ExchangesStablecoinsKraken Acquires Hong Kong Stablecoin Firm Reap for $600 MillionKraken's parent company Payward Inc. has agreed to acquire Hong Kong-based stablecoin and payments specialist Reap for $...May 7, 2026, 06:02 PMKrakenPayward Inc.
AdoptionStablecoinsCoinbase and AWS Enable USDC Payments for Enterprise AI AgentsCoinbase and Amazon Web Services have integrated Coinbase's x402 standard into AWS Bedrock AgentCore, allowing AI agents...May 7, 2026, 05:01 PMCoinbaseAWS
DeFiStablecoinsOpenTrade Raises $17M to Expand Stablecoin Yield InfrastructureOpenTrade closed a $17 million funding round to scale its stablecoin yield platform, which now manages over $200 million...May 6, 2026, 06:03 PMOpenTradestablecoins
Layer 2StablecoinsPolygon Launches Privacy Layer for Stablecoin TransfersPolygon introduced a privacy feature that allows stablecoin transactions to remain hidden from public view while maintai...May 5, 2026, 08:02 AMPolygonStablecoins
RegulationStablecoinsBanking Groups Challenge Tillis Stablecoin Proposal Over Deposit RiskMajor U.S. banking associations have objected to Senator Thom Tillis's latest CLARITY Act language on stablecoin rewards...May 5, 2026, 08:01 AMSenator Thom TillisCLARITY Act
StablecoinsAdoptionPolygon Adds Privacy Layer for USDC and USDT TransfersPolygon's wallet now offers a "Privately Send" feature that shields sender, receiver, and transaction amounts on-chain f...May 5, 2026, 07:02 AMPolygonUSDC
RegulationStablecoinsCoinbase: Senate Deal on Stablecoin Rewards May Advance CLARITY ActCoinbase said Tuesday that a Senate compromise on stablecoin rewards language could unblock the CLARITY Act's path to co...May 4, 2026, 04:13 AMCoinbaseCLARITY Act
StablecoinsRegulationBlackRock Urges OCC to Lift Tokenized Reserve Restrictions as BUIDL Gains TractionBlackRock called on the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to remove caps on tokenized reserves and expand the ra...May 3, 2026, 10:03 AMBlackRockOCC
StablecoinsTether Reports $1.04B Q1 Profit, Record $8.23B Reserve BufferTether posted $1.04 billion in net profit during Q1 2026 and accumulated a record $8.23 billion reserve buffer, accordin...May 3, 2026, 03:24 AMTetherUSDT
