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Tether lost $791 million this week, a single-token drop that accounted for 41% of the $1.9 billion pulled from the entire stablecoin market. Most of its top competitors also finished lower, with USDC shedding 1.05% and Sky Dollar plunging 2.36%. The total stablecoin market cap sits at $311.311 billion, down 0.61% over the past seven … Read more
A coding flaw in the DIP token, an essential utility asset of the Etherisc ecosystem, let an attacker siphon roughly $111,098 in USD Coin (USDC), blockchain security firm Slowmist revealed. A Transfer That Ran Twice Slowmist flagged the incident in a threat intelligence alert, pinning the loss at 111,097.6 USDC. The firm said the DIP … Read more
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong announced on June 13 that gold and silver futures are now trading around the clock in the United States on Coinbase, enabling precious metals onto the always-open rails built for crypto. A ‘World First’ for Metals Armstrong announced the change on June 13, telling followers the company was “setting a lot … Read more
Coinbase and MassPay are connecting USDC settlement to a payout network spanning 180 countries, giving enterprises a simpler path for global disbursements. The integration supports dollar funding, USDC conversion, digital asset payouts, and local currency delivery through existing MassPay workflows. Stablecoin Payouts Enter Enterprise Payment Workflows Global payout infrastructure is shifting as Coinbase (Nasdaq: COIN) … Read more
Coinbase enables Checkout.com merchants to accept USDC and USDT through existing checkout systems. More than 1,000 enterprise customers can add stablecoin payments while settling in U.S. dollars. Checkout.com Partnership Pushes Stablecoins Deeper Into Enterprise Commerce Crypto exchange Coinbase (Nasdaq: COIN) announced on June 2 that Checkout.com is enabling stablecoin acceptance for eligible merchants across its … Read more
Circle blacklisted a publicly labeled Ethereum smart contract tied to Zama’s privacy protocol on Saturday, freezing approximately $12.6 million in USDC following a U.S. federal court order connected to a civil lawsuit against Overnight Finance founder Maxim Ermilov. Circle’s Zama Blacklist Freezes $12.6M, Raising Questions About USDC Use in DeFi Contracts The frozen address, 0xe978F22157048E5DB8E5d07971376e86671672B2, … Read more
Cross-chain protocol Gravity Bridge was drained of roughly $5.4 million on May 30, with the attacker reportedly funneling part of the haul through Binance and Changenow, blockchain security firm Peckshield reported. Funds Routed Through Binance and ChangeNow Gravity Bridge, a protocol that moves tokens between Ethereum and the Cosmos ecosystem, lost about $5.4 million in … Read more
Cross-border payments platform Nium and stablecoin issuer Circle Internet Group Inc. have launched a partnership to connect onchain digital dollar settlement with traditional last-mile fiat payouts. Circle Internet Group Connects USDC Settlement with Nium Cross-Border Infrastructure The collaboration integrates Nium into the Circle Payments Network, an infrastructure stack operated by Circle Technology Services LLC. Through … Read more
A new report from Keyrock, a global crypto investment group leading in market making, asset management, OTC, and options trading for digital assets, finds that artificial intelligence (AI) agents have settled more than $73 million across approximately 176 million transactions since May 2025, while four competing payment architectures have taken shape, backed by some of … Read more
Over the last seven days, the stablecoin sector posted a slight contraction of $90.01 million, bringing the market’s total valuation to $323.052 billion, according to figures compiled by Defillama. Tether continues to dominate the category, with its market capitalization sitting just below the $190 billion threshold at $189.468 billion, accounting for 58.65% of the stablecoin … Read more