Stablecoin

The top five stablecoins account for roughly 87% of the total market, with gross transfer volume reaching $1.96 trillion.

Convera handles payments end-to-end while Ripple provides liquidity, on/off-ramps, and stablecoin-based settlement infrastructure.

Founder Prabhakar Reddy says few will pay 2%–5% for transfers, calling the outdated global payment infrastructure fundamentally broken.

Trump’s Iran flip triggered ~$400M in liquidations, as NYSE and Nasdaq raced into tokenization, the CLARITY stablecoin bill drew backlash, and CoinDCX founders were arrested then bailed in 72 hours.

USDC will serve as the main settlement and collateral asset on Pharos, with CCTP enabling direct cross-chain transfers, while a $10 million incubator supports early DeFi ecosystem growth.

The consumer pitch is simple: pay for your IPL streaming access on Jio Hotstar with crypto. The tax treatment is not.

A sharp intraday sell-off in Circle shares follows reports of U.S. lawmakers considering restrictions on yield-bearing stablecoins, a key pillar of the company’s business model.

Stellar processes transactions in ~9.5 seconds at just $0.0007, far surpassing the G20’s 1-hour and sub-3% cost targets for cross-border payments.