DeFiAdoption2 SourcesTether Mints $494M in XAUt Gold-Backed TokensTether minted $494 million in XAUt tokens, its gold-backed digital asset, according to on-chain data from analytics firm...Sep 30, 2026, 06:01 PMTetherXAUt
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
AdoptionStablecoins2 SourcesTether and Shiga Launch Self-Custodial Wallet Products for Africa and GCCTether and fintech firm Shiga announced plans to deploy self-custodial wallets supporting USDT, Bitcoin, and Tether Gold...Sep 30, 2026, 06:15 AMTetherShiga
StablecoinsRegulation2 SourcesSenate Report Links Tether USDT to Iran's Shadow Banking SystemSenate Democrats released a report alleging that USDT has become a critical tool for the Iranian government to circumven...Sep 28, 2026, 11:01 PMTetherUSDT
RegulationStablecoins5 SourcesTether Froze $550M in Iran-Linked USDT, but $35M Escaped DetectionTether disclosed it froze $550 million in USDT tied to Iran during 2024, but Senate investigators say delays in blacklis...Sep 28, 2026, 06:14 PMTetherUSDT
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
RegulationStablecoins3 SourcesTether Confirms Minimal EQIBank Exposure After US Asset SeizureTether disclosed that its exposure to EQIBank, an offshore lender facing U.S. forfeiture proceedings, represents less th...Sep 25, 2026, 04:03 PMTetherEQIBank
RegulationStablecoins2 SourcesECB Pushes MiCA Overhaul: Replaces Fixed Bank-Deposit Floors with Liquidity RequirementsThe European Central Bank and the EU's 27 national central banks have jointly called for MiCA to replace its 30% and 60%...Sep 23, 2026, 02:01 PMEuropean Central BankMiCA
StablecoinsLayer 22 SourcesAnchorage Digital Selects LayerZero for Cross-Chain Stablecoin RailsAnchorage Digital Bank has chosen LayerZero as its interoperability partner for regulated stablecoins, starting with Tet...Sep 23, 2026, 10:12 AMAnchorage DigitalLayerZero
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
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
