Circle ได้รับอนุมัติ OCC trust-bank และสิทธิบัตรบล็อกเชนจาก IBM Circle ได้รับอนุมัติ OCC trust-bank และสิทธิบัตรบล็อกเชนจาก IBM เสริมความแข็งแกร่งด้านกฎระเบียบและเทคโนโลยี ช่วยหนุน USDC stablecoin และอาจช่วยให้กลายเป็นธนาคารที่ได้รับใบอนุญาตระดับรัฐบาลกลาง เพิ่มโอกาสเติบโต
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Digital Finance & Tokenization › Stablecoin Issuers & Distribution ▲Demand
MA · Technology · Positive Mastercard launched Agent Pay for Machines with over 30 launch partners, advancing its agentic commerce infrastructure.
V · Demand · Positive Visa stablecoin settlement reached an annualized $20 billion by September 2026, a 15x year-over-year increase, showing growing use of its rails.
ADYEN.AS · Demand · Positive Adyen is named as one of the 30+ launch partners for Mastercard's Agent Pay for Machines.
COIN · Demand · Positive Coinbase is named as one of 30+ launch partners for Mastercard's Agent Pay for Machines, giving it a role in agentic commerce payment rails.
Digital Finance & Tokenization › Stablecoin Issuers Technology
OKX · Capital · Positive OKX closed a funding extension at a $25 billion pre-money valuation with backing from Circle, Ripple, Standard Chartered's SC Ventures, and Qube Research.
MA · Demand · Positive Mastercard went live with SoFiUSD on September 22, migrating $25B in annualized card volume to blockchain-based settlement on its network.
SOFI · Demand · Positive SoFi launched SoFiUSD, the first stablecoin issued by a U.S. nationally chartered bank, deployed for live card-settlement production with Mastercard.
Stripe, Inc. · Demand · Positive Stripe is expanding its stablecoin card programs to over 100 countries by year-end, up from 18, a concrete product rollout.
V · Demand · Positive Visa is operating at a $20B annualized stablecoin settlement run rate as of September 8, a 15x increase year over year.
CRCL · Capital · Positive Circle backed OKX's funding extension at a $25B pre-money valuation, signaling institutional commitment to stablecoin infrastructure.
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Digital Finance & Tokenization › Stablecoin Issuers ▲Demand
COIN · Demand · Positive Coinbase gains a major bank partnership enabling stablecoin payments and conversion, boosting its stablecoin-driven revenue.
C · Demand · Positive Citi partners with Coinbase to enable stablecoin payments for its institutional clients, expanding its merchant-processing offering.
USDC · Demand · Positive The Citi-Coinbase partnership enables stablecoin payments at checkout, increasing USDC usage and circulation.
CRCL · Demand · Positive Coinbase shares USDC reserve interest income with Circle, so expanded USDC usage via the Citi tie-up benefits Circle.
Digital Finance & Tokenization › Stablecoin Issuers & Distribution ▲Capital
Digital Finance & Tokenization › Stablecoin Issuers Capital
Digital Finance & Tokenization › Crypto Exchanges, Custody & Digital-Asset Infrastructure Capital
FDUSD · Capital · Positive FDUSD issuer First Digital is going public via the KOYN SPAC merger, gaining access to public capital to expand its on-chain ecosystem.
KOYN · Capital · Positive KOYN SPAC is the acquiring vehicle merging with First Digital in a $250M deal that takes First Digital public on Nasdaq.
Digital Finance & Tokenization › Stablecoin Issuers & Distribution Technology
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8316.JP · Technology · Positive Sumitomo Mitsui Banking issued the trust-type stablecoins used in the Project Trinity trials and completed the second phase successfully.
Progmat · Technology · Positive Progmat handled issuance/management infrastructure for the security tokens and provided the cross-chain linking technology for the trials.
SBI VC Trade · Technology · Positive SBI VC Trade issued the security tokens used in the second-phase trials, demonstrating its token-issuance role in the settlement experiment.
8473.JP · Technology · Positive SBI Securities took part in the trials and SBI VC Trade issued the security tokens used, advancing SBI's digital-securities settlement infrastructure.
8601.JP · Technology · Positive Daiwa Securities participated in Project Trinity's second-phase trials settling digital securities with stablecoins, advancing its blockchain settlement capabilities.
大阪デジタルエクスチェンジ株式会社 · Technology · Positive The Project Trinity trials assumed trading on Osaka Digital Exchange's START security token market, validating DVP settlement of digital securities on its platform.
Digital Finance & Tokenization › Stablecoin Issuers Regulation
Rain · Regulation · Positive Rain applied to the OCC to establish a national trust bank, positioning it under the emerging federal stablecoin supervisory framework.
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SOFI · Capital · Positive SoFi reported Q2 adjusted net revenue up 40% to $1.2 billion with GAAP net income climbing 61% to $156.6 million.
SOFI · Demand · Positive Record originations of $14.8 billion and cross-buy reaching 51% of new products show strong end-customer adoption.
MA · Demand · Positive SoFi and Mastercard announced stablecoin settlement is live across SoFi Bank's card program, moving its entire $25 billion card program onto SoFiUSD.
WFC · Capital · Neutral Wells Fargo analyst Cassie Chan rates SoFi a Hold, citing valuation and earnings exposure to loan sales.
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V · Capital · Positive Value-Added Services revenue rose to $3.8B from $2.8B, with $6.2B returned via dividends and buybacks in Q3.
V · Demand · Positive Visa's stablecoin-linked card programs and settlement volume grew sharply, with volume up nearly 200% YoY and a $20B annualized settlement run rate.
Bridge · Demand · Positive Visa expects its partnership with Bridge to take stablecoin-linked cards to more than 100 countries.
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COIN · Demand · Positive Citi partnership enables stablecoin payments for institutional clients and lets Coinbase customers use Citi banking with auto-conversion to stablecoins, boosting Coinbase's stablecoin business.
C · Demand · Positive Citi partners with Coinbase to let its institutional clients accept stablecoin payments via its merchant-processing services, expanding Citi's payments offering.
CRCL · Demand · Positive Coinbase shares USDC reserve interest income with Circle, and USDC in Coinbase products hit a record $20B, over 30% of all USDC in circulation.
USDT · Regulation · Negative US Senate PSI report says Tether failed to freeze 34 of 39 Israel-designated Iran/Hezbollah-linked wallets, letting over $34.6M in USDT flow out, and calls for stricter stablecoin monitoring.
Tether · Regulation · Negative US Senate PSI report says Tether failed to freeze 34 of 39 Israel-designated Iran/Hezbollah-linked wallets, letting over $34.6M in USDT flow out, and calls for stricter stablecoin monitoring.
Digital Finance & Tokenization › Digital Banking & Neobanks Technology
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Digital Finance & Tokenization › Stablecoin Issuers Technology
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SOFI · Technology · Positive SoFi migrated its entire $25B card portfolio to its own bank-issued stablecoin SoFiUSD, an operational blockchain-payments development tied to its Big Business Banking platform.
MA · Demand · Positive Mastercard's global network now carries the first bank-issued stablecoin, with SoFi's entire $25B card portfolio settling on it, expanding Mastercard's payment volume.
Digital Finance & Tokenization › Stablecoin Issuers & Distribution ▲Technology
Digital Finance & Tokenization › Stablecoin Issuers ▲Technology
Utexo · Regulation · Positive Utexo obtained a commercial license covering USDT issuance and Tether trademark use, enabling its planned October launch.
USDT · Demand · Positive Tether-backed Utexo will issue USDT on Bitcoin, expanding USDT's circulation and adoption to a new network.
Tether · Technology · Positive Utexo is building RGB-based private USDT transactions on Bitcoin with blacklisting for illicit assets, advancing Tether's USDT technology footprint.
BTC · Technology · Positive Utexo plans to issue USDT on Bitcoin and support BTC-USDT exchange, loans collateralized by Bitcoin, and Lightning Network support, expanding Bitcoin's utility.
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Digital Finance & Tokenization › Stablecoin Issuers & Distribution Regulation
FISV · Technology · Positive Fiserv launched the Roughrider stablecoin, a bank-to-bank settlement token on Solana for a North Dakota network of 90+ banks and credit unions.
ETH · Technology · Positive The Ethereum Foundation launched zero-knowledge APIs with the Open Anonymity Project enabling private AI-model payments.
SOL · Technology · Positive Solana is the blockchain chosen for Fiserv's new Roughrider bank-to-bank settlement stablecoin.
Digital Finance & Tokenization › Stablecoin Issuers & Distribution Capital
Digital Finance & Tokenization › Stablecoin Issuers Capital
BTC · Monetary · Positive Weak US Non-Farm Payrolls (29k vs 84k-90k expected) and rising unemployment raise expectations of Fed easing, a macro-money tailwind for Bitcoin.
Digital Finance & Tokenization › Stablecoin Issuers & Distribution ▲Regulation
Digital Finance & Tokenization › Real-World Asset Tokenization ▲Regulation
BTC · Regulation · Positive Bitcoin rose 8% after the Senate killed the Clarity Act, as crypto got better rules faster.
ETH · Regulation · Positive Ethereum gained 7% after the Clarity Act failed and the SEC issued favorable token/innovation guidance.
COIN · Regulation · Positive With the Clarity Act dead, the GENIUS Act remains in place, letting Coinbase keep offering stablecoin rewards.
Bitwise Asset Management · · Neutral Bitwise's CIO is quoted analyzing why crypto rose despite the Clarity Act stalling, but no company-specific impact is stated.
Stripe, Inc. · Demand · Positive Stripe runs OUSD and its Bridge CEO leads the blockchain, with earnings accruing to the companies promoting and using the stablecoin.
V · Demand · Positive Visa is a founding member of OUSD, investing in initial liquidity and accruing equity/earnings based on usage of the stablecoin it promotes.
COIN · Capital · Positive Coinbase is a founding member that invested in OUSD and will accrue equity/earnings based on usage.
MA · Capital · Positive Mastercard is a founding member that invested in OUSD and will accrue equity/earnings based on usage.
SHOP · Capital · Positive Shopify is a founding member that invested in OUSD and will accrue equity/earnings based on usage.
Bridge · Demand · Positive Bridge, acquired by Stripe, is running the OUSD blockchain, positioning it at the center of the stablecoin's operations.
Digital Finance & Tokenization › Stablecoin Issuers & Distribution Technology
SBI Digitrust · Demand · Positive SBI Digital Trust is the lead party conducting the Japan-Korea stablecoin remittance/payment verification with the two Korean firms.
036800.KQ · Demand · Positive NICE Information & Telecommunication will let Japanese users pay via QR at its ~1.2 million Korean merchants in the stablecoin payment verification.
8473.JP · Demand · Positive SBI Holdings subsidiary SBI Digital Trust signed an agreement with two Korean firms to verify Japan-Korea stablecoin cross-border payments toward commercialization.
DSRV Labs · Technology · Positive DSRV Labs will verify the blockchain technology and system architecture needed to transfer stablecoins in the joint test.
Digital Finance & Tokenization › Stablecoin Issuers & Distribution ▲Regulation
Digital Finance & Tokenization › Stablecoin Issuers ▼Regulation
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AllUnity · Regulation · Positive AllUnity launched its MiCA-compliant dollar-pegged USDAU, placing dollar liquidity under Europe's strict regulation.
CRCL · Competition · Negative A Europe-regulated dollar stablecoin USDAU could become a strong alternative to Circle's USDC, threatening its competitive position.
Tether · Competition · Negative USDAU is positioned as a regulated alternative to Tether's USDT, potentially drawing away market share.
Coinbase และ Citi เปิดตัวระบบชำระเงินด้วยสเตเบิลคอยน์สำหรับร้านค้า
Coinbase Global และ Citi ประกาศเปิดตัวฟีเจอร์ใหม่ที่เชื่อมต่อระบบเงินเฟียตและสเตเบิลคอยน์เข้าด้วยกัน โดยเชื่อมระบบธนาคารของ Citi เข้ากับโครงสร้างพื้นฐานของ Coinbase บัญชี Virtual Account Wallet ของ Citi สำหรับ Coinbase จะแปลงยอดเงินเฟียตของลูกค้าเป็นสเตเบิลคอยน์โดยอัตโนมัติ และแปลงสเตเบิลคอยน์ที่เข้ามาให้กลับเป็นเงินเฟียต ร้านค้าที่ใช้แพลตฟอร์ม Spring ของ Citi จะสามารถรับชำระเงินด้วยสเตเบิลคอยน์ได้ ขณะที่การชำระบัญชียังคงอยู่ในระบบธนาคารที่มีการกำกับดูแลของ Citi การเปิดตัว Virtual Account Wallet และระบบสเตเบิลคอยน์ของ Spring ในครั้งนี้เป็นเพียงภาพแรกที่แสดงให้เห็นว่าสะพานเชื่อมระหว่าง Coinbase กับธนาคารแห่งนี้จะไปได้ไกลเพียงใด ความร่วมมือนี้เสียบโครงสร้างพื้นฐานด้านสเตเบิลคอยน์และการชำระเงินของ Coinbase เข้ากับแพลตฟอร์มบริหารเงินสดและแพลตฟอร์มสำหรับร้านค้าของธนาคารพาณิชย์ขนาดใหญ่โดยตรง ซึ่งสนับสนุนความพยายามของ Coinbase Global ที่จะพึ่งพารายได้แบบสมัครสมาชิกและรายได้จากบริการมากขึ้น แทนที่จะพึ่งพาเฉพาะกิจกรรมการซื้อขายและปริมาณตลาดเพียงอย่างเดียว
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COIN · Demand · Positive Coinbase's stablecoin and payments stack plugs into Citi's banking rails, supporting subscription-style service revenue beyond trading.
C · Demand · Positive Citi's Virtual Account Wallet and Spring platform gain stablecoin interoperability with Coinbase, expanding its merchant and cash-management offerings.
Digital Finance & Tokenization › Stablecoin Issuers ▼Competition
MA · Capital · Positive Mastercard completed its acquisition of BVNK for up to $1.8 billion, expanding its stablecoin payments capabilities.
BVNK · Capital · Positive Mastercard completed its acquisition of BVNK for up to $1.8 billion, more than double BVNK's prior $750 million valuation.
V · Competition · Neutral Visa lost BVNK as a stablecoin settlement partner to Mastercard and issued an RFP for a replacement, while its stablecoin settlement run rate doubled to about $7 billion annualized.
CRCL · Competition · Negative Circle's stock fell 17% when the Open USD stablecoin consortium including Stripe, Visa, Mastercard and BlackRock was unveiled, a competitive threat to USDC.
COIN · Competition · Neutral Coinbase is named in the 140-company Open USD consortium and Citi's Coinbase partnership, but no specific development for Coinbase itself is described.
HSBA.LSE · Technology · Neutral HSBC's HKD stablecoin RedCoin is cited as an example of infrastructure consolidation, with no specific new development for HSBC.
Digital Finance & Tokenization › Stablecoin Issuers & Distribution ▲Regulation
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Digital Finance & Tokenization › Stablecoin Issuers ▼Regulation
HSBA.LSE · Regulation · Positive HSBC won one of only two licenses under Hong Kong's Stablecoins Ordinance and launched its HKD-pegged RedCoin stablecoin via PayMe.
Anchorpoint Financial · Regulation · Positive Anchorpoint Financial was granted one of only two stablecoin licenses under Hong Kong's Stablecoins Ordinance.
STAN.LSE · Regulation · Positive Standard Chartered's JV Anchorpoint Financial was the other of the two licensees granted under Hong Kong's Stablecoins Ordinance.
6823.HK · Regulation · Positive HKT is a partner in Anchorpoint Financial, one of the two licensed stablecoin issuers under the Hong Kong ordinance.
Animoca Brands · Regulation · Positive Animoca Brands is a partner in Anchorpoint Financial, one of the two licensed stablecoin issuers under the Hong Kong ordinance.
Digital Finance & Tokenization › Payments Modernization & Rails ▲Technology
Digital Finance & Tokenization › Stablecoin Issuers & Distribution Technology
Stripe, Inc. · Demand · Positive Stripe's stablecoin payment volume doubled to ~$400B and total payment volume rose 34% to ~$1.9T, signaling growing end-customer adoption of its payments services.
Bridge · Demand · Positive Volume on Bridge, Stripe's acquired stablecoin payments platform, increased more than fourfold, indicating strong customer usage.
Digital Finance & Tokenization › Stablecoin Issuers & Distribution ▲Demand
Binance · Demand · Positive Binance Pay becomes the first crypto payment service to reach PayPay-accepting merchants in Japan via HIVEX, expanding its payment service adoption.
USDT · Demand · Positive Binance Pay enables USDT payments at PayPay merchants across Japan, expanding real-world merchant acceptance/usage of Tether's USDT.
Digital Finance & Tokenization › Stablecoin Issuers & Distribution ▲Demand
Digital Finance & Tokenization › Stablecoin Issuers ▲Demand
Digital Finance & Tokenization › Payments Modernization & Rails ▲Demand
USDC · Demand · Positive USD Coin is a dominant stablecoin issuer whose Treasury-backed peg business is projected to expand with the stablecoin market toward $400B in Treasury demand by 2030.
USDT · Demand · Positive Tether is a dominant stablecoin issuer whose Treasury holdings and market cap are central to the projected stablecoin-driven Treasury demand growth.
Tether · Demand · Positive Tether is a dominant stablecoin issuer whose Treasury holdings and market cap are central to the projected stablecoin-driven Treasury demand growth.
TradeWaltz Inc. · Technology · Positive TradeWaltz's trade information platform will be linked with stablecoin infrastructure in the FSA-supported pilot.
8306.JP · Technology · Positive MUFG Bank and Mitsubishi UFJ Trust are among six participants in the FSA-supported stablecoin trade settlement proof-of-concept.
8316.JP · Technology · Positive Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation is among the six participants in the FSA-supported stablecoin trade settlement experiment.
8411.JP · Technology · Positive Mizuho Bank is one of the six participants in the FSA-backed stablecoin trade settlement pilot.
9432.JP · Technology · Positive NTT Data is one of the six companies participating in the FSA-supported stablecoin trade settlement proof-of-concept.
SOFI · Capital · Positive Q2 adjusted net revenues rose 40% to $1.2B with 30% EBITDA margin, and management lifted 2026 revenue guidance.
SOFI · Demand · Positive SoFi launched SoFiUSD stablecoin settlement for its card program, with over $25B annualized volume and $300M of SoFiUSD in circulation.
Kraken (Payward Inc.) · Demand · Positive Payward will join the SoFi Exchange Network, list SoFiUSD on Kraken, and use SoFi's Big Business Banking, while SoFi uses Kraken Prime for liquidity.
MA · Demand · Positive SoFi is migrating its full debit and credit card program to stablecoin settlement across Mastercard's network, bringing live card volume onto Mastercard rails.
Digital Finance & Tokenization › Stablecoin Issuers Regulation
Digital Finance & Tokenization › Stablecoin Issuers & Distribution Regulation
USDT · Regulation · Positive Tether helped US authorities freeze roughly $550 million in Iran-linked USDT, reinforcing its compliance role with law enforcement.
Tether · Regulation · Positive Tether's cooperation with OFAC and US agencies on sanctions-related freezes strengthens its regulatory standing.
TRX · Regulation · Negative Tether froze millions in USDT held in wallets on the TRON network as part of US sanctions enforcement, highlighting regulatory scrutiny of TRON-based addresses.
COIN · Technology · Negative Coinbase is named as a player whose infrastructure could accelerate automatic deposit movement, contributing to the warned bank-run risk.
C · Demand · Positive Citi expands partnership with Coinbase, letting its customers accept stablecoin payments via Spring by Citi, growing its payments business.
COIN · Demand · Positive Coinbase expands Citi partnership, using Citi's Banking-as-a-Service for virtual accounts and supporting stablecoin payment acceptance, expanding its payment services.
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Digital Finance & Tokenization › Digital Banking & Neobanks Competition
SOFI · Technology · Positive SoFi launched live stablecoin settlement powered by its own SoFiUSD, migrating its entire $25B card program to blockchain settlement.
MA · Technology · Positive Mastercard launched live stablecoin settlement on its global payment network, migrating SoFi's $25B card program to blockchain-based settlement.
SoFi Bank, N.A. · Technology · Positive SoFi Bank's debit and credit card program went live on stablecoin settlement using SoFiUSD, the first stablecoin issued by a nationally chartered bank.
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Digital Finance & Tokenization › Stablecoin Issuers & Distribution ▲Demand
PhotonPay · Demand · Positive PhotonPay launched local collection accounts in Nigeria and Ghana, expanding its cross-border settlement product into new markets.
JPYC · Demand · Positive HTX lists JPYC for spot trading and accepts deposits/withdrawals, expanding trading access and demand for the yen-backed stablecoin.
Huobi Global S.A. · Demand · Positive HTX (formerly Huobi) adds JPYC spot trading and deposit/withdrawal support, broadening its listed asset offering.