About Stablecoins
Stablecoins are crypto tokens designed to hold a steady value, usually one U.S. dollar. They have become the everyday money of crypto, used for trading, payments and sending money across borders.
This page brings together our coverage of stablecoins and bank-issued tokens: Circle and Tether, deposit tokens such as JPM Coin, payment networks adding stablecoin support and the rules regulators are writing for them.
- Most stablecoins are backed by cash and short-term government bonds
- Deposit tokens are a bank's own deposits in token form, mainly for institutions
- Payment giants are connecting stablecoins to everyday card checkouts
Latest Stablecoins stories
Visa and Mesh Team Up to Let Crypto Wallets Pay at 175 Million Merchants
News · 2026-10-20
Mesh will connect crypto and stablecoin wallets to Visa's network, so holders can pay at stores and online without a separate crypto card. Launch…
JPM Coin Arrives on Ethereum as JPMorgan Expands Deposit Tokens for Institutions
News · 2026-10-20
JPMorgan is bringing JPM Coin (JPMD), its token for U.S. dollar deposits, to Ethereum for approved institutional clients, after first launching it on…
Circle Targets 40 Markets: USDC Heads for Developing Economies as Payment Demand Grows
News · 2026-10-18
Circle plans to take USDC into about 40 emerging and developing markets across Southeast Asia, Latin America, Africa and the Middle East, betting on…
Ripple Meets Privy: Stripe-Owned Wallet Platform Brings Embedded XRP and RLUSD Wallets to Apps
News · 2026-10-14
Ripple has partnered with Stripe-owned Privy to bring embedded wallets to the XRP Ledger, letting apps offer XRP and RLUSD payments without building…
Tether and Kazakhstan Explore a Tenge-Linked Stablecoin and Asset Tokenization
News · 2026-10-08
Tether has signed an MoU with Kazakhstan's central bank and the Alatau City Authority to study a tenge-backed stablecoin pilot and tokenization. It's…
Cardano Builds for Regulated Assets as CIP-0113 Brings Issuer Controls to Supported Tokens
News · 2026-10-07
The Cardano Foundation has launched CIP-0113, a token standard that lets issuers of stablecoins, funds and bonds restrict recipients and freeze or…
The Quiet Power of Stablecoins: Beyond Trading, Into Everyday Life
Blog · 2026-10-05
Stablecoins rarely make headlines, but they're quietly changing how money moves: paying for groceries, sending money home and protecting savings.…
Hyperliquid and Circle Push EU Changes on Perpetual Futures and Stablecoin Reserves
News · 2026-10-02
In the EU's review of its MiCA crypto rules, the Hyperliquid Policy Center wants perpetual futures regulated under MiFID II, while Circle wants…
Standard Chartered Sets $2 Target for Ethena's ENA by End-2028, Sees USDe at $40 Billion
News · 2026-10-01
Standard Chartered has started covering Ethena with a $2 year-end 2028 target for ENA, about seven times the level in its report, on the back of USDe…
UK Opens Crypto Applications as FCA Authorisation Window Goes Live
News · 2026-10-01
The FCA has opened applications for its new crypto regime. Firms that apply by February 28, 2027 can keep operating while they're assessed; the…
RedotPay Completes Financial Audit as It Pushes Ahead With U.S. IPO Plans
News · 2026-09-29
Stablecoin payments firm RedotPay has finished a Big Four financial audit ahead of a planned U.S. listing. The company says the process continues,…
Citi and Coinbase Expand Partnership to Bring Stablecoin Payments to Businesses
News · 2026-09-29
Citi's corporate clients can accept stablecoin payments through Coinbase and receive dollars, while Coinbase taps Citi to power fiat Virtual Accounts.
Coinbase Wins CFTC Approval to Run Its Own Derivatives Clearinghouse
News · 2026-09-29
The CFTC has approved Coinbase Clearing as a derivatives clearing organization for fully collateralized futures, options and swaps, with USDC…
Tether Faces Senate Scrutiny Over Alleged Iran-Linked USDT Use
News · 2026-09-29
A Senate Democratic report alleges USDT is widely used by Iran-linked networks. Tether says it has helped freeze nearly $550 million in Iran-linked…
Binance Invests $100 Million in Circle, Signs Five-Year USDC Deal
News · 2026-09-27
Binance bought about $100 million of Circle stock and signed a five-year agreement to promote USDC across its platform, with a focus on emerging…
Fed Proposes Stablecoin Rules: Full Reserve Backing and Capital Requirements
News · 2026-09-24
The Federal Reserve has released two draft rules under the GENIUS Act, requiring stablecoin issuers it supervises to fully back tokens with safe…
ECB's Pontes System Goes Live, Linking Tokenized Assets to Central Bank Money
News · 2026-09-23
The European Central Bank has launched Pontes, a new Eurosystem platform that lets tokenized financial transactions settle using central bank money…
The Great Stablecoin Reckoning: Why the Boring Coins Are Reshaping Finance
Article · 2026-09-10
Stablecoins moved trillions while everyone argued about which token would moon. Now regulators, banks, and governments are all paying attention — and…
Stablecoins Are Quietly Winning the Only Race That Actually Matters
Article · 2026-09-08
While everyone argues about which coin will 10x, stablecoins have been quietly becoming the most-used product in all of crypto. Here's why that's a…
Stablecoin Regulation Is Coming — and That Might Be the Best Thing for Crypto
News · 2026-09-07
Regulation is a dirty word in crypto. But when it comes to stablecoins, clear rules might be exactly what unlocks the next wave of adoption.
Stablecoins Are Eating Cross-Border Payments, and Banks Are Noticing
News · 2026-09-04
The stablecoin story used to be about trading. Now it's about something far bigger: moving money across borders faster and cheaper than the banks…
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