stablecoins

Stablecoins are cryptocurrencies designed to minimize the volatility of the price of the stablecoin, relative to some "stable" asset or basket of assets. A stablecoin can be pegged to a cryptocurrency, fiat money, or to exchange-traded commodities.

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Binance Reportedly Sought Looser Regulation From US Treasury
Binance Reportedly Sought Looser Regulation From US Treasury
April 13, 2025  |  Cryptocurrency

Binance has reportedly met with government officials to discuss relaxed regulation on the cryptocurrency exchange. The meeting between the company and representatives of the Treasury...

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Are Stablecoins a Threat or an Opportunity for Banks?
Are Stablecoins a Threat or an Opportunity for Banks?
April 10, 2025  |  Cryptocurrency

Banks have always evolved to provide more effective systems to serve their customers. But while historically that evolution was relatively linear, as the financial world...

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Hill Hearing Focuses on Regulatory Structure of Crypto and Digital Asset Oversight
Hill Hearing Focuses on Regulatory Structure of Crypto and Digital Asset Oversight
April 09, 2025  |  Cryptocurrency

Securities laws need readjustment to account for some of the unique qualities of digital assets — and market structure legislation should pave the way for...

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Ripple Pays $1.25 Billion For Prime Brokerage Hidden Road
Ripple Pays $1.25 Billion For Prime Brokerage Hidden Road
April 08, 2025  |  Acquisitions

Stablecoin company Ripple has purchased prime brokerage Hidden Road for $1.25 billion. The acquisition makes Ripple the first cryptocurrency company to own and operate a...

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State Regulators Push Back on Proposed Federal Control of Stablecoin Industry
State Regulators Push Back on Proposed Federal Control of Stablecoin Industry
April 08, 2025  |  Cryptocurrency

Crypto’s biggest success story, after a litany of industry failures, has been stablecoins. The asset-pegged digital tokens, designed to maintain their stability and facilitate non-volatile...

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Tether Weighs Launching ‘Domestic Stablecoin’ in the US
Tether Weighs Launching ‘Domestic Stablecoin’ in the US
April 07, 2025  |  Cryptocurrency

America’s changing cryptocurrency landscape could soon bring Tether’s stablecoin to the U.S. The company is considering offering a U.S.-only stablecoin, assuming the government brings forth...

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From Fringe to Financial Infrastructure: How Blockchain Became Bankable
From Fringe to Financial Infrastructure: How Blockchain Became Bankable
April 07, 2025  |  Cryptocurrency

File this under things you couldn’t say two years ago: Blockchain technology is maturing, and its potential for compliant, mainstream use is growing. “Banks are...

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SEC Rules That ‘Covered’ Stablecoins Are Not Securities
SEC Rules That ‘Covered’ Stablecoins Are Not Securities
April 06, 2025  |  Cryptocurrency

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) says that stablecoins, generally speaking, are not securities. That’s according to a statement from the regulator’s Division of Corporate...

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Crypto Executives Push Congress to Allow Stablecoin Issuers to Pay Interest
Crypto Executives Push Congress to Allow Stablecoin Issuers to Pay Interest
April 03, 2025  |  Cryptocurrency

Some crypto executives are reportedly pushing Congress to allow stablecoin issuers to pay interest on their U.S. dollar-pegged tokens. The executives aim to add this...

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