Stablecoins

OKX opens onchain spot and perps beta with 250K USDT reward pool

OKX launched a public beta for onchain spot and perpetual trading on October 15, 2026, through its ExchangeOS platform. Eligible users trade with simulated...

Tether Routed Payments to Hines’s Firm During White House Tenure, WSJ Reports

According to the Wall Street Journal, stablecoin issuer Tether routed payments to the firm Nxum, owned by Michael Hines, during his tenure at the...

Firelight adds $30.5M of cover to Kraken USDC vault

Firelight, a cover protocol built on the Flare Network, has added $30.5 million of coverage to Kraken's Protected Strategies USDC vault, operational since October...

OKX Opens Onchain Spot and Perps Beta With Simulated TradFi Trading

OKX launched a beta for onchain spot and perpetual futures trading with simulated traditional finance trading. A points competition with a 250,000 USDT prize...

Firelight Adds $30.5 Million of Cover to Kraken USDC Vault

Firelight has added $30.5 million in coverage to Kraken's USDC vault. Depositors are subject to a $100,000 cap per address per coverage period. Payouts...

Safe Launches Safenet Aegis Security Network on Three Chains

Safe, a multi-signature wallet protocol, has launched Safenet Aegis Security Network on three blockchains. This security service offers checks at a cost of 0.40...

Tether invests in AIsa to enable stablecoin payments for AI agents

Tether Capital has invested in AIsa, a platform that lets AI agents access and pay for data resources without human approval. The platform already...

Mastercard and BVNK launch Global Money Platform to expand stablecoin payments

Mastercard and BVNK launched the Global Money Platform on October 15, 2026, providing banks, fintechs and enterprises with a single interface to manage both...