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
StablecoinsAdoption2 SourcesColumn Launches Stablecoin Card Issuing to Challenge Mastercard and MarqetaColumn has launched stablecoin infrastructure and card issuing services on its banking platform, directly competing with...Sep 17, 2026, 07:07 AMColumnMastercard
ExchangesSecurity2 SourcesMEXC Intercepts 38.66M USDT in Risk Funds Over July–AugustMEXC released a security report showing it intercepted all 215 reports of risk-related funds totaling 38.66 million USDT...Sep 16, 2026, 06:02 PMMEXCBitcoin
DeFiLayer 12 SourcesAave Plans Tokenized-Asset Credit Hub on Avalanche With Tether's USDTAave Labs announced a new credit market on Avalanche called the V4 RWA Hub, designed to let institutions borrow Tether's...Sep 16, 2026, 05:07 PMAave LabsAvalanche
RegulationExchanges5 SourcesUS DOJ Seeks $61M in Crypto Tied to Iranian Oil Sales Through BinanceThe US Department of Justice filed a civil forfeiture complaint targeting $61.2 million in frozen USDT allegedly launder...Sep 15, 2026, 06:10 AMUS Department of JusticeBinance
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
StablecoinsRegulation2 SourcesTether Freezes USDT in 131 TRON Wallets Linked to ISIS-KTether froze USDT held in 131 TRON addresses following U.S. sanctions action against ISIS-K operatives, according to blo...Sep 13, 2026, 04:06 AMTetherUSDT
RegulationSecurity2 SourcesU.S. Treasury Sanctions Xinbi Guarantee, DOJ Restrains $52M in CryptoThe U.S. Treasury designated Xinbi Guarantee, a Chinese-language platform, as a sanctions target for operating a widespr...Sep 11, 2026, 04:06 PMU.S. TreasuryDepartment of Justice
StablecoinsAdoption3 SourcesTether Launches $400M Private Credit Fund With Fasanara CapitalTether and Fasanara Capital launched an evergreen private credit fund seeded with $400 million from both sponsors, targe...Sep 10, 2026, 09:02 AMTetherFasanara Capital
ExchangesSecurity2 SourcesOrionx Closes After Audit Uncovers $7M Custody GapOrionx, a cryptocurrency exchange backed by Tether, shut down after an internal audit revealed a $7 million shortfall in...Sep 6, 2026, 12:06 PMOrionxTether
StablecoinsRegulation2 SourcesBank of Korea Study Links Dollar Stablecoins to Local Currency DepreciationResearchers at the Bank of Korea found that increased trading volume in dollar-backed stablecoins correlates with deprec...Sep 6, 2026, 10:05 AMBank of KoreaBinance
StablecoinsAdoption2 SourcesBolivia Considers Adding Tether's USDT to Regulated Payment SystemBolivia's government is evaluating whether to include USDT in its official payment system alongside the boliviano and US...Sep 4, 2026, 06:04 AMBoliviaTether
