Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin warns decentralized stablecoins still have deep flaws
The Ethereum co-founder argues that price benchmarks, oracle security and staking incentives remain unresolved challenges for decentralized stablecoins.
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South Korea’s digital asset bill delayed over who can issue stablecoins
South Korea’s long-awaited Digital Asset Basic Act (DABA), a sweeping framework meant to govern crypto trading and issuance in one of Asia’s most active digital asset markets, has been delayed amid disagreements among regulators over stablecoin issuance. The most significant disagreement centers on who should… Read More
IMF Flags Stablecoins as Source of Risk to Emerging Markets, Experts Say We Aren’t There Yet
The International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) December 2025 report warns that USD-pegged stablecoins could spark currency substitution and capital outflows in vulnerable emerging markets (EMS), undermining local currencies. Experts, however, said that the stablecoin market is yet to grow big enough to have a real systemic… Read More
BNY Sees Stablecoins, Tokenized Cash Hitting $3.6T by 2030
Stablecoins and other forms of tokenized cash could grow to $3.6 trillion by 2030, according to a fresh report released by financial services giant BNY. The financial services giant said Monday that stablecoins alone could reach $1.5 trillion in market cap by the end of… Read More
ClearBank to Join Circle Payments Network, Expanding Access to MiCA-Compliant Stablecoins
ClearBank, a crypto-friendly neobank and regulated provider of Faster Payments in the U.K., plans to join the Circle Payments Network (CPN), linking its cloud-native banking platform to Circle’s blockchain-based infrastructure to speed up cross-border payments and offer access to regulated stablecoins. The move follows a… Read More
Why Stablecoins, Not Bitcoin, Will Dominate Global Transactions
Bitcoin may dominate the crypto headlines, but the real growth story of the next five years will be stablecoins, the digital dollars that are modernizing the way money moves around the globe. Yes, the original cryptocurrency is rapidly becoming an ideal non-sovereign global store of… Read More