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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Tether Has Blocked $3.5 Billion in Crime-Linked Stablecoins Since 2023
Tether Has Blocked $3.5 Billion in Crime-Linked Stablecoins Since 2023
February 27, 2026  |  Blockchain

Tether has frozen $3.5 billion of its stablecoins since 2023 and a total of $4.2 billion since the company’s launch, in cases where the tokens were linked to illicit activity,...

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Barclays Accelerates Push Into Stablecoins and Tokenized Deposits
Barclays Accelerates Push Into Stablecoins and Tokenized Deposits
February 27, 2026  |  Blockchain

Barclays is looking to build a blockchain platform that could handle stablecoin payments and tokenized deposits, Bloomberg reported Friday (Feb. 27), citing unnamed sources. Get...

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This Week in Stablecoins: FinTech, Big Tech and Regulation
This Week in Stablecoins: FinTech, Big Tech and Regulation
February 27, 2026  |  Cryptocurrency

Stablecoins are out there; now they just need to work. The next phase for stablecoins may focus less on issuance and more on interoperability in...

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OCC Proposes Reserve and Risk Rules for Stablecoins
OCC Proposes Reserve and Risk Rules for Stablecoins
February 26, 2026  |  Cryptocurrency

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has issued a proposed rulemaking to implement the GENIUS Act, the stablecoin legislation that was signed...

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Who Needs Whom? Card Networks, Stablecoins and the Future of Payments
Who Needs Whom? Card Networks, Stablecoins and the Future of Payments
February 26, 2026  |  Blockchain

Here is the question nobody in polite payments circles wants to ask out loud: Do the card networks need stablecoins—or do stablecoins need the card...

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Tether Investment Values Whop at $1.6 Billion as Stablecoins Go Mainstream
Tether Investment Values Whop at $1.6 Billion as Stablecoins Go Mainstream
February 25, 2026  |  Investments

Tether Investments said it aims to promote the use of stablecoin payments by making a strategic investment in Whop, an internet market designed to help...

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Interoperability Is Missing Layer Connecting Blockchains to Merchant Systems
Interoperability Is Missing Layer Connecting Blockchains to Merchant Systems
February 25, 2026  |  Blockchain

Interoperability in crypto payments has long been discussed as a technical aspiration. Over the past several months, it has started to look more like a...

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Revolut Picked to Test Stablecoins in UK’s Regulatory Sandbox
Revolut Picked to Test Stablecoins in UK’s Regulatory Sandbox
February 25, 2026  |  Blockchain

Revolut is among four companies being tapped to test stablecoin use in the U.K. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

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Circle Bets on 2026 Growth After Stablecoin Transactions Skyrocket 247%
Circle Bets on 2026 Growth After Stablecoin Transactions Skyrocket 247%
February 25, 2026  |  Earnings

Could the world be shifting from an “information era” to a “value era” in which blockchain makes value transfer as native to the internet as...

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