Tether’s Q3 Attestation Shows $1.5B Profit and a Nearly $8B Buffer
Tether International, S.A. de C.V. on October 30, 2026 published its attestation for the third quarter of 2026, prepared by BDO, covering the company’s Financial Figures and Reserves Report as of September 30, 2026 and the composition of the reserves…
Sky Protocol Posts $37.19M Q3 Net Revenue, Sixth Straight Positive Quarter
Sky Frontier Foundation published the Sky Ecosystem Q3 2026 Quarterly Report on October 29, 2026, reporting Net Revenue of $37.19 million for the three months ended September 30, 2026, up 11.8% from $33.28 million in Q2 2026 and up from…
Circle and ACI Worldwide Announce Colombian USDC Settlement Pilot
ACI Worldwide and Circle Internet Group announced on October 27, 2026 a collaboration to demonstrate how stablecoin settlement can be integrated into existing banking and payment infrastructure, beginning with a Colombian pilot built around Bre-B, the country’s interoperable instant payments…
SoFi Debuts SoFi Earn Tokenized Deposit Paying 4.40% APY
SoFi Technologies announced on October 22, 2026, the launch of SoFi Earn, an interest-bearing tokenized deposit account at SoFi Bank earning 4.40% APY that the company describes as the first and only national bank-issued tokenized deposit for consumers. The product…
Mastercard Launches Stablecoin Security Risk Intelligence Solution
Mastercard announced Stablecoin Security, a new risk intelligence solution for stablecoin payments, on October 19, 2026, at Money20/20 USA in Las Vegas, with Borderless.xyz and Keyrails as initial partners. According to the October 19, 2026 announcement, the solution combines payment…
ESMA Expects Crypto Firms to End Services for Non-MiCA Stablecoins
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU regulator and supervisor, published an opinion on 8 October 2026 setting out supervisory expectations that crypto-asset service providers (CASPs) authorised under the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) cease providing services related…
Samsung Wallet to Launch USDC Transfers for U.S. Galaxy Users
Samsung Electronics America announced on October 7, 2026 that stablecoin wallet functionality will launch in Samsung Wallet starting in the last week of October 2026 for eligible Galaxy users in the United States, initially supporting USDC, a U.S. dollar-denominated stablecoin.…
Circle Partners With SAP-Backed Tereina to Embed Stablecoin Payments in ERP
Tereina, an SAP-backed financial services company, and Circle Internet Group announced a partnership on October 7, 2026 to integrate Circle’s USDC and EURC stablecoins into Tereina’s payments infrastructure, starting with SAP Cloud ERP. The joint announcement, datelined Palo Alto, California…
Open USD Goes Live on Solana With Over $1 Billion in Launch Liquidity
The Solana Foundation announced on September 30, 2026 that Open USD (OUSD), a US-dollar stablecoin from the company Open Standard, is now live on Solana. Businesses can mint and burn OUSD 1:1 for dollars at no cost and put it…
ESMA Proposes Targeted MiCA Changes for DeFi Stablecoins and Staking
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) on 30 September 2026 published its response to the European Commission’s public consultation on the review of the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA), proposing targeted amendments covering token classification, decentralised finance, stablecoins, staking,…
Coinbase Taps Citi to Power Virtual Accounts and Stablecoin Acceptance
Coinbase announced on September 28, 2026 that it is expanding what businesses can build on its payments infrastructure through a deepened collaboration with Citi. Under the arrangement, Coinbase selected Citi’s Virtual Account Wallet, part of the bank’s Banking-as-a-Service offering, to…
Tether Says 2026 Iran-Linked USDT Freezes Total About $550 Million
Tether said in an announcement dated September 28, 2026, that actions involving its USD₮ stablecoin have resulted in approximately $550 million in assets frozen during 2026 across wallets that U.S. authorities identified as connected to Iran’s Central Bank and Iranian…
FCA Wins Confiscation Orders for Victims of £1.5 Million Crypto Fraud
The Financial Conduct Authority secured confiscation orders against Raymondip Bedi and Patrick Mavanga at Southwark Crown Court on 28 September 2026, requiring the pair to repay funds the regulator said will be returned to victims of a £1.5 million cryptoasset…
Shiga to Launch Self-Custodial Products on Tether’s WDK for Africa and GCC
Tether announced on 28 September 2026 a collaboration with Shiga to launch self-custodial financial products for individuals, businesses and institutions across Africa and the GCC. Built with Wallet Development Kit by Tether (WDK), the products will give users direct control…
Federal Reserve Seeks Comment on Two GENIUS Act Stablecoin Proposals
The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday, September 24, 2026, requested public comment on two proposals that would establish a regulatory framework for Board-supervised payment stablecoin issuers under the GENIUS Act. The first proposal would require full reserve backing and set…
