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While small projects are still struggling for their next round of funding and token launches, industry giants are already using cash to buy time and acquisitions to secure their future.
As a significant innovation in the cryptocurrency sector, stablecoins are designed with "stability" as their primary intention. However, their potential risks and hazards have attracted widespread attention from global regulatory bodies, academia, and the market.
Tether has recruited the core precious metals team from HSBC, making a strong entry into the precious metals market and challenging the existing industry landscape. In recent years, the company has accumulated one of the world's largest gold reserves.
Aster has aligned itself with Binance, while Lighter has chosen to embrace capital investment.
Institutional adoption combined with cooling volatility indicates that Bitcoin is entering a smoother, more mature cycle.
The Atlas upgrade allows L2s to directly rely on Ethereum as a real-time liquidity hub for the first time. This is not only a technical upgrade, but also a reshaping of the ecosystem landscape.
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In Brief Visa launches direct payments via stablecoins for freelancers and digital services. The pilot project aims to improve speed and transparency in global payments. Visa plans global expansion of this payment system by 2026.
- 17:32The EU plans to tighten MiCA regulations and may ban the sharing of order books with non-EU exchanges.Jinse Finance reported that the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) is preparing to strengthen and centralize the supervision of the EU crypto asset market, further unifying the implementation of MiCA (Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation). Regulatory agencies from multiple countries, including the French Financial Markets Authority (AMF), have called for clear provisions within the MiCA framework requiring that trading and execution activities (including local order books) must be located within the EU and subject to local supervision. This move by ESMA may mean prohibiting EU crypto platforms from sharing order books with non-EU and non-MiCA regulated exchanges, in order to ensure regulatory consistency.
- 17:25Franklin Templeton expands Benji tokenization platform to the Canton NetworkForesight News: According to Decrypt, asset management giant Franklin Templeton has announced the expansion of its proprietary Benji technology platform to the Canton Network, a private blockchain aimed at regulatory institutions. This move is intended to deepen its role in the rapidly evolving tokenized financial products market. The Benji platform supports real-time transfers of tokenized fund shares, protocol-level compliance enforcement, and allows assets to be settled in stablecoins or cash equivalents. The platform was initially deployed on public chains such as Stellar and Polygon, and this expansion marks a shift towards institutional-grade infrastructure.
- 17:24Kyrgyzstan issues national stablecoin USDKG, with an initial supply of approximately 50.14 million tokensForesight News reported, citing Reuters, that Kyrgyzstan has announced the launch of a national stablecoin, USDKG, which is backed by gold reserves and pegged 1:1 to the US dollar. The initial issuance exceeds 50 million USD (a total of 50,140,738 tokens), and is issued by a state-owned enterprise controlled by the Ministry of Finance, mainly for cross-border payments and international trade. The Ministry of Finance plans to increase the supporting reserves to 2 billion USD. In addition, due to electricity shortages, the government has ordered a nationwide suspension of crypto mining operations.