XRP Ledger integrates Mastercard's Verifiable Intent for x402 agent payments, adding verified authorization to RLUSD settlement as agentic transactions top 1.4 million.
Uniswap launches Permissioned Pools on v4, enforcing compliance onchain so tokenized funds and securities can trade on the AMM. Partners: Securitize, Superstate, Dowgo.
How Zach Abrams built Bridge into a $1.1B Stripe acquisition and became the CEO steering Open USD, the 140-firm stablecoin consortium.
Coinbase lets all Business customers accept USDC payments from AI agents via x402 starting July 23, 2026, as agent traffic overtakes humans on Base docs.
Compare stablecoins vs CBDCs in 2026: who issues them, how they are backed, privacy, programmability, and why the US banned a Fed CBDC until 2030.
Algorithmic stablecoin BLC crashed 99% on July 22 after an attacker faked a Bitcoin price, liquidated healthy vaults, and drained $912,000 from 42DAO.
How Jeremy Allaire went from 1990s web software pioneer to Circle CEO, building USDC into the world's largest regulated stablecoin.
Japan's first large-scale corporate yen stablecoin rollout: AZ-COM Maruwa plans JPYC payments to 2,300 truck drivers plus a 1 billion yen investment.
Learn how stablecoins are backed in 2026, from reserve composition and attestations to full audits, GENIUS Act rules, and how to verify backing yourself.
How Paolo Ardoino went from a cryptography researcher to Tether CEO, turning USDT into the stablecoin market's dominant force.
Learn how stablecoins maintain their $1 peg through reserves, redemption, and arbitrage. Compare fiat, crypto-backed, synthetic, and algorithmic models.
Discover the best stablecoin wallet alternatives to MetaMask in 2026: Phantom, Rabby, Coinbase Wallet and more compared on fees, chains, and yield.
Explore the Stablecoin Developer Ecosystem Report 2026: market size, USDC vs USDT, top APIs and SDKs, blockchain liquidity, and key regulations shaping the industry.
