https://lecoin.news/tag/stablecoins/ Stablecoins. Le Coin. News on every corner: crypto, DeFi, and beyond. Every story names a primary source, a time and a hash. en-us https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/2026-10-22-jpmam-mony-jltxx-solana/ https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/2026-10-22-jpmam-mony-jltxx-solana/ J.P. Morgan Asset Management says its tokenized money market funds MONY and JLTXX, the second built for stablecoin issuers' reserves, are now available on Solana to qualified U.S. investors. Protocols & Policy published Thu, 22 Oct 2026 16:33:35 -0400 https://lecoin.news/briefs/evening-brief-2026-10-22/ https://lecoin.news/briefs/evening-brief-2026-10-22/ The Central Bank of Ireland fined Coinbase Ireland Limited €3,252,618 over customer-money safeguards, Robinhood said it received Dubai authorization for a 2027 launch, and a Circle shareholder sued Trump and World Liberty. Briefs published Thu, 22 Oct 2026 16:26:25 -0400 https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/2026-10-22-trump-wlf-emoluments-suit/ https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/2026-10-22-trump-wlf-emoluments-suit/ The suit, brought on Circle's behalf, alleges the deals broke the Constitution's ban on taking payments from foreign governments; Circle says it did not start the case, and World Liberty calls the claims without merit. Protocols & Policy published Thu, 22 Oct 2026 13:42:06 -0400 https://lecoin.news/markets/2026-10-22-sofi-sofie-tokenized-deposit/ https://lecoin.news/markets/2026-10-22-sofi-sofie-tokenized-deposit/ SoFi's product terms describe SOFIE as a deposit liability of SoFi Bank and keep it apart from SOFID, the bank's payment stablecoin, a line the new federal stablecoin rule also draws. Markets published Thu, 22 Oct 2026 09:22:55 -0400 https://lecoin.news/markets/2026-10-22-chart-desk/ https://lecoin.news/markets/2026-10-22-chart-desk/ Circle's USDC supply on Ethereum fell by about 570.1 million tokens in the week to Oct. 20, Ethereum's median base fee stayed below 0.1 gwei every day, and the network burned about 205 ETH in base fees. Markets published Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:24:29 -0400 https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/solana-alpenglow-live-2026-10-21/ https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/solana-alpenglow-live-2026-10-21/ Solana's Alpenglow upgrade went live on Oct. 21, cutting the time before a transaction can't be reversed from about 12.8 seconds to a target of about 150 milliseconds, according to the Solana Foundation. Protocols & Policy published Wed, 21 Oct 2026 17:25:46 -0400 https://lecoin.news/briefs/evening-brief-2026-10-21/ https://lecoin.news/briefs/evening-brief-2026-10-21/ The OCC adopted its final rule for stablecoin issuers under the GENIUS Act, Standard Chartered signed agreements to take full ownership of crypto custodian Zodia Custody, solana's Alpenglow upgrade went live at about 9:36 a.m. ET, and bitcoin was at $84,448.57 at the 4:00 p.m. ET close of the US session, 2.36% above Tuesday's close, per CoinGecko. Briefs published Wed, 21 Oct 2026 16:31:45 -0400 https://lecoin.news/markets/western-union-noah-usdpt-stablecoin-remittances-2026-10-21/ https://lecoin.news/markets/western-union-noah-usdpt-stablecoin-remittances-2026-10-21/ Noah says it will convert and pay out Western Union's USDPT dollar token for the money-transfer giant's Receiver Redirect service, but neither company has given a start date or fees. Markets published Wed, 21 Oct 2026 13:13:21 -0400 https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/france-mica-review-response-2026-10-21/ https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/france-mica-review-response-2026-10-21/ France's finance ministry, market regulator and central bank want the EU's MiCA review to police stablecoins issued inside and outside Europe, bar services on non-compliant coins and put DeFi risk on identifiable firms. These are proposals, not law. Protocols & Policy published Wed, 21 Oct 2026 09:19:33 -0400 https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/occ-genius-stablecoin-final-rule-2026-10-21/ https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/occ-genius-stablecoin-final-rule-2026-10-21/ The OCC's final GENIUS Act rule tells banks and would-be issuers how to run a dollar stablecoin, drops a proposed test on yield payments through partners, and leaves money-laundering rules and the application window for later. Protocols & Policy published Wed, 21 Oct 2026 08:29:16 -0400 https://lecoin.news/briefs/evening-brief-2026-10-20/ https://lecoin.news/briefs/evening-brief-2026-10-20/ FINMA approved Switzerland's first exchange-traded retail fund that invests directly in bitcoin, Mastercard opened its AI-agent payment system to developers, Strive closed its $630 million SATS preferred offering, and bitcoin was at $82,499.45 at the 4:00 p.m. ET close of the US session, 0.86% above Monday's close, per CoinGecko. Briefs published Tue, 20 Oct 2026 16:27:26 -0400 https://lecoin.news/markets/mastercard-agent-pay-machines/ https://lecoin.news/markets/mastercard-agent-pay-machines/ In early access, Agent Pay for Machines puts Mastercard's permission layer on top of an open web payment protocol, with settlement on Base and through BVNK. Markets published Tue, 20 Oct 2026 13:51:50 -0400 https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/genius-sec3-wrapping-comments/ https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/genius-sec3-wrapping-comments/ Bank groups want Treasury's GENIUS Act rule to stop wrapped stablecoins from slipping past it; crypto and payments firms want bridging judged by what holders actually own. Protocols & Policy published Tue, 20 Oct 2026 13:19:50 -0400 https://lecoin.news/briefs/evening-brief-2026-10-19/ https://lecoin.news/briefs/evening-brief-2026-10-19/ JPMorgan's Kinexys page now lists its JPM Coin deposit token as issued on Ethereum as well as Base, Mesh said wallet crypto will be spendable wherever Visa is accepted, and bitcoin was at $81,798.63 at the 4:00 p.m. ET close of the US session, 0.36% above Friday's close after giving back most of its morning gain, per CoinGecko. Briefs published Mon, 19 Oct 2026 18:18:49 -0400 https://lecoin.news/markets/mesh-visa-wallet-spend/ https://lecoin.news/markets/mesh-visa-wallet-spend/ Mesh says participating wallet apps will let users pay from crypto and stablecoin balances wherever Visa is accepted, with no card for the user to sign up for and nothing new for merchants to install. Markets published Mon, 19 Oct 2026 12:17:27 -0400 https://lecoin.news/markets/jpm-coin-ethereum/ https://lecoin.news/markets/jpm-coin-ethereum/ JPMorgan's Kinexys page now lists Ethereum alongside Base as a home for its dollar deposit token, putting bank money on the same public chain as dollar stablecoins. Markets published Mon, 19 Oct 2026 11:04:27 -0400 https://lecoin.news/markets/deposit-rates-stablecoin-growth/ https://lecoin.news/markets/deposit-rates-stablecoin-growth/ A BIS working paper finds stablecoin growth slows when US deposit rates rise, and that banks reprice more aggressively once the Fed's rate tops about 3%, ahead of the Fed's Oct. 27-28 meeting. Markets published Mon, 19 Oct 2026 09:50:30 -0400 https://lecoin.news/learning-hub/ethena-synthetic-dollar/ https://lecoin.news/learning-hub/ethena-synthetic-dollar/ How Ethena says its synthetic dollar holds its value, where the backing sits, and the risks Ethena itself lists. Learning Hub published Fri, 16 Oct 2026 21:12:46 -0400 https://lecoin.news/learning-hub/usdt/ https://lecoin.news/learning-hub/usdt/ Tether says each USDT is redeemable for one dollar, and BDO checked its reserves as of June 30, 2026, but only verified customers can redeem. Learning Hub published Fri, 16 Oct 2026 20:34:51 -0400 https://lecoin.news/briefs/evening-brief-2026-10-16/ https://lecoin.news/briefs/evening-brief-2026-10-16/ Bitcoin was at $81,506.05 at the 4:00 p.m. ET close of the US session, 0.98% below Thursday at the same time and its lowest 4:00 p.m. ET level since Sept. 20, per CoinGecko; the CFTC's event-contract proposal and casino-style rule are set to publish in Monday's Federal Register; and Schwab said its crypto accounts are now open to all eligible retail clients. Briefs published Fri, 16 Oct 2026 16:36:34 -0400 https://lecoin.news/markets/2026-10-16-marqeta-coinbase-stablecoin-cards/ https://lecoin.news/markets/2026-10-16-marqeta-coinbase-stablecoin-cards/ Coinbase will hold the stablecoins, convert them to fiat and settle on Base, while Marqeta issues and processes the cards. Launch customers, coins, fees and timing are not disclosed. Markets published Fri, 16 Oct 2026 08:24:03 -0400 https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/2026-10-16-japan-megabanks-yen-stablecoin-poc/ https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/2026-10-16-japan-megabanks-yen-stablecoin-poc/ SMBC, Mizuho and MUFG say a July trial confirmed that several banks can issue one yen stablecoin together and use it for cross-border company payments. Protocols & Policy published Fri, 16 Oct 2026 07:26:05 -0400 https://lecoin.news/markets/2026-10-15-chart-desk/ https://lecoin.news/markets/2026-10-15-chart-desk/ BitMine has reported the same staked ETH in 10 straight weekly releases, Riot sold 9,665 bitcoin against 3,060 mined in the first half of 2026, and USDT and USDC supply on Ethereum fell from October 2025 to September 2026. Markets published Thu, 15 Oct 2026 16:59:19 -0400 https://lecoin.news/briefs/evening-brief-2026-10-15/ https://lecoin.news/briefs/evening-brief-2026-10-15/ Bitcoin was at $82,308.83 at the 4:00 p.m. ET close of the U.S. session, 0.69% above Wednesday at the same time, per CoinGecko, after September PPI printed the largest monthly rise since March 2022; Visa put Visa Direct USDC prefunding into commercial deployment with Inyo Global; and Cross River integrated Ripple's RLUSD into its core banking system. Briefs published Thu, 15 Oct 2026 16:45:46 -0400 https://lecoin.news/markets/2026-10-15-visa-direct-usdc-prefunding/ https://lecoin.news/markets/2026-10-15-visa-direct-usdc-prefunding/ Visa says its Visa Direct stablecoin capabilities are moving from pilot to commercial deployment, with payments processor Inyo Global the first to let businesses prefund cross-border payouts in USDC. Markets published Thu, 15 Oct 2026 13:23:24 -0400 https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/2026-10-15-riksbank-digital-krona/ https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/2026-10-15-riksbank-digital-krona/ In a letter dated Oct. 7 and published Oct. 15, Sweden's central bank told parliament's finance committee it should start a public inquiry into the laws a digital krona would need, citing security, the digital euro and stablecoins. Protocols & Policy published Thu, 15 Oct 2026 13:21:45 -0400 https://lecoin.news/markets/2026-10-15-cross-river-rlusd/ https://lecoin.news/markets/2026-10-15-cross-river-rlusd/ Cross River says fintechs will reach Ripple's dollar stablecoin on the XRP Ledger through the same API they use for ACH, wires and real-time payments, though no availability date, volumes or fees were given. Markets published Thu, 15 Oct 2026 11:23:15 -0400 https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/2026-10-15-arbitrum-stablecoin-growth-program/ https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/2026-10-15-arbitrum-stablecoin-growth-program/ Protocols with at least $1 million in stablecoins that make Paxos-issued USDG their primary stablecoin on Arbitrum may be eligible for incentives, and the first 10 to reach $10 million in USDG get 200,000 ARB each. Protocols & Policy published Thu, 15 Oct 2026 10:21:26 -0400 https://lecoin.news/markets/2026-10-15-stripe-plasma-multicurrency-cards/ https://lecoin.news/markets/2026-10-15-stripe-plasma-multicurrency-cards/ Stripe says its stablecoin card infrastructure will support USD, BRL, EUR, MXN and COP, and that Plasma is moving to that infrastructure to co-develop multi-currency cards. No fees, issuer, card network or launch date were given. Markets published Thu, 15 Oct 2026 10:01:34 -0400 https://lecoin.news/markets/2026-10-15-tether-aisa/ https://lecoin.news/markets/2026-10-15-tether-aisa/ Tether Capital says it made a strategic investment of undisclosed size in AIsa, which lets AI agents pay for data, software and computing in fiat or stablecoins. Markets published Thu, 15 Oct 2026 09:24:11 -0400 https://lecoin.news/markets/2026-10-15-mastercard-bvnk-global-money-platform/ https://lecoin.news/markets/2026-10-15-mastercard-bvnk-global-money-platform/ The Global Money Platform puts fiat and stablecoin accounts, conversion, stablecoin-linked cards and bank payouts behind one API, after Mastercard's August acquisition of BVNK. Markets published Thu, 15 Oct 2026 08:20:44 -0400 https://lecoin.news/briefs/evening-brief-2026-10-14/ https://lecoin.news/briefs/evening-brief-2026-10-14/ Bitcoin closed the U.S. session at $81,797.60 on Coinbase, 1.71% below Tuesday, after a hotter September CPI print; Cipher Digital priced $850.0 million of 0.00% converts due 2032; and the European Banking Authority classified Circle's USDC as the EU's first significant e-money token under MiCA. Briefs published Wed, 14 Oct 2026 16:29:13 -0400 https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/2026-10-14-eba-usdc-significant-emt-mica/ https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/2026-10-14-eba-usdc-significant-emt-mica/ The European Banking Authority will take over parts of the supervision of Circle's EU issuer from France's ACPR from Nov. 12, under MiCA's rules for significant tokens. Protocols & Policy published Wed, 14 Oct 2026 15:57:34 -0400 https://lecoin.news/markets/2026-10-14-qivalis-dnb-emi-licence/ https://lecoin.news/markets/2026-10-14-qivalis-dnb-emi-licence/ Qivalis said on Oct. 14 that De Nederlandsche Bank has authorised it as an electronic money institution, a step it needs to issue a bank-backed euro token. Qivalis says issuance is planned to begin within the next months, subject to MiCA requirements and publication of its white paper. Markets published Wed, 14 Oct 2026 13:23:36 -0400 https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/2026-10-14-starkware-offmarket-polymarket-privacy/ https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/2026-10-14-starkware-offmarket-polymarket-privacy/ The web app parks USDC in a zero-knowledge pool on Starknet, then bridges it to a fresh Polygon wallet for each bet. The trades stay public on Polymarket; what it hides is who funded them. An auditing entity holds every user's viewing key in escrow, and U.S. persons are barred. Protocols & Policy published Wed, 14 Oct 2026 11:19:38 -0400 https://lecoin.news/markets/2026-10-14-drivewealth-ripple-rlusd/ https://lecoin.news/markets/2026-10-14-drivewealth-ripple-rlusd/ DriveWealth and Ripple said on Oct. 14 they are partnering on stablecoin settlement, payments and custody, while an equity-financing tie-up through Ripple Prime remains only under exploration. Markets published Wed, 14 Oct 2026 10:49:23 -0400 https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/2026-10-14-perpetuals-tsv-notice/ https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/2026-10-14-perpetuals-tsv-notice/ A 34-page notice published Oct. 14 says Kephas Corp., a Perpetuals.com subsidiary, plans to trade tokenized NMS stock against USDC in permissioned AMM pools on its own Ethereum-compatible Layer 2. No trading has started, and no stocks, tokenizers or liquidity providers are named yet. Protocols & Policy published Wed, 14 Oct 2026 10:19:51 -0400 https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/2026-10-14-polygon-coinme-acquisition-closes/ https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/2026-10-14-polygon-coinme-acquisition-closes/ Polygon Labs says it has closed its acquisition of Coinme, a U.S.-licensed crypto payments company, months after the Q2 2026 target it set in January, when it priced the Coinme and Sequence deals together at more than $250 million, a week after state regulators ordered Coinme to pay $2.5 million and approved the change of control. Protocols & Policy published Wed, 14 Oct 2026 09:32:28 -0400 https://lecoin.news/briefs/evening-brief-2026-10-13/ https://lecoin.news/briefs/evening-brief-2026-10-13/ Bitcoin closed the U.S. session nearly unchanged from the morning on Coinbase, Strategy's latest proxy materials set Nov. 1 for STRC daily dividends and Jan. 1 for the other three preferreds if the Oct. 28 vote passes, and Cipher Digital filed to offer $850 million of 0.00% converts due 2032. Briefs published Tue, 13 Oct 2026 16:29:09 -0400 https://lecoin.news/markets/bank-earnings-digital-assets-2026-10-13/ https://lecoin.news/markets/bank-earnings-digital-assets-2026-10-13/ Wells Fargo said on its third-quarter call that it is establishing a new company with 20 other international financial institutions to issue stablecoins beginning in the first half of 2027, while Citi said stablecoins are 'a bit more clunky' than tokenized deposits, according to call transcripts. Markets published Tue, 13 Oct 2026 16:10:49 -0400 https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/2026-10-13-ondo-3b-tokenized-treasuries/ https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/2026-10-13-ondo-3b-tokenized-treasuries/ Ondo says it now manages $3 billion in tokenized U.S. Treasury products. RWA.xyz data confirm that its USDY token, at about $2.31 billion, is larger than BlackRock's $2.20 billion BUIDL fund. Protocols & Policy published Tue, 13 Oct 2026 13:46:29 -0400 https://lecoin.news/briefs/morning-brief-2026-10-13/ https://lecoin.news/briefs/morning-brief-2026-10-13/ Bitcoin is mildly higher on Coinbase since Monday's U.S. close while ether and solana are softer, South Korea's Kospi closed down 5.46% with the Nikkei off 1.82%, and Monday's Farside print extended U.S. spot ether ETF net outflows to 10 straight sessions. Briefs published Tue, 13 Oct 2026 08:00:00 -0400 https://lecoin.news/learning-hub/usdc/ https://lecoin.news/learning-hub/usdc/ USDC is a dollar token issued by Circle Internet Financial, LLC, and runs on many blockchains. Learning Hub published Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:05:12 -0400 https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/2026-10-12-korea-won-stablecoin-banks/ https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/2026-10-12-korea-won-stablecoin-banks/ Governor Shin Hyun-song told lawmakers on Oct. 12 that won-stablecoin issuance would start with bank-led groups, as had been agreed, according to NATV's broadcast of the hearing, nine months after Korea's financial regulator said issuer ownership was undecided. Protocols & Policy published Mon, 12 Oct 2026 20:29:00 -0400 https://lecoin.news/markets/bybit-us-stocks-stablecoin-alpaca-2026-10-12/ https://lecoin.news/markets/bybit-us-stocks-stablecoin-alpaca-2026-10-12/ Bybit says eligible users outside the US and the other jurisdictions excluded by the product terms can now buy more than 1,000 US stocks and ETFs with USDC, routed through a Mauritius-licensed broker and held at Alpaca in that broker's name. Markets published Mon, 12 Oct 2026 17:34:40 -0400 https://lecoin.news/briefs/evening-brief-2026-10-12/ https://lecoin.news/briefs/evening-brief-2026-10-12/ Bitcoin ended the U.S. session 0.59% above Friday's close on Coinbase after fading from its morning level, Evernorth's shares touched $19.38 before closing down 1.05%, per Nasdaq, and Farside had not yet published Monday's spot-ETF flows at 4:22 p.m. ET. Briefs published Mon, 12 Oct 2026 16:53:29 -0400 https://lecoin.news/markets/standard-chartered-rlusd-custody-lmax-collateral-2026-10-12/ https://lecoin.news/markets/standard-chartered-rlusd-custody-lmax-collateral-2026-10-12/ Standard Chartered says custody of Ripple's RLUSD is live through its Dubai branch and that it plans to let the tokens back trades at LMAX without leaving the bank, subject to documentation, testing and approvals, with no date given. Markets published Mon, 12 Oct 2026 14:06:08 -0400 https://lecoin.news/briefs/morning-brief-2026-10-12/ https://lecoin.news/briefs/morning-brief-2026-10-12/ Majors are higher on Coinbase since Friday's U.S. close but have given back part of the weekend gain, spot ether ETFs logged a ninth straight outflow day on Friday, and Evernorth's XRPN is set to start trading on Nasdaq Monday. Briefs published Mon, 12 Oct 2026 08:54:16 -0400 https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/2026-10-11-ledger-cryptobilis-thefts/ https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/2026-10-11-ledger-cryptobilis-thefts/ Ledger says one device sold through its Southeast Asian reseller CryptoBilis carried an unauthorized hardware implant, and blockchain analytics firm Bitquery counts $93.2 million taken from 315 wallets, most of it in Tether's USDT on TRON. Protocols & Policy published Mon, 12 Oct 2026 02:19:01 -0400 https://lecoin.news/markets/token2049-singapore-2026-takeaways/ https://lecoin.news/markets/token2049-singapore-2026-takeaways/ A venue co-owned by NYSE's parent published its trading rules, Samsung set a late-October date for USDC transfers, and Securitize says its tokenized US stocks are live on Solana. Markets published Mon, 12 Oct 2026 02:19:01 -0400 https://lecoin.news/markets/figure-q3-volume-ylds-2026-10-09/ https://lecoin.news/markets/figure-q3-volume-ylds-2026-10-09/ Figure's preliminary numbers put Q3 marketplace volume at $5.119 billion, which it calls "the high end" of its guidance, while the balance of its yield-bearing YLDS certificates fell over the quarter; four days before those numbers, Figure filed a shelf registration with no size attached. Markets published Fri, 09 Oct 2026 20:03:00 -0400 https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/ccca-stablecoins-2026-10-08/ https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/ccca-stablecoins-2026-10-08/ The Credit Card Competition Act would let merchants choose the network for a credit card payment. Le Coin's analysis: a covered bank will switch on the second network that still pays it. An independent stablecoin rail could pay it either way: interchange on Visa or Mastercard, distribution payments while coins stay outstanding on its platform. Debit routing shows the other path. Protocols & Policy published Fri, 09 Oct 2026 02:52:00 -0400