alone, the service would generate about $500,000 in monthly revenue, or $6 million annually.
That figure is modest by the standards Trump has set since returning to the White House. His 2025 financial disclosure showed his businesses generated more than $2 billion in personal income last year—nearly quadruple his 2024 total—with the bulk flowing from ventures that sit directly at the intersection of his office and his balance sheet. He earned roughly $1.4 billion from cryptocurrency alone, including $635 million in royalties from his $TRUMP meme coin and more than $500 million from World Liberty Financial, the crypto venture run by his sons.
Notably, Trump signed legislation promoting stablecoins just months after World Liberty launched its own—a policy-to-profit pipeline structurally similar to what Truth API now does with his social media posts. He has also collected millions from Trump-branded Bibles, sneakers, and watches, and Melania Trump secured a reported $28 million deal with Jeff Bezos for a documentary. Truth API is the latest mechanism in an established playbook.

#Trump #truth #posts

Donald Trump has created a way for Wall Street to pay to win. Trump Media & Technology Group's premium data product released its new subscription service for earlier access to Truth Social posts for $100,000 a month. According to reports, five Wall Street firms have already signed up for the service, gaining access to Truth Social posts milliseconds before the general public.
"I'll be blunt," Gian Luca Clementi, an economics professor at NYU Stern School of Business, told Fortune. "This is insider trading by definition."
Because Trump owns roughly 41% of the company's shares, he stands to directly profit from the new recurring revenue stream. At five subscribers alone, the service would generate about $500,000 in monthly revenue, or $6 million annually.
That figure is modest by the standards Trump has set since returning to the White House. His 2025 financial disclosure showed his businesses generated more than $2 billion in personal income last year—nearly quadruple his 2024 total—with the bulk flowing from ventures that sit directly at the intersection of his office and his balance sheet. He earned roughly $1.4 billion from cryptocurrency alone, including $635 million in royalties from his $TRUMP meme coin and more than $500 million from World Liberty Financial, the crypto venture run by his sons.
Notably, Trump signed legislation promoting stablecoins just months after World Liberty launched its own—a policy-to-profit pipeline structurally similar to what Truth API now does with his social media posts. He has also collected millions from Trump-branded Bibles, sneakers, and watches, and Melania Trump secured a reported $28 million deal with Jeff Bezos for a documentary. Truth API is the latest mechanism in an established playbook.

#posts

South Koreans sent $367 million more in stablecoins out of the country than they brought back in June. It was the 18th month in a row that money left.
The Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) handed those numbers to lawmaker Lee Jong-wook. The streak started in January 2025. Traders are chasing something they cannot get at home.
Five exchanges handle almost all local crypto trading. They are Upbit, Bithumb, Coinone, Korbit, and Gopax.
In June, they sent roughly $1.8 billion in stablecoins to foreign platforms. About $1.44 billion came back. The gap was $367 million.
Local media reported that across the whole second quarter, close to $1.1 billion left.

#billion #june #sent

Binance co-founder and Canadian entrepreneur Changpeng "CZ" Zhao is promoting a new crypto passport for use across Asia.
CZ discussed the crypto passport and how it would work during a discussion at the ASEAN Tech Summit Manila 2026 held in the Philippines.
The session covered digital ******* ets, stablecoins and the future of regional finance.
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#Binance #changpeng #ASEAN #Tech

July 24 (Reuters) - London-listed shares of Wise fell 10% on Friday after the money transfer ‌group said its application to create a ‌national trust bank in the United States was denied by regulators, amid major changes in financial policy.
The U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency denied Wise's application as it was incompatible with the Federal Reserve's ‌new policies for ⁠payment system access, the dual-listed company said. As a national trust bank, Wise ⁠sought to settle U.S. dollar payments directly with the Fed.
U.S. regulations for payments have changed significantly since the firm submitted its application in June of last year, ‌it said.
"With the Federal Reserve generally pausing account access for an uninsured trust bank, the approach in our application became non-viable," the firm said.
The fintech firm plans to submit a new application for ‌a national trust bank charter under the GENIUS Act framework, which pertains to digital ****** ets like stablecoins.

#federal

Montaka Global Investments, an investment management company, released its second-quarter 2026 investor letter. A copy of the update is available to download here. Montaka manages a concentrated portfolio of high–conviction, long-term, competitively advantaged businesses bought when prices are attractive. While it delivered positive returns in the June quarter, its 12-month performance was largely negative due to declines in the March quarter amid the 'SaaSpocalypse', yet the underlying businesses performed well. Montaka's strategy focuses on owning businesses that grow earnings in large markets, which struggled against short-term bottleneck trades that gained popularity. However, Montaka aims for long-term excess returns above market indices, anticipating that current mispricing will eventually correct. In addition, please check the Strategy's top five holdings to know its best picks in 2026.
In its Q2 2026 investor letter, Montaka Global Investments highlighted Mastercard Incorporated (NYSE:MA). Mastercard Incorporated (NYSE:MA) is a leading global payment technology company provides transaction processing and other payment-related products and services. On July 22, 2026, Mastercard Incorporated (NYSE:MA) closed at $531.98 per share, reflecting a market capitalization of $470.05 billion. Mastercard Incorporated (NYSE:MA) posted a one-month return of 8.81%, while its shares lost 5.59% over the past 52 weeks.
Montaka Global Investments stated the following regarding Mastercard Incorporated (NYSE:MA) in its Q2 2026 investor update:
"On the other side of the market are some of the world's highest quality businesses which have been overlooked during the semiconductor–mania.
Take Visa and Mastercard Incorporated (NYSE:MA), for example. Both are extraordinarily advantaged businesses and have consistently grown annual revenues at double–digit percentage rates for many years. And in our view, strong growth will likely continue – driven by new value–added services attached to their payment networks (related to stablecoins, agentic commerce, fraud detection, and other data services) which are growing at even faster rates.

#incorporated #businesses #Investments #quarter

Montaka Global Investments, an investment management company, released its second-quarter 2026 investor letter. A copy of the update is available to download here. Montaka manages a concentrated portfolio of high–conviction, long-term, competitively advantaged businesses bought when prices are attractive. While it delivered positive returns in the June quarter, its 12-month performance was largely negative due to declines in the March quarter amid the 'SaaSpocalypse', yet the underlying businesses performed well. Montaka's strategy focuses on owning businesses that grow earnings in large markets, which struggled against short-term bottleneck trades that gained popularity. However, Montaka aims for long-term excess returns above market indices, anticipating that current mispricing will eventually correct. In addition, please check the Strategy's top five holdings to know its best picks in 2026.
In its Q2 2026 investor letter, Montaka Global Investments highlighted Visa Inc. (NYSE:V). Visa Inc. (NYSE:V) is a multinational financial services company known for its payment technology network that offers credit, debit, and prepaid card products and other services. On July 22, 2026, Visa Inc. (NYSE:V) closed at $353.42 per share. One-month return of Visa Inc. (NYSE:V) was 5.95%, and its shares lost 1.07% over the past 52 weeks. Visa Inc. (NYSE:V) has a market capitalization of $665.89 billion.
Montaka Global Investments stated the following regarding Visa Inc. (NYSE:V) in its Q2 2026 investor update:
"On the other side of the market are some of the world's highest quality businesses which have been overlooked during the semiconductor–mania.
Take Visa Inc. (NYSE:V) and Mastercard, for example. Both are extraordinarily advantaged businesses and have consistently grown annual revenues at double–digit percentage rates for many years. And in our view, strong growth will likely continue – driven by new value–added services attached to their payment networks (related to stablecoins, agentic commerce, fraud detection, and other data services) which are growing at even faster rates.

#NYSE #Services #quarter #investor

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Bitcoin remains dominant, but that ETF demand has become more selective toward the lowest-cost products.
Hyperliquid ETFs show that investors still reward differentiated use cases, flexibility, and credible growth narratives.
Active multi-token ETFs can provide a nimble solution to combat the dynamic nature of the crypto market.
The crypto market has entered a more selective phase. Financial institutions continue to explore practical concepts like tokenization, stablecoins, and incorporating crypto trading alongside equities on their platforms. This momentum persists even as broader enthusiasm for cryptocurrencies has cooled. And in the background, regulatory progress continues to evolve as the CLARITY Act nears the finish line, providing tailwinds for the long term.

#financial

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With no sign of innovation in payments slowing down, five podcasts below might help listeners keep up on the latest trends in payments and provide insights to fine tune plans for 2027.
Already in the first half of this year, stablecoins took a big step toward becoming a mainstream payment option, payments providers advanced their artificial intelligence strategies and cybersecurity firms pursued stronger data security tools to thwart criminals.
While most of the podcasts reviewed below avoid sponsored content, some of those commercials do show up, usually with disclosures.
For the rest of the summer, maybe you want to ditch a book and take one of these five payments industry podcasts to the beach instead.

#payments

Ramp has made stablecoin accounts and payments available to all its customers, giving businesses one platform to hold, send, and receive both regular dollars and stablecoins like USDC and USDT.
Until now, most finance teams treated stablecoin payments as a separate hassle, requiring a different wallet, no approval controls, and hours of manual reconciliation.
One Ramp beta customer found that stablecoin payments made up just 10% of vendor payments but consumed half of their accounts payable team's time.
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Ramp's approach folds stablecoins directly into the same system businesses already use for cards, bills, and accounting, so a payment settling in USDC follows the same approval chain as one settling in dollars.

#payments #stablecoin #accounts #dollars

If you ask people whether you should buy/sell/hold gold, most today would say buy or hold.
Of course, gold did hit an all-time high of $5,589 in January 2026, largely on the backs of central banks buying in record numbers as reserve diversification has come into fashion amid rising geopolitical tensions.
Gold is trading around $4,000 right now, so it's down a ways from its peak, though it's still up 120% over the past 5 years. Even Bitcoin, i.e. digital gold, is up 115% in that span.
Then there's Ethereum. ETH currently trades around $1,900, which is down 5% from where it was trading at ($2k) at this point in 2021.
So gold doubled, and BTC doubled, yet the flagship programmable money venture (with native yield, the most stablecoins, institutional tokenization experiments, etc.) has underperformed.

#Gold #down #january #Bitcoin

With stablecoin supply above $300 billion and payment use reaching an estimated $390 billion in 2025, more than twice the previous year, competition increasingly centres on distribution, liquidity, reserve income, and access to payment networks.
Open USD has brought these commercial forces together through a consortium of more than 140 participants, including Visa, Mastercard, Stripe, Coinbase, and BlackRock. Participating companies will be able to distribute the ******* et through exchanges, wallets, merchant products, and payment services while receiving a share of reserve earnings.
The model places Open USD against established issuers and smaller competitors seeking partnerships with the same financial companies.
BeInCrypto spoke with Louisa Bai, Head of Stablecoins at Mysten Labs, Marc Boiron, CEO of Polygon Labs, and Kevin Cui, Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of OSL Group, about stablecoin competition, regional use cases, currency demand, and blockchain settlement.
Open USD gives participating companies a financial incentive to support adoption through their own products. Reserve earnings can be returned to consortium members, linking token distribution to commercial revenue.

#open #reserve

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Semiconductors to Stablecoins: Jan van Eck on 2026 Markets "He's still a gold bull for the next decade despite a near-term technical stumble, but he's stayed bearish on Bitcoin all year, partially due to mechanisms specific to bitcoin and partially because of its rising correlation to the Nasdaq. Where he does see life in crypto is stablecoins and corporate chains, as banks race to wall off their own blockchain turf." (ETF.com)
Is Passive Investing Sabotaging Fund Managers? "Index fund fans counter that claims of distortion are mostly sour grapes from fund managers struggling to outperform. For one thing, index funds do little trading of their own. Active managers' jobs might even get easier as they scrap over a smaller slice of the market." (WSJ)
These 15 Funds Cost Investors Billions Over the Past Decade "Seven of the top 15 funds on our list are in the trading-inverse equity category, which are designed to increase in value when a specific benchmark or ***** et type falls. These funds occasionally rise to the top by betting against the market; for example, many funds that bet against US stocks were up 15% or more in 2022. But because market returns are positive more often than not, the long-term results haven't been pretty." (Morningstar)
Goldman Pitches New Way for LPs to Fund Capital Calls "The move would give large investors interest on capital that has been committed but not yet called, at rates around 160 basis points to 210 basis points over the benchmark. In return, Goldman would free up capacity on its balance sheet." (FundFire)

#market #Bitcoin

Key Takeaways
Eric Richmond predicted that stablecoin-powered AI agents could grow significantly within months rather than years.
Coinbase plans to launch crypto derivatives for Canadian permitted clients within weeks as it develops its "everything exchange."
Richmond said Coinbase was targeting CIRO dealer status in early 2027.
Stablecoins as a native payment system for AI agents could see significant growth potentially within months rather than years, Coinbase Canada CEO Eric Richmond has said.

#eric #rather

Key Takeaways
Fed Chair Kevin Warsh ruled out Federal Reserve bailouts for crypto or stablecoins during a market crisis.
Despite his pro-crypto views, Warsh said investors, not the Fed, must bear market risks.
The comments come days before the key GENIUS Act rulemaking on stablecoin regulation and bank participation.
Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh told the House Financial Services Committee on July 14 that the central bank will not rescue cryptocurrency or stablecoins if the sector faces a run, delivering the message in his first congressional testimony since taking the chair in May.

The combined market capitalization of the world's stablecoins has fallen by $10 billion U.S. since the end of May, the biggest decline in years.
Liquidity in the stablecoin market has decreased as crypto markets have consolidated near their lows for the year.
In June, the stablecoin market capitalization fell by $7.7 billion U.S., the largest dollar amount since May 2022 when blockchain protocol Terra-Luna imploded.
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SWIFT is taking its biggest step into crypto after confirming its blockchain-based shared ledger is ready for initial use. Built on Hyperledger Besu over nine months, the network will let 17 major banks, including HSBC, Citi, UBS, BNP Paribas, DBS, ANZ, and Standard Chartered, pilot live cross-border payments using tokenized deposits.
The rollout moves beyond closed sandbox testing into real banking operations. Rather than replacing existing payment rails, the ledger coordinates tokenized deposits between participating banks while final settlement stays on the current infrastructure. That could help banks process payments during nights, weekends, and across time zones, where delays have long been a problem.
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The shared ledger sits above existing payment rails instead of replacing them. When a participating bank starts a transaction, the platform coordinates funding commitments across counterparties and gives every institution the same real-time view of payment status. Final settlement still runs through RTGS systems and Swift's existing messaging network.
The pilot uses bank-issued tokenized deposits rather than stablecoins or public crypto ***** ets. Each token is backed one-to-one by commercial bank deposits, giving it the same regulated status as money held in a traditional bank account. In practice, the blockchain improves how banks move and coordinate funds, while the underlying money and compliance framework remain unchanged.

January 20, 2025. Donald Trump walks back into the White House. Bitcoin is touching $109,000. Gold is steady at $2,697 an ounce. And a meme coin bearing the president's name is a few days old and trading around $35, already down sharply from its launch peak of $74.
Six months on, those three **** ets have gone in three completely different directions. Here is what $10,000 in each one looks like today.
On inauguration day, Bitcoin opened around $102,000. A $10,000 investment bought roughly 0.098 BTC. Today, with Bitcoin trading near $60,000, that position is worth approximately $5,880, a loss of just over 41%.
The irony runs deep. Trump entered office as the most crypto-friendly president in U.S. history. He signed executive orders supporting the industry, established a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve, and pushed through the GENIUS Act for stablecoins.
Bitcoin still lost nearly half its value on his watch. Rising Treasury yields, institutional profit-taking, and selling pressure tied to Strategy's $14 billion unrealized loss position have weighed heavily throughout his term.

Tokenized stocks are still tiny compared with traditional equity markets, but they are no longer an experiment inside crypto. Tokenized stocks have surged to nearly $1.08 billion in total value and $2.10 billion in monthly transfer volume.
Ondo leads the category with 405 tokenized stock ***** ets valued at about $870 million and 43.61% market share. Now, Ondo is trying to push this growing market into derivatives.
Ondo Perps launched in public beta in June, giving selected eligible users outside the United States access to perpetual futures on tokenized versions of US stocks, ETFs, commodities, and indices.
The platform offers up to 20x leverage and 24/7 trading on markets linked to ***** ets such as Nvidia, Tesla, gold, oil, silver, the US 100, and the US 500.
In simple terms, users can take long or short leveraged positions on real-world markets without waiting for traditional exchange hours. They can also use tokenized securities as collateral, rather than relying only on stablecoins.

On July 1, Robinhood Markets (NASDAQ: HOOD) made a move that may prove to be defining for one market in particular. Its newly launched Robinhood Chain now routes trading in perpetual futures contracts, leveraged derivatives with no expiration date, through Lighter (CRYPTO: LIT), a decentralized derivatives exchange. Lighter's token, LIT, was up about 35% in the seven-day period ended July 7.
For holders of Hyperliquid (CRYPTO: HYPE), the reigning decentralized perpetuals venue, this new deal between Robinhood and Lighter is yet another competitive threat among the many that are rising. So which is the better coin to buy, Hyperliquid or Lighter?
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The case in favor of Lighter starts with the fact that the deal with Robinhood is no small thing. Robinhood serves nearly 28 million customers, and its wallet now lets users deposit stablecoins into Lighter's smart contracts as collateral for trading perpetuals.
Presently, Lighter is the third-largest decentralized perpetuals exchange, with $1.3 billion in 24-hour trading volume on July 7. On an annualized basis, revenue generated from its trading fees could total $95 million.

The Digital ***** et Market Clarity Act is major crypto legislation and its primary goal is to establish a regulatory framework for virtual ***** ets in the United States by clarifying the jurisdiction of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).
But the legislation has proven to be controversial because of the stalemate between the banking and crypto industries over a provision concerning stablecoin rewards.
A stablecoin is a type of cryptocurrency that tries to keep its value stable by being pegged to a fiat currency like the U.S. dollar.
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A provision of the bill allows limited rewards for stablecoin holders in which users can earn yields on stablecoin payments, transfers, settlements, etc. However, a user can't earn rewards simply for holding stablecoins.

June 30 (Reuters) - A consortium including Visa, Mastercard and Coinbase on Tuesday launched a new joint stablecoin in a bid to broaden the ‌adoption of the digital tokens.
The venture, called Open Standard, brings together more ‌than 140 businesses for the stablecoin network and will issue a new U.S.-dollar pegged stablecoin called Open USD, which is expected to go live later this year.
It is aimed at accelerating the usage of the digital tokens worldwide by addressing hurdles that businesses face in scaling stablecoin adoption, Open Standard said.
"Existing stablecoins have great strengths, but to use them ‌at scale, businesses need something ⁠that's open, low-cost, high-throughput, broadly accessible, and aligned to their interests," Open Standard founding CEO Zach Abrams said.
It will let businesses mint ⁠and redeem Open USD without any cost and limits on volumes to help them build for scale. Earnings from Open USD's reserves backing the digital token will also be shared among the initiative's partners, minus a management fee to cover operational costs.

The idea of any cryptocurrency skyrocketing may feel far-fetched right now. Prices are down dramatically, and good news barely registers: Chainlink (CRYPTO: LINK), for example, has fallen around 20% in the past three months despite a slew of positive announcements.
However, when sentiment does improve, Chainlink could soar. It already plays a key role in mainstream crypto adoption by providing the data that automated blockchain functions need. It bridges blockchains to the real world, working across chains and **** ets to support complex transactions. Here are three reasons its price could jump in the next six months.
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There's always a hot new trend in cryptocurrencies. Last year, stablecoins were thrust into the spotlight by legislative changes. This year, it's all about real-world **** et tokenization, which is a way to record ownership on the blockchain. Putting ownership of **** ets -- including equities, bonds, real estate, and more-- on the blockchain makes trading easier, more accessible, and cheaper.
Chainlink's data streams and technology will be crucial as more **** ets move on-chain. For example, the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq are both preparing to launch tokenized equities, and the organizations that support them -- such as the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), which offers clearing and settlement services -- are readying the infrastructure. The DTCC is partnering with Chainlink as it develops a tokenization platform for round-the-clock trading.

In mid-June, the Federal Reserve proposed new rules for stablecoins. The proposal calls for stablecoin issuers to verify customer identities before opening new accounts or redeeming tokens, effectively applying bank-style anti-money laundering standards to stablecoins.
At first glance, this seems like bad news for Circle (NYSE: CRCL), the issuer of the USD Coin (CRYPTO: USDC) stablecoin. However, those tighter restrictions could actually strengthen USD Coin and make Circle a more compelling investment.
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Circle promotes USD Coin as a tightly regulated, US-centric stablecoin. It's also firmly backed by U.S. dollars and Treasuries. Its main competitor, Tether (CRYPTO: USDT), is issued by Hong Kong-based iFinex and backed by an opaque mix of cash, commercial paper, and other ***** ets. While Tether dominates the overseas market, USD Coin leads the U.S. market.
Circle's regulatory compliance makes USD Coin a trustworthy alternative to U.S. dollars for retail and institutional investors. But in many overseas markets, where investors consider stablecoins a hedge against inflation and currency devaluation, Tether's immunity from U.S. regulations -- along with its higher global liquidity -- makes it a better choice than USD Coin.

BitGo is reducing its workforce by nearly 15% as the digital **** et custodian narrows its focus to security, trading, stablecoins, settlement, and AI-powered infrastructure. CEO Mike Belshe described the cuts as a one-time action with no further reductions planned.
The move makes BitGo the latest crypto company to trim staff in 2026, with peers tying similar cuts to AI. The custodian went public in January as the first major crypto listing of the year.
BitGo priced its public market debut at $18 a share in January, putting its strategy under fresh shareholder scrutiny. It counted about 565 full-time employees as of mid-2025 in its prospectus, so the cut points to roughly 85 jobs.
The numbers show why. BitGo's 2025 results listed $16.2 billion in revenue, up more than fourfold, yet most came from low-margin digital **** et sales. Adjusted EBITDA reached just $32.4 million, and a drop in its Bitcoin (BTC) treasury left a $14.8 million net loss.
Belshe wants the leaner team on higher-value institutional crypto services. BitGo won a federal trust bank charter from the OCC in December.

PayPal was one of the first major financial institutions to launch a stablecoin. Now, as Wall Street races to catch up, the company is trying to answer a different question: How do you stay ahead once everyone else decides stablecoins matter?
For Larry Wade, who leads global risk, regulatory relations, and compliance for PayPal's crypto business unit, the answer starts with a simple observation. Despite years of growth and hundreds of billions of dollars flowing into stablecoins, the industry has barely scratched the surface of its intended use case.
"About $350 billion of stablecoin flows, less than 1% of that is actually true payments," Wade told Coinage during an interview at the Solana Policy Institute's Chicago conference. "Look at how much value there is to capture."
By Wade's estimate, stablecoins are still merely in their second inning. That opportunity helps explain why PayPal spent years building crypto infrastructure long before Washington passed the GENIUS Act and before stablecoins became a priority for nearly every major bank and payments company.
When PayPal first entered crypto roughly five years ago, the company faced a regulatory landscape with few clear rules and little precedent. Rather than moving aggressively, Wade says the company deliberately chose a slower path, leaning heavily on New York's BitLicense framework while adapting its existing risk and compliance systems to digital ****** ets.

Franklin Templeton is linking its tokenized money market business with MoonPay, giving eligible institutions a cleaner way to move stablecoin balances into yield-bearing fund exposure without stepping off-chain.
The integration links Franklin Templeton’s Benji Technology Platform with MoonPay Trade, giving eligible investors a way to move supported stablecoins into shares of the firm’s tokenized money market fund and back through blockchain-based workflows. The setup is aimed at institutions that want cash-like ******* ets to stay liquid while still earning yield beyond traditional market hours.
The deal extends Franklin Templeton’s long-running push to make regulated funds usable inside digital-asset markets. It's Franklin OnChain U.S. Government Money Fund, represented by the BENJI token, launched in 2021 as the first U.S.-registered mutual fund to use a public blockchain as its official recordkeeping system. The broader BENJI suite reached $1.98 billion in ******* ets as of late April, according to the firm.
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