Stablecoins

Tether says its freezes drove a 94% drop in Iran-linked stablecoin volumes

Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino claims that address freezes drove a 94% drop in Iran-linked stablecoin transaction volumes since 2023. A US Senate report identified...

Circle’s EURC adds $4.8 million in a week as euro stablecoins keep inching up

Circle's euro stablecoin, EURC, saw its market capitalization grow by $4.8 million over the past seven days, reaching $497.12 million as of October 19,...

Arc stablecoin market cap grows by $155M in past week

Arc, Circle's Layer-1 blockchain, saw its stablecoin market cap reach approximately $670.75 million on October 19, 2026, a 30.05% or roughly $155 million increase...

Mastercard Brings Its Fraud-Fighting Tools to Stablecoin Payments

Mastercard launched Stablecoin Security, a risk-intelligence tool that allows financial institutions to screen stablecoin payments for fraud, scams and sanctions exposure before transactions settle....

Visa, Mesh partner to enable crypto spending at 175M merchant locations

Visa and crypto payments platform Mesh have announced a partnership allowing consumers to spend their cryptocurrency and stablecoin balances directly from digital wallets across...

Mastercard launches stablecoin risk screening for banks and payment providers

Mastercard has launched Stablecoin Security, a service combining payment data and blockchain analytics to help financial institutions detect suspicious stablecoin transactions before settlement. Unveiled...

France’s Stablecoin Swap Tax Faces Oct. 20 Budget Vote

French deputies approved by a single vote an amendment on stablecoin swap taxation. This text will be submitted to a budget vote on October...

Coinbase partners with Thunes to expand stablecoin payments to 140 countries

Coinbase has announced a partnership with Thunes, a global payment infrastructure provider, to expand stablecoin payments to over 140 countries. This collaboration combines Coinbase's...