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
StablecoinsAdoption2 SourcesKakao Pay and KakaoBank Partner with Fireblocks on Stablecoin InfrastructureKakao Pay and KakaoBank signed a memorandum of understanding with Fireblocks to develop digital asset and stablecoin inf...Sep 22, 2026, 05:04 AMKakao PayKakaoBank
AdoptionStablecoins3 SourcesApple and Google Expand Stablecoin and Tokenization HiringApple and Google are recruiting payments and Web3 specialists with stablecoin and tokenized deposit expertise across U.S...Sep 21, 2026, 01:07 PMAppleGoogle
StablecoinsAdoption4 SourcesECB Launches Pontes Platform for Digital Euro Wholesale SettlementThe European Central Bank launched Pontes on September 21, a wholesale settlement platform connecting tokenized asset ma...Sep 21, 2026, 11:06 AMEuropean Central BankPontes
StablecoinsDeFi2 SourcesSynthetix Founder Warwick Takes Blame for sUSD Depegging, Plans Basis-Vault ReplacementSynthetix founder Kain Warwick acknowledged on-chain that sUSD has remained depegged for over a year due to treasury mis...Sep 21, 2026, 05:04 AMSynthetixKain Warwick
AdoptionStablecoins2 SourcesSouth Korea's Toss Bank Tests Solana Stablecoins for Overseas TransfersToss Bank, a South Korean digital bank with 15 million users, is conducting a proof-of-concept using Solana-based stable...Sep 21, 2026, 02:04 AMToss BankSolana
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 SourcesOCC Grants Conditional Banking License to Bastion for National Trust CharterThe U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency granted conditional approval to Bastion for a national trust bank cha...Sep 20, 2026, 11:04 PMBastionOCC
