New Zealand's FMA opened a consultation on 9 November 2026 on a class designation that would take qualifying NZD-referenced and NZD-backed payment stablecoins outside the FMC Act. Conditions, the NZDD precedent, and how the proposal compares with Hong Kong, Taiwan and Nigeria.
Nigeria's CBN set N15bn paid-up capital for foreign-currency stablecoin issuers and N10bn for naira Class 1 under Nov 2026 non-security VA rules. Class 1 vs Class 2, the algorithmic ban, 100%+2% reserves, and what it means for dollar stablecoin distribution.
Learn why stablecoin purchases return to banks as issuer deposits, how that raises funding costs and loan pricing, and what the BIS modelling does not prove.
Bitget USDT withdrawals resume Sept 30, 2026 at 08:00 UTC on ETH, BSC, Solana, and Tron after the Sept 24 breach. PoR shows 131% overall; USDT 107%.
Senate PSI Ranking Member Blumenthal's Sept 28, 2026 report calls Tether USDT a significant lifeline in Iran's shadow banking network. Key wallet stats and Tether's $550M freeze reply.
Learn what the Middle East Stablecoin Association's first keynote and its Terminal 3 MoU reveal about Gulf stablecoin regulation, yield, depeg risk, and digital identity.
Neutrl opened NUSD and sNUSD redemptions on 17 Sep 2026 for USDC through 14 Nov; Strata read on-chain redemptionRate() ≈ 0.51 after the Aug pause and ~$27M liquid disclosure.
Senate cloture on the CLARITY Act failed 49-50 on Sept 15, 2026 (need 60). Circle (CRCL) fell ~9.4%; GENIUS payment-stablecoin law stays separate.
Senate sponsors released a final 635-page CLARITY Act draft on September 14, 2026 that adds Treasury circuit-breaker authority if payment stablecoins drive deposit flight from community banks, ahead of a Tuesday cloture vote.
A Federal Reserve staff note published September 4, 2026 examines whether payment stablecoins belong in M1 or M2, and why counting them risks double-counting dollars.
TRM Labs traced over $6.3 billion through sanctioned exchange Shelbit, with about 88% moving on Tron in dollar stablecoins. What the flows reveal.
South Korea recorded $367 million in net stablecoin outflows in June 2026, an 18-month streak totaling $10.4 billion as traders seek products banned at home.
Samsung announced stablecoin support for Samsung Wallet at Galaxy Unpacked 2026. Galaxy users could get native stablecoin access without a separate app. Full details.
ADGM formally recognized Tether Gold (XAU₮) as an Accepted Spot Commodity on July 20, letting licensed firms offer tokenized gold services in Abu Dhabi.
The GENIUS Act July 18, 2026 rulemaking deadline arrived with OCC, FDIC and joint ID-rule comment periods open into August. What it means for USDT, USDC.
DTCC ran its first live tokenized trades of QQQ, SPY and US Treasuries on July 15, 2026 with BlackRock, JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs and nearly 40 institutions.
