$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

Ripple Sees Bullish Path to $1 Trillion in Institutional Crypto Holdings

Ripple sees regulated stablecoins anchoring trillion-dollar digital asset markets as institutions accelerate adoption, pushing crypto from speculation into core financial infrastructure and setting the stage for widespread enterprise integration. Ripple Anticipates Trillion-Dollar Digital Asset Markets Anchored by Regulated Stablecoins Momentum across digital assets is intensifying as institutions rush toward full-scale deployment. Ripple President Monica Long … 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

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

XRP Positions as Institutional Rail While RLUSD Enters Real-World Finance

XRP is cementing its role in live institutional payment infrastructure as Ripple’s RLUSD anchors regulated stablecoin settlement, signaling blockchain rails are now trusted, production-grade systems for global liquidity, cross-border payments, and high-value financial flows. XRP Network Strengthens as Ripple Executive Emphasizes Trust-First Stablecoins Institutional blockchain infrastructure is increasingly shaping global payment flows. XRP and its … Read more

Ripple Treasury Launches as XRP and RLUSD Step Into Real Institutional Utility at Scale

Ripple is pushing deeper into corporate finance with the official launch of Ripple Treasury, embedding XRP and RLUSD into enterprise treasury systems to streamline global liquidity, payments, and institutional capital flows at scale. Ripple Officially Launches Treasury Platform — A Direct Move Toward Institutional Capital at Scale Enterprise treasury is entering a new growth phase … 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

Bitwise Launches Non‑Custodial Vault Curation on Morpho, Targets 6% APY

Bitwise launches onchain non‑custodial vault curation on Morpho, targeting up to 6% APY on stablecoins. Bitwise Asset Management announced a new onchain investor solution—non‑custodial vault curation—powered by Morpho, an onchain lending network; the strategy is led by Jonathan Man, CFA, Head of Multi‑Strategy Solutions and DeFi Strategies at Bitwise, and leverages Bitwise’s 140‑person technology and … Read more

Trump-Backed USD1 Surpasses Paypal’s Stablecoin, Reaches $4.9 Billion Issuance Amid Governance‑Vote Criticism

USD1, the dollar-pegged stablecoin issued by World Liberty Financial, a company tied to the Trump family, recently became the fifth‑largest stablecoin in the whole cryptocurrency market. USD1 reached an issuance of $4.92 billion on January 26, surpassing Paypal’s PYUSD, which has a market capitalization of $3.7 billion. Trump-Backed USD1 Reaches Top 5 Stablecoin Position USD1, … Read more