$500 Billion Bank Run Incoming if Stablecoin Adoption Doesn’t Slow: Standard Chartered

Digital asset adoption is creating a half-trillion-dollar headwind for U.S. banks, an analyst at Standard Chartered says. Are U.S. Bank Deposits at Risk of Being Siphoned Over to Crypto Ecosystem? Geoff Kendrick, global head of digital assets research at Standard Chartered, thinks that by the end of 2008, as much as $500 billion could leave … Read more

Flare Positions FXRP as XRP’s Asset of Choice on Hyperliquid

Flare announced the launch of the FXRP/USDH spot market on Hyperliquid, expanding XRP’s onchain trading infrastructure and liquidity. The new market builds on the recent FXRP/USDC rollout and integrates XRP with USDH. From Payments to Programmability While some market observers cite XRP’s price stagnation as a sign of stagnant growth, new data from the Flare … Read more

Fidelity Moves Deeper Into Crypto With Proprietary Stablecoin

Fidelity Investments on Wednesday revealed plans to launch its own U.S. dollar-pegged stablecoin, marking a significant expansion of the asset manager’s digital assets strategy and its deepest move yet into blockchain-based payments. Fidelity Stablecoin Set to Compete With USDT and USDC Fidelity Investments said its forthcoming token, known as the Fidelity Digital Dollar (FIDD), will … Read more

Gryps Integrates Orbs’ Layer 3 Tech to Power Perpetual Futures on Sei

Orbs has partnered with Gryps to integrate Perpetual Hub Ultra on the Sei Network, delivering a professional‑grade perpetual futures stack powered by Layer 3 technology and Symmio smart contracts. Advanced Infrastructure for Institutional Trading Orbs, the decentralized Layer 3 infrastructure provider, has announced that Gryps, a high-performance trading protocol, has integrated Perpetual Hub Ultra. The … Read more

Tether Dominates Crypto Revenue With $5.2 Billion in 2025

New research shows stablecoin issuers, led by Tether, generated the majority of crypto protocol revenue in 2025, highlighting a shift away from trading-driven income toward payment and settlement infrastructure. Stablecoins Overtake Trading as Crypto’s Top Revenue Engine Stablecoin issuers emerged as the clear revenue leaders in crypto last year, according to new research from Coingecko. … Read more

Ethereum Staking Grows With DATs Holding 5.5% of ETH Supply

A new ethereum staking report shows 2025 delivered major technical upgrades and surging institutional adoption, even as ETH prices lagged, setting the stage for structural changes to staking and market dynamics in 2026. Paradox for Ethereum in 2025: Network Growth vs Flat ETH Prices Ethereum’s 2025 was defined by sharp contrasts. According to the Ethereum … Read more

Citrea Mainnet Goes Live, Bringing Bitcoin-Native Lending and Trading Online

Citrea’s mainnet went live on Tuesday, marking the launch of a new Bitcoin-focused application layer designed to support lending, trading, and settlement linked directly to the Bitcoin network. Citrea Goes Live With Mainnet Focused on Bitcoin Utility The project aims to broaden how Bitcoin is used beyond long-term holding by introducing a programmable environment that … Read more

Tether Unveils USAT Stablecoin for US Institutions Under GENIUS Act Rules

Tether has formally launched USAT, a dollar-backed stablecoin issued under the United States’ new federal stablecoin framework and designed exclusively for the domestic market. USAT Goes Live The token is issued by Anchorage Digital Bank, a nationally chartered institution operating under federal oversight, marking a structural departure from Tether’s globally circulating stablecoin products. USAT is … Read more

Chainlink Unlocks Onchain Access to US Stocks 24/5

Chainlink has launched 24/5 U.S. Equities Data Streams, giving decentralized finance ( DeFi) protocols continuous access to institutional-grade stock and exchange-traded fund (ETF) data. This opens the door for onchain trading, lending, and derivatives tied to U.S. equities. $80 Trillion US Equity Market Brought Onchain by Chainlink Chainlink has taken a major step toward bridging … Read more

World Liberty Financial Partners With Spacecoin in DeFi-Space Push

World Liberty Financial and Spacecoin have announced a strategic partnership and token swap aimed at merging decentralized finance with satellite-based internet infrastructure. Token Swap Links World Liberty Financial and Spacecoin Ambitions World Liberty Financial (WLFI) and Spacecoin have unveiled a strategic partnership centered on a mutual token swap, signaling a broader effort to bridge decentralized … Read more