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Circle Q2: USDC float grows as reserve yield thins
Circle’s Q2 2026 print shows $701M revenue and reserve income with $73.3B USDC in circulation, while reserve yield compression capped income growth at 5%.
Samira Okonkwo
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Circle Arc: BlackRock to Visa join founding validators
Circle named BlackRock, Visa, DTCC, Mastercard and peers as Arc founding validators ahead of a September 16, 2026 public mainnet, with BUIDL and DTCC tokenization still on the…
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Wells Fargo tokenized deposits join the bank rails race
Wells Fargo will launch tokenized deposits this fall for select corporate USD-GBP flows, keeping commercial bank money on-chain as banks push back against stablecoin settlement rails.
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Mastercard closes BVNK: stablecoin rails go institutional
Mastercard completed its acquisition of stablecoin infrastructure firm BVNK on Aug. 3, 2026. The desk's read: treat the close as a rails story, not a finished volume story,…
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BlackRock BRSRV: tokenized cash for stablecoin reserves
BlackRock launched BRSRV and BSTBL OnChain Shares for stablecoin reserve managers under GENIUS. SEC prospectus details, Solana and Ethereum rails, and our falsifiable adoption claim.
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Bitget exits Japan: venue risk before 2027 rules
Bitget is ending services for Japan residents on a staged calendar through Dec. 31, 2026. Our read: this is venue compliance under Japan’s new financial-instrument rules, not a…
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SEC stays Nasdaq bitcoin options after CME challenge
The SEC granted CME's petition to review Nasdaq PHLX bitcoin index options. The May staff approval stays frozen, with public statements due August 24, 2026.
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Tether Q2: $1.5B profit, thinner reserve cushion
Tether’s Q2 2026 attestation shows about $1.5 billion in operating profit while the excess reserve cushion thinned to roughly $4.11 billion as of June 30. Here is our…
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Coinbase Q2 miss: share up, spot fees down
Coinbase Global Q2 2026: about $1.2B revenue and a $359M net loss as spot fees cooled, while trading share hit a record 10.3%.
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BIS Agorá settles real tokenized bank money
BIS Project Agorá completed July 2026 real-value testing with about CHF 800,000 in tokenized reserves and deposits across six currencies. Samira Okonkwo reads the bank-rails milestone against stablecoin…