Ethena eliminates USDe mint fees for USDT following USDC parity
Ethena has reduced the primary-market fee for minting USDe with USDT to 0 basis points, extending an earlier zero-fee policy introduced for USDC. The change removes Ethena’s protocol-level mint charge for both major stablecoin entry routes, lowering the cost for approved participants that create USDe directly through the protocol.
Circle Executes $1B USDC Mint on Solana
Circle minted approximately $1 billion in USDC on Solana over a 24-hour period, adding another large batch of stablecoin inventory to the network. The mint represents new on-chain USDC capacity, but it should not automatically be interpreted as $1 billion of fresh liquidity entering exchanges or DeFi. On-chain monitoring cited on August 25 placed the […]
Circle Mints 250 Million USDC on Solana
Circle created 250 million USDC at a Solana-based USDC Treasury address, adding to a series of large mint transactions observed on the network. The transaction confirms that Circle prepared additional token inventory on Solana, but it does not by itself prove that all 250 million tokens entered circulation or reached decentralized finance markets. Whale Alert […]
Approximately $330M in Stablecoin Liquidity Enters Solana in 24-Hour Window
Solana recorded approximately $330 million in stablecoin inflows over a 24-hour period, with the increase attributed primarily to USDC issuance by Circle. The figure represents aggregated on-chain supply movements rather than a single transfer or an official network announcement.
Standard Chartered Launches Institutional USDC Minting and Redemption in Dubai
Standard Chartered has become the first Global Systemically Important Bank to offer institutional clients direct access to USDC minting and redemption. The service was developed in partnership with Circle and launched through the bank’s operations in the Dubai International Financial Centre.
USDC Mint of $250M on Solana Introduces Fresh Network Liquidity
Circle’s USDC Treasury minted another 250 million USDC on Solana, according to Whale Alert, which reported the event on June 3 at 17:50 Beijing time, or 09:50 UTC. The issuance adds new stablecoin supply to Solana’s on-chain liquidity base, though the first-order market impact depends on where the tokens move next.
Non-USD Stablecoins Struggle to Break Dollar Dominance
Non-USD stablecoins still account for only about 0.24% to 0.5% of the broader stablecoin market, based on aggregated April-May 2026 data. That tiny footprint underscores a persistent liquidity and regulatory gap, keeping traders, DeFi protocols and corporate users heavily anchored to U.S. dollar-pegged tokens.
Circle says legal limits stopped it from freezing roughly $285 million in USDC after Drift Protocol exploit
Circle has drawn a hard line after the April 1 Drift Protocol exploit, arguing that its power to freeze USDC is a legal mechanism, not an emergency switch it can flip at will. The debate intensified after the Drift attack, which Elliptic sized at about $286 million, while on-chain investigators said more than $230 million […]
Circle and Sasai integrate USDC across 30 African markets to rewire cross‑border payment rails
Circle has entered a new African payments push through a partnership with Sasai Fintech that will extend USDC access across 30 markets. The agreement is being framed as an infrastructure-driven expansion designed to move cross-border settlement away from legacy correspondent systems and toward blockchain-based stablecoin rails.
Bloomberg Intelligence says Coinbase’s USDC revenue could rise up to sevenfold as payments expand
Bloomberg Intelligence argued that Coinbase’s USDC-linked revenue could expand by twofold to sevenfold if on-chain payments adoption accelerates, potentially shifting the company’s earnings mix toward payments-driven interest income. The report anchored the thesis in Coinbase’s reported stablecoin revenue of $1.35 billion in 2025, up from $911 million in 2024, and framed USDC reserve interest as […]