Browsing: stablecoin

Key insights: HSBC has launched a Hong Kong dollar-backed stablecoin. What’s at stake: The bank is also expanding tokenized deposits as banks globally chart their digital asset…

Key insight: Treasury is directing stablecoin issuers to combat money laundering and other illicit activities with bank-like rules and additional requirements to ensure AML monitoring is…

Key insight: The Council of Economic Advisers said its model shows a stablecoin yield ban would increase bank lending by $2.1 billion — a mere 0.02%…

Key insight: Draft legislative language circulating on Capitol Hill meant to break an impasse between crypto firms and banks on stablecoin yield contains a lengthy list…

A view of the Mastercard company logo on its stand during the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona on March 1, 2017.Joan Cros Garcia – Corbis |…

Key insights: Founded by Eugene Ludwig, Cari is building a bank network for tokenized deposits. What’s at stake: Banks are looking for an alternative to stablecoins, which…

US President Donald Trump boards Air Force One before departing Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Florida, on March 1, 2026, on his way…

Key insight: Payoneer has applied for a national trust bank charter to establish PAYO Digital Bank, N.A., allowing it to issue its own stablecoin, PAYO-USD.What’s at…

The “exorbitant privilege” the U.S. has long enjoyed because of the dollar’s status as the world’s reserve currency would be supercharged if global adoption of stablecoins…

Instead of wasting time fighting against stablecoin yields, perhaps it’s time for banks to accept that change is inevitable and focus on adapting to remain competitive,…