USDC
Digital Economy
Circle’s $14.8 Trillion Quarter: Why Stablecoin Volume Soared While Circulation Slipped
Circle’s Q2 2026 results show USDC onchain volume up 151% to $14.8T even as quarter-end circulation slipped 4.8%. What the split signals for stablecoins.
Digital Economy
Circle’s Arc Lands 11 Founding Validators: Visa, Mastercard and Wall Street Sign On
On August 5, 2026, Circle named 11 founding validators for its Arc blockchain — Visa, Mastercard, BlackRock, DTCC and more — ahead of a September 16 mainnet.
Startups
Visa and Bridge Are Taking Stablecoin Cards to 100+ Countries — But the Hard Part Is Adoption
Visa and Stripe-owned Bridge are expanding stablecoin cards from 18 markets to 100+ countries by 2026, spendable at 175M merchants worldwide.
Digital Economy
Digital Garage’s Stablecoin Play: How One API Reaches 1.3 Million Merchants
Digital Garage launched a stablecoin payment platform on Aug 10, 2026, reaching 1.3M merchants via one API and JCB's 72M-merchant network. Here's how.
Digital Economy
Circle Goes Federal: OCC Trust-Bank Charter Redraws the Stablecoin Map
OCC granted Circle a national trust charter for USDC custody on July 10, 2026 — the first big stablecoin issuer inside U.S. banking oversight.
Digital Economy
Stablecoins for SME Trade: How Small Businesses Are Bypassing SWIFT for Cross-Border Payments
⚡ Key Takeaways Stablecoin payment infrastructure processed more than $200 billion in business transactions in 2025, with SMEs in Africa...
Digital Economy
Stablecoins Go Corporate: The B2B Implementation Guide for 2026
⚡ Key Takeaways Stablecoins processed $400B in real-world payments in 2025 — 60% was B2B. The GENIUS Act and MiCA...
Digital Economy
BIS April 2026 Warning: Five Risk Categories Behind the USDT and USDC Expansion
⚡ Key Takeaways On 20 April 2026, the Bank for International Settlements named five systemic risk categories behind dollar-stablecoin expansion...
