Stablecoins
Market Cap of Euro Stablecoins Surges to Nearly $500M as EUR/USD Rivals Bitcoin's H1 Gains
The combined market cap of EUR-pegged stablecoins has grown by 44%, with Circle's EURC leading the increase with a 138% rise.

Most Illicit On-Chain Activity Now Involves Stablecoins: FATF
Mass adoption of stablecoins will amplify illicit finance risks, particularly when it is handled unevenly across difference jurisdictions, the FATF said

Crypto Custodian Taurus Launches First Stablecoin Contract With Privacy Features
The privacy-focused stablecoin contract uses the Aztec Network to combine encrypted transfers with issuer-controlled compliance.

Rain, Toku Debut Stablecoin Payrolls for Workers in Over 100 Countries
The new offering embeds into popular payroll platforms and allows employers to pay workers in USDC, RLUSD and USDG globally.

Fiserv Joins Stablecoin Fray, Teaming Up With Circle, Paxos, PayPal for Launch on Solana
The Fortune 500 fintech provider plans to roll out its digital asset platform with U.S. dollar stablecoin FIUSD to 10,000 institutions and 6 million merchants.

Trumps May Have Sold Platform Stake as U.S. Stablecoins See Wave of Good News
Based on close readings of World Liberty Financial's website disclosures, the family of President Donald Trump may have dropped out of its majority holding.

Standard Chartered Sees New Growth Frontiers in Non-Stablecoin Tokenization
The next phase of real-world asset tokenization will go beyond stablecoins, targeting private markets and illiquid assets, the report said.

Bitcoin DeFi Project Elastos Debuts BTC-Backed Stablecoin BTCD
BTCD developer Elastos' aim is to create a digital version of the Bretton Woods system, with BTC at its core rather than gold.

Compliant Stablecoins Will Become the 'Money Layer of the Internet:' Canaccord
Stablecoins could find uses beyond that of a crypto trading pair after the U.S. Senate passed the GENIUS Act, the report said.

U.S. Senate Passes GENIUS Act to Regulate Stablecoins, Marking Crypto Industry Win
The legislation to set rules for stablecoin issuers is the first major digital assets bill to ever clear the Senate and now moves on to the U.S. House.
