Stablecoins
Analysis of stablecoins, CBDCs, and tokenized deposits. Understanding the infrastructure that powers digital payments, from reserve structures to regulatory frameworks.
Comparisons & Analysis
Side-by-side comparisons of different digital money types and their characteristics.
FX Settlement Regulation: Global Comparison
A comprehensive comparison of regulatory frameworks governing off-bank FX settlement and stablecoin payments across major jurisdictions including the United States (GENIUS Act), European Union (MiCA), United Kingdom, Singapore, and global standards from FSB and FATF.
Stablecoins vs CBDCs vs Tokenized Deposits
A comprehensive comparison of stablecoins, CBDCs, and tokenized deposits - examining regulatory frameworks, risk profiles, and institutional use cases for cross-border payments, settlement, and liquidity management.
JPYC (Japanese Yen Stablecoin)
Deep dives into Japan's yen-denominated stablecoin and its implications for cross-border payments.
Stablecoin Regulation
How global regulators are approaching stablecoin oversight and compliance requirements.
Crypto Weekly Roundup: December 27, 2025 - January 2, 2026
Weekly intelligence brief on institutional digital asset developments
MiCA's Passport Problem: Europe's Crypto Single Market Is Fracturing Before It Begins
MiCA promised one license for 27 countries. Reality: Italy imposes up to 4-year prison terms for unlicensed crypto activity while Malta fast-tracks approvals. Poland requires local directors for substantial business. The EU's unified crypto framework faces implementation friction - though passporting works, national enforcement varies significantly.
Crypto Weekly Roundup: December 13-19, 2025
Weekly intelligence brief on institutional digital asset developments
This Week's Global Regulatory Movements - W51-2025
VASP licensing frameworks, CBDC rollouts, regulatory consolidation patterns, and compliance deadlines across Africa, Latin America, ASEAN, South Asia, and the GCC.
Do Kwon's 15-Year Sentence: What Algorithmic Stablecoin Fraud Means for Counterparty Risk
On 11 December 2025, Do Kwon received 15 years in federal prison for orchestrating the $40 billion Terra/UST collapse. This landmark verdict establishes that algorithmic stablecoin design failures combined with deliberate misrepresentation constitute federal crimes. For compliance officers, treasury managers, and wealth advisors, this fundamentally changes the due diligence calculus for stablecoin counterparty risk.
Crypto Weekly Roundup: December 6-12, 2025
Weekly intelligence brief on institutional digital asset developments
This Week's Global Regulatory Movements
Weekly regulatory intelligence covering Japan, China, South Korea, Southeast Asia, Singapore, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Brazil, and the European Union. Implementation phases, political deadlines, and cross-border compliance themes.
Crypto Weekly Roundup: November 29 - December 5, 2025
Weekly intelligence brief on institutional digital asset developments
Crypto Weekly Roundup: November 22 - 28, 2025
Weekly intelligence brief on institutional digital asset developments
The New Stablecoin Map: A Quiet Redesign of Money
Stablecoins stopped being a crypto curiosity. They now sit underneath a growing amount of global liquidity and payments infrastructure. The surface still looks dollar-dominated. Underneath, the system is splitting into regional versions of 'digital money' - each shaped by its own politics, economics, and social taste. This isn't collapse and it isn't revolution. It's divergence.
Off-Bank FX Settlement Regulatory Guide
As of November 2025, global regulators have converged on frameworks for off-bank FX settlement infrastructure—including stablecoin-based settlement, blockchain FX engines, and non-bank institutional platforms. The FSB's October 2025 review reveals persistent gaps, while the US GENIUS Act, Singapore's BLOOM initiative, and UK's systemic stablecoin regime create structured pathways. Here's the comprehensive regulatory landscape and compliance requirements for off-bank FX settlement providers.
Crypto Weekly Roundup: November 8 - 14, 2025
Weekly intelligence brief on institutional digital asset developments
GENIUS Act Stablecoin Landscape Analysis
Three months after the GENIUS Act became law, the stablecoin landscape is being reshaped. Circle aims for federal licensing, Tether pivots to U.S.-compliant USAT, and DAI sits outside the perimeter. Here's how major stablecoins are positioning for regulatory compliance—and who's likely to survive the cut.
Crypto Weekly Roundup: November 1 - 7, 2025
Weekly intelligence brief on institutional digital asset developments
GENIUS Act Stablecoin Non-US Entity Impact
Three months after the GENIUS Act became law, the stablecoin reshuffle is underway. Circle and Paxos are executing compliance strategies. Tether launched USAT for U.S. markets. DAI remains in regulatory limbo. Here's the breakdown of who's in, who's out, and what it means for institutions navigating the $300B+ stablecoin market.
Google-Coinbase AI Payments: Hidden Costs
Google and Coinbase launched a protocol that lets AI agents pay each other in stablecoins. Behind the shiny demos and corporate headlines sits a different story - not about innovation, but about control. Once AI can move money, whoever controls the rails controls the economy. And this time, it isn't the banks.
Crypto Is Moving Mainstream - But Not in a Good Way!
The GENIUS Act just handed Wall Street the keys to crypto's future. Only banks and chartered entities can issue stablecoins in the U.S. now—backed 1:1 with Treasuries, generating risk-free profits while funding U.S. debt. China's watching. CBDCs are programmable chains. AI compliance has no human override. This isn't the revolution crypto promised—it's institutional capture dressed as innovation.
The $40B Collapse That Changed Crypto Forever
How the collapse of Terra's UST reshaped the conversation around stablecoins, trust, and the future of digital currencies.
More on Stablecoins
Weekly Digital Assets Emerging Markets Brief: Week 02-2026
Emerging markets intelligence brief covering Nigeria's $22B stablecoin economy, Kenya's M-Pesa blockchain integration, Brazil's $82B payment infrastructure, Vietnam's crypto legalization, and India's dual digital currency strategy.
Weekly Digital Assets Emerging Markets Brief: Week 52-2025
Real-world crypto adoption in emerging markets
Digital Assets Infrastructure Update W51-2025
Ten transformational infrastructure developments: DTCC SEC tokenization authorization, OCC national trust bank charters, CFTC derivatives collateral pilot, J.P. Morgan MONY fund, State Street-Galaxy SWEEP fund, Visa USDC settlement expansion, ADI Chain partnerships with BlackRock/Mastercard/Franklin Templeton, Intuit-Circle USDC integration, OCC riskless principal letter, and SoFi's first national bank stablecoin on public Ethereum.
Digital Assets Infrastructure Update W50-2025
Six high-signal infrastructure developments from the past 24 hours: Tassat's yield-in-transit patent, OCC bank crypto intermediation clarity, MetaComp's $22M stablecoin settlement raise, Flutterwave-Polygon partnership, IBM's $11B Confluent acquisition, and retail stablecoin settlement pilots.
Your Wallet Just Got A Brain
Shopping used to mean browsing. Then it meant clicking. Now, it might mean nothing more than typing one sentence and walking away. e-commerce as we know it will soon disappear. The new rising king is 1-prompt-shopping, where AI agents act on your desires, stablecoins settle the bill, and the interface disappears.