stablecoin

Pendle Finance Dominates Yield-Bearing Stablecoin Market Amid Expansion Plans

Pendle Finance Dominates Yield-Bearing Stablecoin Market Amid Expansion Plans

Pendle Finance has quickly become one of the largest contenders in this space of yield-bearing stablecoins. As illustrated by the chart above, it now represents a hefty 30% of the entire supply. Home to multiple blockchains, as of this writing on DefiLlama, the platform’s Total Value Locked (TVL) is over...

Resolv Launches DeFi Protocol with USR Stablecoin and Novel Asset Recovery System

Resolv Launches DeFi Protocol with USR Stablecoin and Novel Asset Recovery System

Resolv has recently released its own cryptocurrency token. Second, it fuels an alternative DeFi protocol with an on-chain asset recovery system and the USR stablecoin. This year, Ivan Kozlov, Tim Shekikhachev, and Fedor Chmilevfa connected to create Resolv. Their aim is to encourage further innovation in the relatively new stablecoin...

Ethena's USDe: DeFi Savior or UST 2.0? The Uncomfortable Truth

Ethena's USDe: DeFi Savior or UST 2.0? The Uncomfortable Truth

Ethena Labs is all the rage right now! USDe and its governance token ENA are being touted by many as the next big thing in DeFi. A stablecoin that generates yield? Sounds like a dream. Yet before we all clamber onto this shiny new bandwagon, let’s pump the brakes and...

Ethena's USDe Surges to Third-Largest Stablecoin Amid Regulatory Scrutiny

Ethena's USDe Surges to Third-Largest Stablecoin Amid Regulatory Scrutiny

Ethena’s USDe has quickly climbed to be the third-largest stablecoin in the world, behind only USDT and USDC. Its market cap would be quite large, between $5.46B and $5.88B as of early June 2025. Despite the regulatory storm clouds forming, the stablecoin’s novel method of entering the yield generating and...

5 Ways Stablecoin Regulation Could Crush Crypto Innovation (And How to Stop It)

5 Ways Stablecoin Regulation Could Crush Crypto Innovation (And How to Stop It)

They were supposed to be the bridge to mass adoption, the reliable on-ramp for a decentralized future. The regulatory hammer is coming down heavy. If we’re not careful, it will instead crush the very innovation it intends to protect. We're talking about a future where your access to financial freedom...

Stablecoin Regulation: The Shocking Truth About Who Wins and Loses

Stablecoin Regulation: The Shocking Truth About Who Wins and Loses

We're entering a new era for stablecoins. The wild west is over, and regulation is on the way. So who stands to gain the most from this continued trajectory? More importantly, who gets left behind? You might think it's about protecting investors in the US or maintaining the dollar's dominance....

Stablecoin Showdown: US vs. Hong Kong in Global Regulation

Stablecoin Showdown: US vs. Hong Kong in Global Regulation

As the global regulatory landscape for stablecoins continues to develop at breakneck speed, the United States and Hong Kong represent two diverging paths. Needless to say, these varying approaches have a huge effect on international companies. They are key not just to maintaining dollar dominance but to the broader spread...

USDC vs USDT: The Ultimate Stablecoin Showdown (2024)

USDC vs USDT: The Ultimate Stablecoin Showdown (2024)

USDC and USDT are the stablecoin world’s titans. Together, they provide much-needed stability in the wildly volatile cryptocurrency markets. Both seek to replicate the value of the U.S. dollar. They offer traders and investors a way to quickly transfer value in and out of crypto positions with minimal friction without...

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