Bastion Gets Conditional OCC Approval for Stablecoin Trust Bank
Bastion has received preliminary conditional OCC approval for a national trust bank intended to combine stablecoin custody, wallets, payments infrastructure and white-label issuance.
Category: Stablecoins
Hyperliquid Opens Stablecoin Borrowing Against HYPE and Bitcoin
Hyperliquid users can now borrow USDC and USDT against supplied HYPE or Bitcoin, extending the venue’s onchain credit infrastructure beyond automated portfolio margin.
dtcpay Closes $25M Series A With SBI Backing
Singapore-based dtcpay has completed a $25 million Series A and plans to expand its stablecoin payment products and merchant network.
Circle Agrees $400 Million Tazapay Deal to Extend USDC Payment Reach
Circle has agreed to acquire Tazapay in an all-stock deal, adding local payout connections across more than 100 markets to its USDC payments strategy.
Anchorage Digital to Add Institutional Access to Frgmnt’s fUSD
Anchorage Digital and Frgmnt announced an integration for institutional custody, minting, redemption and staking of fUSD on Base.
House Committee Advances Digital Asset Tax Bill in 38-5 Vote
The House Ways and Means Committee advanced H.R. 10357, moving proposed tax rules for qualifying dollar stablecoins and small digital-asset fees toward a full House vote.
Deutsche Bank Plans Institutional Crypto Custody Launch
Deutsche Bank plans to offer European institutional clients custody and transfers for selected crypto assets, subject to completion of its regulatory process.
Circle Launches Arc Mainnet With USDC-Paid Network Fees
Circle’s Arc mainnet is live with network fees paid in USDC, more than 20 fiat stablecoins and interoperability with over 20 blockchains.
BIS Research Shows Why Onchain Volume Can Misstate Payment Activity
A BIS working paper finds that blockchain architecture and classification choices can materially change estimates of crypto and stablecoin activity.
Stablecoin Growth Links Dollar Payments to Treasury Liquidity
A Bank of England policymaker says dollar stablecoins may widen access to dollar settlement while creating a two-way link with short-term Treasury markets.
Orlen Oil Loss Exposes Stablecoin Payment-Control Gaps
A failed Venezuelan oil transaction involving Poland’s Orlen shows how stablecoin settlement can magnify counterparty, custody and sanctions-control failures.
House Crypto Tax Bill Targets Stablecoin and Network-Fee Friction
A US House tax proposal would standardize near-par treatment for qualifying dollar stablecoins and remove gain-or-loss recognition on digital-asset fees of up to $10.