Stablecoin News

Facebook reportedly met British authorities and regulatory officials three times prior to publicly announcing the Libra stablecoin project.

New York financial watchdog approves three stablecoin offerings including BUSD, backed by Paxos and Binance. A sign of things to come?

Germany’s government has approved a blockchain strategy that aims to prevent stablecoins from becoming alternative currencies and threatening state sovereignty.

Performance claims of Hedera’s “third-generation” distributed ledger being called into question, what is the protocol really capable of?

Benoit Coeure of the European Central Bank argued that stablecoins like Facebook’s not-yet-released Libra coin pose risks to public policy priorities.

PayPal representatives have said they remain cautious about the future of Facebook’s Libra, yet they continue to strongly believe in its potential.

The European Central Bank and 25 global central banks will meet with Libra to assess the purported financial stability risks of the project.

The government of Germany has spoken against Facebook’s Libra stablecoin in the EU, but notes openness to a state-run cryptocurrency.

Cryptocurrency transaction reporting service Whale Alert points out that Tether minted 300 million USDT in a protocol swap, but no burn has taken place.

France has vowed to stop the development of Facebook’s Libra digital currency because the "monetary sovereignty of states is at stake."

A Californian politician has become the first elected official to use cryptocurrency to purchase cannabis in the U.S. to advocate for cannabis tax remittances v...

Switzerland’s financial watchdog has published stablecoin guidelines as well as an overview of its approach to Facebook’s proposed Libra payments network.

China has the most progressive approach to central bank digital currencies to date, according to Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire.

OpenZeppelin, a third-party audit firm specializing in cryptocurrency, has discovered and patched a vulnerability in the open-source code of Facebook’s Libra.

Facebook has reportedly announced the major national currencies with which it plans to set the value of its forthcoming Libra stablecoin.