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A7A5 Becomes Top Non-Dollar Stablecoin Amid Sanctions

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A7A5, a Russian ruble-backed stablecoin issued in Kyrgyzstan, has become the world’s biggest non-US dollar stablecoin despite facing multiple sanctions. A7A5’s market capitalization stood at almost $500 million on Monday, about 43% of the total $1.2 billion market cap of non-US dollar stablecoins, according to data from CoinMarketCap and DefiLlama. “We have already proven that a national digital currency can be not only an alternative to the dollar but also a driver of global change,” A7A5 wrote on its Telegram channel on Saturday. The statement came as the project drew…

Stablecoin Yield Means Banks Must Now offer Customers Real Interest

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Stablecoins, tokenized versions of fiat currencies that move on blockchain rails, will eventually force banks and other financial institutions to offer customers yields on their deposits to remain competitive, according to Patrick Collison, CEO of payments company Stripe. The average interest rate for US savings accounts is 0.40%, and in the EU, the average rate on savings accounts is 0.25%, Collison said in response to VC Nic Carter’s X post outlining the rise of yield-bearing stablecoins and the future of the sector. Collison added: “Depositors are going to, and should,…

Crypto Funding Slows, but RWA, Stablecoin Startups Draw Capital

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Although digital assets continue to attract record interest from institutional investors, traditional banks and corporations, venture capital activity in the sector has slowed notably since the first quarter. Galaxy Research’s latest VC report showed that crypto and blockchain startups raised a total of $1.97 billion across 378 deals in the second quarter. That represents a 59% decline in funding and a 15% drop in deal count compared to the previous quarter. According to Galaxy, it was the second-lowest quarterly total since Q4 2020. Researchers observed that the long-term correlation between…

Stablecoin and CBDC Can Work Together: Kazakh National Bank

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Kazakhstan is moving forward with a dual-track approach to digital assets, piloting its central bank digital currency (CBDC) while also backing a state-linked stablecoin. In September, the National Bank of Kazakhstan launched the Evo stablecoin in collaboration with Solana and Mastercard, marking one of the first cases of state-backed stablecoin development worldwide. The central bank has also been progressing with its CBDC, digital tenge, which launched in 2023. “When discussing the Evo stablecoin and the digital tenge, we see not competition, but rather opportunities for integration and interoperability,” Berik Sholpankulov,…

Crypto.com brings Morpho lending to Cronos for stablecoin yields

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Crypto.com users will soon be able to lend wrapped crypto assets and earn yield on stablecoins through Morpho, a decentralized finance (DeFi) lending protocol. According to a Thursday statement, Morpho will launch stablecoin lending markets on the Cronos blockchain, with the first vaults expected this year. The integration will allow users to deposit wrapped Ether (ETH) or Bitcoin (BTC) into Morpho vaults and borrow stablecoins against them to earn yield. Wrapped assets are tokens that represent another cryptocurrency on a different blockchain. On Cronos, wrapped tokens such as CDCETH and CDCBTC…

Citi Raises Stablecoin Market Cap Forecast to $4T by 2030

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Citi, an international banking and financial services company, revised its stablecoin forecast due to the strong growth of the sector in the last six months, and now projects the stablecoin market cap will grow to $4 trillion by 2030. Analysts at Citi project a $1.9 trillion stablecoin market as their “base” case and up to $4 trillion as the “bull” case, up from previous projections of $1.6 trillion and $3.7 trillion, respectively, according to Thursday’s forecast. Analysts at Citi also said stablecoins would not disrupt the banking sector, contrary to…

Nine European banks to launch euro-denominated stablecoin

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Key Takeaways Nine major European banks, including ING, Banca Sella, KBC, Danske Bank, and UniCredit, plan to launch a euro-denominated stablecoin. The consortium has been formed and is headquartered in the Netherlands, where it is seeking a license as an e-money institution supervised by the Dutch Central Bank. Share this article Nine European banks announced plans today to launch a euro-denominated stablecoin. The consortium includes major financial institutions ING, a Netherlands-based multinational bank, Banca Sella, KBC, Danske Bank, and UniCredit. The stablecoin launch aligns with the EU’s Markets in Crypto-Assets…

Circle and Crossmint Expand Stablecoin Rails for Humans and AI

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Stablecoin company Circle’s venture capital arm has partnered with crypto infrastructure firm Crossmint to expand the USDC stablecoin across more blockchain rails as part of its aim to reach billions of users, including AI agents. “By combining Crossmint Wallets and APIs for stablecoin onramps, orchestration, and agentic payments with USDC […] we’re laying the foundation for a new era of finance: one where money moves near-instantly, access is global, and systems are built for both humans and machines,” Crossmint said on Wednesday when it announced the partnership with Circle Ventures.…

PayPal Ventures Backs Bitfinex-Linked Stablecoin Project

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Stable, an institutional-grade stablecoin blockchain backed by cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex, is integrating a stablecoin built by major online payment platform PayPal. PayPal Ventures has made a strategic investment in Stable to bring PayPal USD (PYUSD) stablecoin onto the Stablechain, according to an announcement by Stable on Monday. “This work with Stable reflects our commitment to expanding PYUSD’s utility across multiple blockchain ecosystems and driving adoption,” PYUSD ecosystem head David Weber said, highlighting Stable’s focus on fast and seamless financial transactions. The news came about two months after Stable emerged from…

Enosys introduces XRP-backed stablecoin protocol using Liquity V2 fork

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Key Takeaways Enosys launched an XRP-backed stablecoin protocol on the Flare blockchain using a fork of Liquity V2, enabling users to mint stablecoins by depositing FXRP. Flare is a layer-1 blockchain integrating smart contracts and decentralized data oracles, supporting the DeFi ecosystem for payment tokens like XRP. Share this article Enosys announced the upcoming launch of a new product called Enosys Loans, described as the first collateralized debt position protocol to leverage XRP as collateral for minting a stablecoin. The platform will operate on Flare, a layer-1 blockchain network that…