Stablecoin

Noelle Acheson outlines the key blockchain innovations for payment programmability, and highlights their advantages and their risks.

The White House working group on digital assets said in a report that regulators should "promote transparency regarding the process for institutions to obtain bank charters or Reserve Bank master accounts."

The GENIUS Act in the U.S. and MiCA in the EU are creating a path to the mainstream for digital assets, while Britain won't have crypto regulation until 2026.

Bankers are concerned about stablecoins gaining traction due to the passage of the GENIUS Act, and also continue to sound the alarm about the failure to resolve check fraud disputes, according to the latest quarterly survey from IntraFi.

International remittances are a key use case for Visa's stablecoin strategy, CEO Ryan McInerney said during its fiscal Q3 earnings call with investors. They also pair nicely with Visa Direct, the company's instant payment scheme, he said.

After leaving Wall Street's expectations in the dust, the San Francisco-based fintech dialed up its outlook for the rest of 2025. And as regulators warm to crypto, SoFi sees opportunities for years to come.

The Pennsylvania-based bank will continue to lean into its digital assets payment platform now that the GENIUS Act has become law. Its incoming CEO says he's not concerned about new entrants.

Bank technology provider Fidelity National Information Services Inc. is partnering with Circle Internet Group Inc. to offer financial institutions the ability to conduct transactions using Circle's stablecoin.

Noelle Acheson unpacks the differences between stablecoins and tokenized deposits, and what they mean for both

Prospective stablecoin issuers — bank and nonbank alike — will now turn to banking regulators to tackle outstanding questions now that President Trump has signed the stablecoin bill into law.