The Russian central bank has started to reconsider its previous opposition to stablecoins, which is a significant change in the country’s digital assets policy. First Deputy Chairman Vladimir Chistyukhin has confirmed that the Central Bank of Russia will conduct a study on the possibility of issuing a stablecoin in the
The CLARITY Act debate has intensified after the Digital Chamber released a competing set of principles to challenge proposals backed by major U.S. banks. The blockchain trade association defended the current draft bill while signaling room for compromise on specific issues. The banking sector has pushed for tighter restrictions, particularly
The central bank of Malaysia has planned to roll out three actions in 2026 that comprise local currency stablecoins and tokenised deposits. The February 11 announcement noted that the Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) revealed the Digital Asset Innovation Hub (DAIH) is taking three projects onboard for this year. The projects
The recent policy adjustment of China seems more like a crackdown instead of a structural reordering. As reported by Bloomberg, it has tightened the cryptocurrency activity once again. On Friday, 8 Chinese authorities headed by the central bank issued a joint notice on risks associated with the digital assets. It
A Chinese-language crypto guarantee service known as Xinbi processed nearly $17.9 billion in on-chain transaction volume despite platform bans and enforcement actions, according to a new report from TRM Labs. The findings show how parts of crypto-enabled laundering infrastructure continue to adapt rather than disappear under regulatory pressure. TRM Labs
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin argued that even well-designed ETH-collateralized algorithmic stablecoins still constitute genuine decentralized finance. He clarified that such algorithmic mechanisms can transfer U.S. dollar counterparty risk from users to market makers. Buterin blasted the notion that USDC deposit yield strategies are representative of true DeFi principles. He suggested
The regulators of China have now tightened control for digital assets and have prohibited the unauthorised issuance of yuan-pegged stablecoins overseas and widened the prohibition to real-world assets associated with the currency of the country. On February 6, the People’s Bank of China (PBOC), with seven government agencies, released a
An analyst, Darkfost from CryptoQuant, has shared that at a time when crypto sell-offs boost, the inflows of stablecoin to exchanges have double-folded to $98 billion from the last levels. The increase of stablecoin inflows has crossed the 90-day average of $89 billion. The analyst further notes in the blog
U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis has called on banks to stop resisting Cryptocurrencies and Stablecoins and instead start adopting them as part of their modern financial services. Speaking in the Interview aired on Fox News, she argued that digital assets can help banks to create new products at a lower cost
Tether, the company behind the largest stablecoin USDT, has now invested a $150 million stake in Gold.com to buy Gold. This investment gives Tether 12% ownership in Gold.com. Tether aimed to offer a tokenized gold that can be traded on the blockchain and is safer during the global economic uncertainty.
