StableCoin

To transcend the US dollar system, Tether's future lies not only in maintaining its role in global payments and liquidity but also in deeply exploring how to establish a truly supranational monetary system.

Usual is a secure and decentralized fiat stablecoin issuer that redistributes ownership and governance through the USUAL token.

The future is bright for leading payments, fintech, and neobank players, who can leverage stablecoins to streamline operations and accelerate global expansion. It also opens new opportunities for domestic stablecoin issuers to position themselves and ready their payment systems for global interoperability—an area where stablecoins are poised to succeed where the bureaucratic BIS’s ‘Finternet’ vision will quickly fall short.

Today’s stablecoins serve critical roles in the cryptocurrency and DeFi ecosystems, providing liquidity for exchanges, facilitating collateralized lending, and allowing market participants to retain digital asset exposure without continuous conversions to fiat currency.

Growing National Stablecoins in Asia: Several Asian countries are developing stablecoins pegged to local currencies to assert monetary sovereignty and reduce dependence on the U.S. dollar in global trade.

This article introduces USDI, a programmable stablecoin built on the Bitcoin network, supported by the RGB++ protocol, designed for low-cost and fast cross-border payments.

USUAL is a decentralized stablecoin issuer that aggregates tokenized real-world assets (RWAs) from entities such as BlackRock, Ondo, Mountain Protocol, M0, and Hashnote, converting them into permissionless, on-chain verifiable, and composable stablecoins (USD0). The project redistributes ownership and governance through the $USUAL token.

Explore the launch of Ripple Labs' new stablecoin RLUSD and its impact on global payments and the cryptocurrency market. Analyze how RLUSD competes with existing stablecoins in terms of compliance and market strategy, and how the regulatory framework by the New York Department of Financial Services shapes industry standards.

Stablecoins have the potential to disrupt the traditional payment industry by reducing transaction costs, increasing competition, and offering extensive programmability. They enable instant settlement, eliminate intermediaries, and provide global accessibility, making them particularly suitable for replacing existing payment methods in high-cost or inefficient scenarios. As stablecoin infrastructure improves and regulatory clarity increases, more businesses and users are expected to gradually adopt this innovative payment solution.

This article analyzes the latest trends in the stablecoin market, exploring the evolution of fiat-collateralized stablecoins, over-collateralized stablecoins, and algorithmic stablecoins. It focuses on three emerging projects—Ethena, Usual, and f(x)Protocol V2—providing an in-depth analysis of their operational mechanisms, market performance, and potential risks.

A deep analysis of the future direction of the stablecoin market breaks the market down into seven key areas: settlement networks, stablecoin issuers, liquidity providers, value transfer and monetary services, aggregated APIs and messaging, merchant gateways, and stablecoin-driven applications. It explores the value chains and growth potential within each category, providing investors with a clear market framework and a detailed discussion of the competitive landscape and success factors in each area.

Stablecoins play a crucial role in crypto trading, payments, and savings. Over the past year, several notable stablecoin protocols have emerged, offering yields to holders through real-world U.S. Treasury bonds or hedging strategies. This article provides an analysis of these protocols, exploring their operational mechanisms, audit key points, and regulatory challenges.

An in-depth analysis of the important role stablecoins play in Africa's digital economy, exploring how stablecoins improve financial services, drive economic development, and enhance financial inclusion. The article details successful case studies such as OnAfriq, AZA Finance, and WSPN, showcasing how they address challenges in traditional financial systems through stablecoins.

OFT (Omnichain Fungible Token) by LayerZero enables cross-chain token transfers without wrapping, using a burn-and-mint mechanism to maintain unified token supply across networks. In this article, we'll explore the current landscape, focusing on leading token framework OFT by LayerZero, and examine what the future holds for this sector.

This article explores the evolution and significance of the funding rate in cryptocurrency derivatives markets, with an emphasis on its origins, mechanisms, and the arbitrage strategies it inspires. It highlights the "Golden Age" of funding rate arbitrage in Spring 2021, the subsequent decline due to market corrections, and the rebirth of these opportunities in 2024-2025 with the advent of innovative stablecoins like USDe and USDX.