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

El Salvador Shifts to Stablecoins as Bitcoin Payments Wane

El Salvador Shifts to Stablecoins as Bitcoin Payments Wane
El Salvador Shifts to Stablecoins as Bitcoin Payments Wane
September 29, 2026  |  Cryptocurrency

Five years ago, the government of El Salvador made bitcoin legal tender in the country. Now, the country’s government is shifting to another form of...

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Crypto Lost Its Clarity. Here’s How Industry and Government Are Rebuilding.
Crypto Lost Its Clarity. Here’s How Industry and Government Are Rebuilding.
September 28, 2026  |  Cryptocurrency

There’s a changing of the guard taking place across crypto. The Sept. 15 failure of the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act to advance in the...

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Citi and Coinbase Pair Stablecoin Payments With Fiat Settlement
Citi and Coinbase Pair Stablecoin Payments With Fiat Settlement
September 28, 2026  |  Cryptocurrency

Coinbase deepened its collaboration with Citi to enable businesses to convert incoming fiat into stablecoins and to accept stablecoin payments, Coinbase said in a Monday...

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US Looks to Stablecoins to Bolster Dollar’s Reserve Status
US Looks to Stablecoins to Bolster Dollar’s Reserve Status
September 28, 2026  |  Blockchain

A sharp sell-off in U.S. government bonds is adding urgency to the Trump administration’s effort to turn dollar-backed stablecoins into a new source of demand...

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Payward Looks to Build Financial Infrastructure Beyond Kraken Exchange
Payward Looks to Build Financial Infrastructure Beyond Kraken Exchange
September 27, 2026  |  Cryptocurrency

Kraken’s parent company is making a multibillion-dollar bet on its future as a financial infrastructure provider. That’s according to a report Sunday (Sept. 27) by...

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Three Regulators Give Banks Three Paths to Issue Stablecoins
Three Regulators Give Banks Three Paths to Issue Stablecoins
September 25, 2026  |  Cryptocurrency

The Federal Reserve’s stablecoin proposals on Thursday (Sept. 24) put a third federal bank regulator’s plans on the table. Banks can now see how the Fed,...

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Fed Proposes Stablecoin Reserve and Capital Rules Under GENIUS Act
Fed Proposes Stablecoin Reserve and Capital Rules Under GENIUS Act
September 24, 2026  |  Cryptocurrency

The Federal Reserve Board is requesting public comment on two proposals related to establishing a regulatory framework for the payment stablecoin issuers it supervises under...

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Stablecoins Changed the Rails but Haven’t Captured the Economics
Stablecoins Changed the Rails but Haven’t Captured the Economics
September 24, 2026  |  Cryptocurrency

Stablecoins spent years trying to prove they could move money better than banks, and they have succeeded. Announcements this week from banks, card networks, cryptocurrency...

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