North Korean group UNC4736 stole $270 million from Drift Protocol on April 1, converting part of it into USDC via Circle's own bridge. Circle's formal response clarifies when and why it can freeze assets — and calls for legislative action.
Tether's USDT dominates with $185 billion in market cap but faces ongoing transparency questions. Circle's USDC is smaller at $78 billion but audited monthly by Deloitte, MiCA-compliant, and now leads in transaction volume. Here is what the data says about which one to trust with long-term holdings.
Agentic.market lets autonomous AI agents discover and pay for services in stablecoins with zero API keys. 480,000 agents are already transacting across the underlying x402 network.
NEAR's largest DeFi protocol revises hack damage upward after post-mortem reveals margin trading flaw. About $11.2 million has been returned or frozen so far.
PUSD moves into a network co-built by First Abu Dhabi Bank, opening a direct path into a $3 trillion finance corridor.
Bitcoin dropped 4%, Ethereum dropped 4%. Ondo surged 9% and Canton gained 7%. Behind each move: Visa and Franklin Templeton. The total value of tokenized real-world assets crossed $12 billion in March 2026. Fifteen months ago it was $5 billion.
The world's first fully regulated yen stablecoin launched in October 2025. USDT remains effectively restricted. Three megabanks are building their own tokens. Japan built the most restrictive stablecoin framework in the world on purpose — and it is now producing results.
