Asian financial hubs are updating their stablecoin rules and companies like JD.com and Ant Group plan to become issuers, after the US embraces USD stablecoins
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FHFA Director William Pulte orders Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to consider crypto as an asset in single-family mortgage applications without liquidating to USD
In a landmark shift for the U.S. housing finance system, the Federal Housing Finance Agency has issued a directive ordering Fannie Mae …
Sources: Meta is talking to crypto firms about introducing stablecoins for managing payouts, and in January 2025 hired a VP of product with crypto experience
Three Years After Diem Rony Roy / crypto.news : Meta may be eyeing stablecoin payments for Instagram creators Samuel Edyme / Bitcoinist.com : Stripe Expands Crypto Offerings With Stablecoin Accounts a...
Sources: Fidelity Investments is in the advanced stages of testing its own stablecoin, managed by its digital assets arm; Trump pledged to back USD stablecoins
Asset manager is in advanced stages of testing token as the Trump administration prepares to overhaul crypto oversight
President Trump names Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP, Solana, and Cardano as assets to be included in a strategic US crypto reserve, causing significant price surges
Crypto Braced For Another Trump Shock After Bitcoin, XRP, Solana And Cardano Price Boom CoinDesk : Here Is What Crypto Leaders Are Saying About Trump's Crypto Reserve Plans Matthew Gault / Gizmodo : C...
Binance.US resumes USD deposits and withdrawals for the first time since June 2023, when the US SEC sued Binance, Binance.US, and co-founder Changpeng Zhao
- Binance.US customers can deposit and withdraw U.S. dollars on the platform for the first time in nearly two years.
The CFPB proposes a new rule to give consumers the same protection rights when they use virtual currencies in some video games like Roblox as when they use USD
In a new proposal issued Friday, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is seeking to regulate virtual currencies used in Roblox and other video games like US dollars.
Detroit plans to accept crypto for tax and fee payments from mid-2025 via a PayPal platform that will convert them to USD, becoming the largest US city to do so
Starting in mid-2025, Detroit residents will be able to pay with popular cryptos like Bitcoin and Ethereum through a PayPal-managed platform.
Stripe reintegrates crypto payments in the US, letting users pay merchants in USDC or USDP on Ethereum, Solana, and Polygon, after disabling the feature in 2018
Accept stablecoin payments that settle as fiat in your Stripe balance. Siamak Masnavi / CryptoGlobe : Stripe Now Allows Business to Easily Accept USDC Payments on Ethereum, Solana, and Polygon Coinped...
PayPal debuts PYUSD, a Paxos-issued stablecoin and fully backed by USD deposits, short-term Treasuries, and cash equivalents, rolling out to US users gradually
Press Releases — McHenry Statement on PayPal Announcing Launch of Payment Stablecoin Shaurya Malwa / CoinDesk : PayPal to Issue Dollar-Pegged Crypto Stablecoin Based on Ethereum Tim Copeland / The B...