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.

Source: en.wikipedia.org

Singapore’s StraitsX Sees Surge in Stablecoin Payment Volume
Singapore’s StraitsX Sees Surge in Stablecoin Payment Volume
March 30, 2026  |  Cryptocurrency

Singapore-based stablecoin payment infrastructure company StraitsX is reportedly seeing a surge in card transaction volume. Between the fourth quarter of 2024 and the same quarter last year,...

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CFOs Are Using Stablecoins More Like ACH Than Digital Assets
CFOs Are Using Stablecoins More Like ACH Than Digital Assets
March 30, 2026  |  Cryptocurrency

Innovative technologies often rarely succeed in the way their earliest advocates predicted. And findings in “Waiting for Certainty: Why Most CFOs Are Holding Back on Crypto...

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Mastercard Explores Divestiture of Nets Real-Time Payments Unit
Mastercard Explores Divestiture of Nets Real-Time Payments Unit
March 27, 2026  |  Payment Methods

Mastercard is reportedly looking to divest much of the real-time payments business it acquired from Denmark’s Nets Group in 2019, marking a significant strategic pivot...

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Lawmakers Press Bank Regulators on Tech Rules and Delays
Lawmakers Press Bank Regulators on Tech Rules and Delays
March 26, 2026  |  Bank Regulation

A House Financial Services subcommittee hearing examined how much uncertainty banks must absorb as regulators overhaul their approach in real time. Subcommittee Chairman Bryan Steil,...

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Stablecoin Regulations Put Wallets at Heart of Digital Cash Adoption
Stablecoin Regulations Put Wallets at Heart of Digital Cash Adoption
March 25, 2026  |  Blockchain

The traditional framing around stablecoins has been one centered on infrastructure. Reserves, regulation and the mechanics of maintaining a one-to-one peg with fiat currency have...

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New CLARITY Draft Puts Stablecoin Yield in the Crosshairs
New CLARITY Draft Puts Stablecoin Yield in the Crosshairs
March 25, 2026  |  Cryptocurrency

What’s a crypto market without volatility, anyway? On Tuesday (March 24), the alleged contents of a new draft of the proposed CLARITY Act sent a tremor...

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Ripple Uses Singapore’s BLOOM to Test Cross-Border Stablecoin Trades
Ripple Uses Singapore’s BLOOM to Test Cross-Border Stablecoin Trades
March 25, 2026  |  Cross-border Payments

Ripple is reportedly testing stablecoin-powered trade finance with the help of Singapore’s central bank. The company told Coindesk Wednesday (March 25) that it is taking...

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Tether Taps Big Four Accounting Firm for Inaugural Audit
Tether Taps Big Four Accounting Firm for Inaugural Audit
March 25, 2026  |  Cryptocurrency

Stablecoin issuer Tether says it has engaged a “Big Four” accounting firm for its inaugural audit. The company’s “first full independent financial statement audit” is “slated to...

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Circle and Sasai Explore USDC Stablecoin Applications Across Africa
Circle and Sasai Explore USDC Stablecoin Applications Across Africa
March 24, 2026  |  Cryptocurrency

Circle Internet Group and Sasai Fintech, a pan-African digital payments solution provider, have partnered to explore applications for Circle’s USDC stablecoin across Africa. Sasai Fintech,...

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