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Every Stablecoins read CryptoBloggers has picked: 272 so far, 241 in the last 30 days, strongest first under “Start here” and newest first below.
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Binance hit by $5.8B hack as Tether and Circle freeze billions
Binance is investigating a multibillion-dollar hot wallet breach, with Tether and Circle freezing over $2.36B in stablecoins; the figures are still shifting.
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Tether Routed Payments to Hines's Firm During White House Tenure, WSJ Reports
WSJ reports Tether routed payments to a firm linked to former White House crypto adviser Bo Hines, who received $6.3M via Nxum.
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OCC Finalizes GENIUS Act Rule, Drops Third-Party Yield Presumption
OCC's final GENIUS Act rule takes effect Jan. 18, 2027 and drops the third-party yield presumption, with temporary waivers for pending applicants.
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Mastercard brings stablecoin balances into traditional banking and card payments
Mastercard's Global Money Platform with BVNK lets banks and fintechs hold and spend stablecoin balances in card and bank payments, with Nuvei and Marqeta among early adopters.
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Banks Hold a Lever Over Stablecoin Adoption, BIS Economists Say
BIS working paper finds stablecoin growth slows when US banks raise deposit rates, with USDC most sensitive.
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Binance’s Reserve Page Shows 1.06 Billion More USDT Than Customer Balances After Hack Refill
Binance's reserve page shows about $1.06B more USDT in its onchain wallet than customer balances, and the proof of full backing has not yet been published.
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Thailand seeks $148,000 daily cap on certain stablecoin transfers to curb money laundering
Thailand's draft rules would cap certain stablecoin transfers at $148,000 daily and limit them to same-owner accounts.
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Sky Advisor Proposes Halting New Core Vault Borrowing
Sky advisor proposes halting new core vault borrowing, with 376.33M USDS in debt across 771 vaults; repayment stays possible.
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Western Union’s USDPT Stablecoin Becomes a Settlement Option on Visa, Anchorage Digital Says
Anchorage says Visa partners can settle VisaNet balances in Western Union's USDPT; Visa has not confirmed.
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KPMG Signs Off on Tether Gold Issuer’s 2025 Books, Covering $2.2 Billion in Bullion
KPMG signed off on TG Commodities' 2025 books covering $2.2B in gold backing XAUT, though only Tether announced it.
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Tron, Tether and Chainalysis Form a New Crypto-Crime Task Force—Replacing One That Just Collapsed
Tron, Tether and Chainalysis launch a crime task force to trace and freeze illicit USDT, replacing a unit that collapsed weeks earlier.
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Anchorage Digital’s Stablecoins Can Now Settle Payments on Visa’s Network
Visa can now settle VisaNet obligations in Anchorage-issued USDPT stablecoin, a notable payments rail step.
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Tether Gold Gets Clean KPMG Audit Confirming $2.2B in Physical Gold Backing
KPMG audit found $2.2B in physical gold backing XAUT, Tether's second Big Four audit after USDT.
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Stablecoins in Nigeria
Episode 6 of a stablecoin series covering Nigeria; a podcast with no snippet detail.
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Tether Gold issuer follows USDT to complete Big Four audit
KPMG gave TG Commodities a clean opinion on its 2025 accounts; overlaps the XAUT audit story, kept as the secondary source.
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Jupiter adds Anchorage-backed USDGO to its $1 billion Solana lending platform
Anchorage-backed USDGO is added to Jupiter's Solana lending market, where other holders can earn onchain at borrower-set rates.
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Securitize, Ethena Open BUIDL Facility With $100M Capacity
Securitize and Ethena open a BUIDL facility with $25M each in USDC and BUIDL, with further funding conditional rather than a $100M pool.
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SoFiUSD goes live on Polygon as bank-issued stablecoin expands reach
SoFi's bank-issued stablecoin SoFiUSD now live on Polygon alongside Ethereum and Solana.
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SoFi’s Bank-Issued Stablecoin SoFiUSD Goes Live on Polygon, Its Third Blockchain
SoFiUSD, a bank-issued stablecoin, is now live on Polygon for SoFi app users, alongside Ethereum and Solana.
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Securitize and Ethena’s $100 million BlackRock BUIDL liquidity facility goes live
Securitize and Ethena launch a $100M facility letting BUIDL holders swap into stablecoins 24/7.
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Tether, TRON and Chainalysis Launch a Task Force to Freeze Illicit USDT Before It Moves
Tether, TRON and Chainalysis launch a task force to proactively freeze illicit USDT on TRON and pass leads to police.
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Thailand proposes $148K daily cap on stablecoin deposits and withdrawals
Thailand's SEC proposes daily caps on stablecoin deposits and withdrawals and requires self-owned wallets.
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USDT Freeze Proposals on Tron Leave Time to Move Funds
FreezeCheck found 65.4M USDT left targeted Tron addresses between public freeze proposals and execution, exposing a window for funds to move.
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Stablecoin supply falls $14.2B in biggest 30-day drop since June 2022
Major stablecoin market cap fell $14.2B in 30 days, the biggest drop since June 2022, leaving crypto markets with less liquidity to rally.
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Tron and Tether bring in Chainalysis after T3 crime unit folds
Tron, Tether and Chainalysis are teaming up after the T3 crime unit folded, to trace illicit USDT on Tron and freeze funds faster.
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Gemini sells UK and European operations to stablecoin payments firm KAST for under $10 million
Gemini is selling its UK and European operations to stablecoin payments firm KAST for under $10 million as it retreats from overseas markets.
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Stablecoin Drain, ETF Outflows Leave Bitcoin 'Running on Empty'
Stablecoin supply fell $14.2 billion in 30 days, the fastest contraction since June 2022, alongside weak ETF demand.
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Stablecoin supply drops $14.2 billion in largest contraction since 2022 bear market
Stablecoin supply shrank $14.2 billion, the largest contraction since the 2022 bear market, with USDT and USDC down nearly $11 billion in a month.
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Tether has about $4.8B in exposure to US stock markets
Protos reviewed Tether's regulatory filings and found about $4.8B of exposure to US stock markets via 13 listed companies.
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Crypto Long & Short: The GENIUS Act’s guarantees don’t cover DeFi lending
Ajna's founders argue that a fully backed stablecoin gives no protection against governance votes or faulty price feeds in DeFi lending.
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Deutsche Bank Switches On Bitcoin Custody for Paying Clients
Deutsche Bank now holds bitcoin, ether and three stablecoins for European institutional clients, though it has not named customers or disclosed fees.
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Paraguay bank collapse shows stablecoins can offer a lifeline... of sorts
The collapse of Paraguayan digital bank Ueno left customers reliant on stablecoins as a way to reach their money.
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FSB urgest Turkey to tighten crypto oversight, set stablecoin rules
The FSB urged Turkey to tighten crypto enforcement and set stablecoin rules, a policy signal for the country.
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Global banks commit $270M to stablecoin venture targeting 2027 launch
Global banks including Goldman, Citi and BBVA raised $270M for a dollar stablecoin targeting a 2027 launch.
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Goldman, Citi and Other Banks Reportedly Fund $270 Million Stablecoin Initiative
Reported $270 million bank-backed stablecoin initiative, Project Faro, targeting a 2027 launch.