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Zama to Fast-Track USDC Compliance After Court Lifts Freeze

A U.S. court has lifted a freeze on $12.5 million in USDC held within the privacy protocol Zama's smart contract.The freeze was related to...

Pornhub Drops USDT for USDC Stablecoin Payouts

Adult site Pornhub has stopped accepting Tether (USDT) for model payouts and switched to Circle's USDC stablecoin.The platform cited USDC's regulatory compliance and reliability,...

Circle unfreezes wallets in sealed USDC freeze case.

Circle has unfrozen five of 16 business wallets containing its USDC stablecoin that were blocked last week.The initial freeze was tied to a sealed...

Machi Big Brother Adds $500K USDC Despite $76M Loss

Jeffrey "Machi Big Brother" Huang recently added $500,000 to his Hyperliquid account despite being down approximately $75.9 million from his peak portfolio value.On-chain data...

Stablecoin Volume Hits $1.8T, USDC Overtakes USDT

Stablecoins reached a record $1.8 trillion in monthly transaction volume in February 2026.Circle's USDC dominated, accounting for 70% of all volume and flipping Tether's...

New OCC Rules Could Impact Coinbase’s USDC Rewards Program

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) proposed rules this week that would restrict certain stablecoin rewards programs under the GENIUS Act.The...

Coinbase to Share USDC Reserve Revenue With Circle

Coinbase receives significant revenue from USDC reserves, including 50% of Circle’s “residual payment base.”SkyBridge Capital founder Anthony Scaramucci frames crypto firms like Coinbase and...

Buterin: Real DeFi Transforms Risk, Not USDC Yield

Vitalik Buterin criticizes yield products for centralized stablecoins like USDC as insufficiently transformative for risk.He argues true DeFi must reallocate risk, proposing two alternative...

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Bitcoin Optimism Rises, but $70K Breakout Stalls

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Saylor’s Strategy Says Its Stock Differs From Terra’s

Analyst Mark Palmer from Benchmark-StoneX rejects comparisons between Strategy’s volatile STRC and the collapsed Terra ecosystem.STRC is not a...