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
StablecoinsRegulation2 SourcesRipple Launches RLUSD Stablecoin in Japan With SBI After FSA ApprovalRipple's RLUSD stablecoin went live in Japan on Tuesday following approval from the Financial Services Agency, marking t...Sep 18, 2026, 06:06 PMRippleRLUSD
Layer 1Stablecoins6 SourcesCircle Launches Arc Mainnet With BlackRock, USDC Fees, 100+ Apps LiveCircle launched Arc mainnet on September 16, a proof-of-authority blockchain charging gas exclusively in USDC and operat...Sep 16, 2026, 01:19 PMCircleArc
StablecoinsMarkets2 SourcesVisa, Mastercard, and 140+ Firms Launch Open USD StablecoinVisa, Mastercard, Stripe, Coinbase, BlackRock, and over 140 other companies have launched Open USD (OUSD), a new stablec...Sep 15, 2026, 03:04 AMVisaMastercard
StablecoinsMarkets2 SourcesCircle Stock Falls 13% as Coinbase, BlackRock Back Rival Open USD StablecoinCircle's stock fell 13% Tuesday after Coinbase, BlackRock, Stripe, and more than 100 other firms backed Open USD, a riva...Sep 15, 2026, 02:08 AMCircleOpen USD
Stablecoins2 SourcesOpen Standard Launches Open USD Stablecoin With 140+ Financial PartnersOpen Standard unveiled Open USD, a dollar-backed stablecoin governed and owned collectively by over 140 financial and te...Sep 15, 2026, 12:01 AMOpen StandardOpen USD
StablecoinsMarkets2 SourcesCircle Stock Falls 17.5% on Russell Removal, Open USD CompetitionCircle's CRCL stock fell 17.5% to $62.63 on Tuesday following removal from Russell Growth indexes and the launch of Open...Sep 14, 2026, 12:05 AMCircleCRCL
Stablecoins2 SourcesCircle Ends USDC Support on Noble, Leaving $92M at StakeCircle will stop minting new USDC on the Cosmos-based Noble chain effective October 13, with full contract suspension fo...Sep 11, 2026, 04:05 PMCircleUSDC
StablecoinsAdoption3 SourcesCircle Acquires Cross-Border Payments Firm Tazapay for $400MCircle has agreed to acquire cross-border payments platform Tazapay for $400 million in an all-stock deal. The acquisiti...Sep 9, 2026, 06:02 AMCircleTazapay
