Solana now leads all chains in monthly USDC senders, a shift regulators tracking stablecoin payment rails will need to weigh.
By Oliver Bennett — August 10, 2026Uniswap now handles 57% of EVM stablecoin volume, positioning it as default liquidity venue as BlackRock and Visa back Circle's Arc chain.
By Oliver Bennett — August 6, 2026Circle's Layer-1 network goes live on 16 September with BlackRock, DTCC, ICE, Visa and Mastercard as founding validators.
By Oliver Bennett — August 5, 2026BlackRock's new on-chain cash funds aim to qualify as stablecoin reserve assets under US law, deepening its Circle ties and tokenisation push.
By Freya Macdonald — August 4, 2026Cathie Wood's Ark added $43.5m in Coinbase and Circle stock while trimming Bitmine and Bullish, favouring regulated infrastructure.
By Oliver Bennett — July 30, 2026Brale has launched ION Protocol, a burn-and-mint system for moving stablecoins across chains, echoing Circle's established CCTP model.
By Rajesh Patel — July 29, 2026Circle's USDC reserves reached $73.1bn on 23 July, mostly parked in a BlackRock-run fund of cash, T-bills and overnight repo.
By Oliver Bennett — July 28, 2026Circle's regulatory breakthrough with the OCC collides with a 140-lender stablecoin launch, leaving CRCL shares swinging sharply.
By Rajesh Patel — July 27, 2026Coinbase now lets Brazilians swap reais directly for USDC, sharpening competition with Binance and the central bank's digital currency plan.
By Oliver Bennett — July 24, 2026Ripple Mint gives banks a compliance-first route to mint and redeem RLUSD, deepening its rivalry with Circle amid MiCA scrutiny.
By Oliver Bennett — July 24, 2026
