ExchangesAdoption3 SourcesOKX Closes $25B Funding Round With Circle, Ripple, Standard CharteredOKX completed a strategic investment round at a $25 billion pre-money valuation from Circle, Ripple, Qube Research & Tec...Oct 6, 2026, 06:14 PMOKXCircle
StablecoinsRegulation3 SourcesCircle Urges EU to Relax Bank Deposit Rules for Stablecoins Under MiCACircle submitted comments to the European Commission arguing that MiCA's fixed bank deposit requirements for stablecoin ...Oct 2, 2026, 08:05 PMCircleUSDC
StablecoinsRegulation2 SourcesCircle Calls for MiCA Overhaul as Compliance Rate Lags at 10%Circle submitted an October 1 policy proposal to EU regulators urging changes to MiCA's stablecoin issuance and reserve ...Oct 2, 2026, 01:02 PMCircleUSDC
Stablecoins2 SourcesOpen USD Launches Stablecoin With $1B Liquidity, Equity Tied to GrowthOpen Standard launched Open USD across four blockchains with $1 billion in liquidity commitments from five founding part...Sep 30, 2026, 05:02 PMOpen USDOpen Standard
StablecoinsDeFi2 SourcesOpen USD Launches Stablecoin With $1B Liquidity, Ties Equity to GrowthOpen USD launched across four blockchains Tuesday with over $1 billion in liquidity commitments from five founding partn...Sep 30, 2026, 05:02 PMOpen USDOpen Standard
Stablecoins2 SourcesCircle CFO Jeremy Fox-Geen to Exit by Year-End; Co-founder Neville Leaves BoardCircle CFO Jeremy Fox-Geen will step down by year-end under an exit agreement that includes $1.05 million in conditional...Sep 28, 2026, 10:14 AMCircleJeremy Fox-Geen
SecurityStablecoins2 SourcesCircle, Tether Freeze $318K in Stablecoins From Bitget HackCircle and Tether blacklisted a wallet holding approximately $318,000 in USDC and USDT tied to a Bitget security breach....Sep 26, 2026, 12:02 AMCircleTether
StablecoinsAdoption3 SourcesCircle Launches StableFX FX Engine on Arc Mainnet for 24/7 TradingCircle launched StableFX on Arc mainnet, enabling approved institutions to trade stablecoin pairs around the clock using...Sep 23, 2026, 10:04 PMCircleStableFX
StablecoinsExchanges4 SourcesBinance Acquires $100M Circle Stake Under Five-Year USDC Promotion DealBinance purchased 1.24 million Circle shares at $80.84 each for $100 million and committed to a five-year commercial agr...Sep 22, 2026, 12:08 PMBinanceCircle
StablecoinsDeFi2 SourcesCircle Launches Bitcoin-Backed USDC Borrowing via Morpho ProtocolCircle has integrated Bitcoin-backed USDC borrowing into its Circle Mint platform, allowing eligible institutions to use...Sep 22, 2026, 06:07 AMCircleUSDC
RegulationStablecoins2 SourcesCongress Passes Federal Reserve CBDC Ban Through 2030Both chambers of Congress have passed the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, which prohibits the Federal Reserve from iss...Sep 20, 2026, 11:15 PMFederal ReserveU.S. Congress
RegulationStablecoins2 SourcesSEC Grants 5-Year Exemption for Tokenized Securities TradingThe SEC issued a blanket five-year exemption allowing platforms to list and trade tokenized securities without registeri...Sep 20, 2026, 03:04 PMSECCoinbase
