Circle processed $32 trillion in USDC transfers, yet 95% of its revenue relies entirely on interest rates
Adjusted USDC transfer volume reached $32 trillion in 2026 through Coin Metrics’ August measurement, with each dollar of supply turning over 741 times at an annualized rate. Those figures signal reach and settlement intensity. Circle’s…
Stopping a blockchain doesn’t always recover stolen funds – What actually happened when 3 networks pulled the plug
Three blockchain networks stopped producing blocks within four days. Each blockchain halt used different emergency powers, and Cronos alone also replaced part of its canonical history. Cronos said validators halted the network by consensus after an…
CEO Jeremy Allaire says Circle built “the platform for the internet financial system”, but cirBTC has only 40 BTC
Circle’s wrapped Bitcoin product entered the market with unusually strong institutional credentials and almost no visible scale. The company paired cirBTC with segregated reserves, a federally supervised custodian, direct minting and redemption for…
US treasury relies on stablecoins to fund short-term debt, but they can’t fix its $28B long-bond problem
Stablecoin demand is becoming consequential in the U.S. government debt market, but the maturity of that demand matters more than the headline total. Washington now has two debt-market stories running at once. The federal framework for permitted payment…
One mid-tier Bitcoin treasury just gambled its entire BTC reserve on a single 30-day reset price
PowerCompute, a Bitcoin treasury and mining company, added $3.765 million to its debt after an early Bitcoin collar reset involving 307 BTC. The executed schedule records the unwind cost as added principal rather than cash or USDC. The company’s Aug. 28…
The next currency crisis may be harder to contain because of stablecoins, New York Fed report shows
A New York Federal Reserve study found that dollar stablecoins are more likely to flow into wallets tied to countries experiencing currency or banking crises. Wallets linked to countries experiencing some form of financial crisis were 1.8% more likely to…
Phantom’s plan to drop Sui exposes the hidden power wallet interfaces hold over user funds
Phantom will remove Sui from its wallet interface on Sept. 24, one month after announcing that it and Sui had decided to end the integration. After the transition, Phantom will no longer display Sui balances, support Sui sends or swaps, or connect to…