The latest stablecoin news from around the world.
BOK researchers said on 3 September 2026 that Binance fiat–dollar stablecoin listings cut premiums 0.33–0.38 percentage points and tied demand to local-currency weakness vs the dollar. Korea's won FX link is not statistically meaningful yet.
Coin Metrics puts USDC adjusted transfer volume at $32 trillion in 2026, while reserve income supplied 95.2% of Circle's Q2 revenue.
Ethena launched Ethena Pay on September 1, 2026, a self-custodial money app that holds balances in USDe and settles exclusively on Avalanche. The beta is live in 49 countries for about 400 users, with a Visa spend card, a discretionary Daily Boost of up to 6% a year, and cashback paid in AVAX.
Twenty-one banks and financial firms said on September 1, 2026 they will form a company in H2 2026 to issue a USD stablecoin targeting H1 2027, with GENIUS Act and MiCA compliance in scope.
MAS proposed Payment Services Act amendments on September 1, 2026, banning interest on regulated stablecoins and opening recognition to foreign issuers.
Japan's FSA asked on August 31, 2026 to exempt trust-based stablecoins from a filing requirement triggered by every beneficiary change, meaning every transfer.
Coverage focused on whether JPMorgan will issue a stablecoin, but Early Warning Services, owned by seven major US banks, launched ZLUSD in June 2026.
Circle became Chelsea's front-of-shirt sponsor on August 28, 2026, the first crypto financial services firm to hold a Premier League principal shirt slot.
BIS General Manager Pablo Hernández de Cos told Jackson Hole on August 28, 2026 that stablecoins in their current form are not a credible means of payment at scale, and that tokenised deposits should carry day-to-day payments.
HM Treasury confirmed on August 27, 2026 that the Bank of England will get a secondary objective covering payment systems using digital settlement assets.
Dunamu, Upbit's operator, announced a Visa partnership on August 28, 2026 to explore stablecoin payments, remittances, and OUSD-based models.
Shinhan Financial Group signed a strategic agreement with Visa on August 26, 2026 to test stablecoin issuance, remittance, and redemption for the Korean market.
Fasset raised $68 million led by SBI Group at a $1 billion valuation, with $40 billion in annualised volume and twelve straight profitable months.
The Bank Policy Institute and The Clearing House asked FinCEN to extend customer identification requirements to exchanges handling secondary stablecoin activity.
USD1's deployed contract includes functions letting operators reallocate frozen balances that World Liberty's published GitHub omits, as final OCC approval remains pending.
Comments close August 21 on the joint CIP rule for stablecoin issuers, with the open question being whether identity requirements should reach secondary markets.
