Latest Stablecoins crypto news, drawn from two or more publishers, with short briefs and links to the original reports.
World Liberty Financial announced a WLFI token buyback program funded by fees or interest from its USD1 stablecoin reserves. The move aims to bolster the WLFI ecosystem and governance.
Tether's USDT continues to be used on the Tron blockchain while an exchange halted transfers after a security breach. The exchange froze over 4.5 million USDT and posted wallet addresses for tracing.
Blockchain investigator ZachXBT increased his estimate of a suspected crypto theft from an unidentified European Union entity to over $133 million. He traced an additional $27 million in exchange withdrawals.
Samsung and the Solana Foundation announced that Samsung Wallet will support cross‑border USDC transfers on the Solana blockchain.
Stripe introduced a free instant business transfer service called Stripe Pay on October 27. Companies can send funds using profile handles instead of conventional bank details.
USDC now handles 56% of euro‑paired stablecoin trading, up from 10% in January 2024. The change follows the EU's MiCA rules, which have prompted exchanges to limit USDT for European users.
Canada opened a 60-day public consultation on proposed stablecoin regulations. The draft requires issuers to hold reserves in Canada and offer at-par redemption. Issuers cannot pay yield just for holding the tokens.
HSBC rolled out its Hong Kong dollar stablecoin named RedCoin on Oct. 23. The token launched through the PayMe payments app. The rollout reaches over 3.3 million users and over 100,000 merchants.
HSBC has launched RedCoin, a Hong Kong dollar-backed stablecoin, for transfers and merchant payments through PayMe. More than 3.3 million PayMe users can activate wallets in the app.
Bank Negara Malaysia and the Bank of Thailand joined Singapore's BLOOM initiative as policymaker members. The public-private project is led by the Monetary Authority of Singapore.
Reflect Money launched Create on Solana, a tool for issuing custom yield-bearing stablecoins in one transaction. Users can attach their own branding and select collateral from a reviewed set.
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has issued a final rule implementing the GENIUS Act's stablecoin framework. The rule addresses the law's ban on paying yield to people simply for holding stablecoins.
Injective has signed a memorandum of understanding with South Korean custodian BDACS to make KRW1 the exclusive won-denominated settlement asset for tokenized real-world assets on its network.
Stablecoin transfer volume reached $891 billion in the third quarter. This figure quadrupled since early 2023. Total stablecoin market capitalization remained largely unchanged during this period.
Tether Capital took part in Tenstorrent's $1.5 billion Series E round at a $6.2 billion valuation. Tenstorrent completed the round on Oct. 19, 2026. Trace Capital and Innovation X led it.
Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino said Tether's address freezes cut Iran-linked stablecoin transaction volumes by 94% since 2023. A Senate report found 84% of sanctioned or targeted Iran-linked wallets used USDT.
Mastercard has unveiled Stablecoin Security, a risk screening service for stablecoin transactions.
New York and Wyoming are collaborating on crypto regulation. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency indicates final rules for the GENIUS Act will be released soon.
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