Tag: Stablecoins
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Ripple Takes the High Ground: OCC Approval Signals a New Era for Crypto Banking
A quiet but historic line was crossed today—and it didn’t come from Washington insiders or legacy bank lobbyists. It came directly from Brad Garlinghouse, CEO of Ripple, in a post that may prove to be one of the most important regulatory milestones in digital finance to date. Ripple has received conditional approval from the U.S.…
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The Old Money System Just Hit Its Breaking Point — And a New One Is Rising
On December 1, 2025, the financial world quietly crossed a line it can never uncross. No press conference. No presidential address. No Wall Street victory lap. But in one silent moment, the old global monetary regime reached its terminal stage. The Federal Reserve froze its balance sheet at $6.57 trillion—ending Quantitative Tightening forever—and exposed the…
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Bitcoin’s 2025 Meltdown: From $126,000 Euphoria to a Full-Blown Bear Market
Bitcoin has entered one of its steepest and most unexpected downturns since the early 2020s. After hitting an all-time high near $126,000 in early October 2025, the world’s largest digital asset has crashed to the $84,000 range, erasing all of its year-to-date gains and plunging into definitive bear-market territory. For a market that spent the…
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USD Mint: Clearing the Confusion on Government Authorization and Digital Dollars
In recent months, some commentators have circulated claims that USD Mint is a government-authorized provider of a global digital U.S. dollar. This statement is misleading at best and false at worst. To set the record straight, USD Mint is not authorized by the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the U.S. Mint, nor the Federal Reserve…
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Strategies for Canadians to Keep and Grow Digital Assets Offshore
For Canadian investors, digital assets such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, and tokenized private investments represent not just a new class of wealth, but also a fresh frontier in offshore diversification. With Canada’s evolving tax landscape and tighter regulatory oversight on crypto holdings, safeguarding and strategically growing digital assets offshore has become an attractive option. The key…
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The End Of Bank Branches: How Europe’s Digital Euro And Stablecoins Are Reshaping Finance
Submitted to Zero Hedge by Thomas Kolbe The digital age is dawning. Repetitive tasks are being automated, and technologies like artificial intelligence and autonomous vehicles are reshaping our daily lives—just as the financial sector is undergoing a profound digital transformation. The slow disappearance of physical bank branches is one of the clearest signs of this…
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🏛️ A New Era in Digital Finance: The GENIUS Act Passes Senate
On June 17, 2025, the U.S. Senate voted 68–30 to pass the GENIUS Act—short for Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins—ushering in the first-ever federal framework to regulate stablecoins, a class of cryptocurrencies pegged to assets like the U.S. dollar (apnews.com). The legislation now heads to the House, with President Trump signaling he’ll…
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Stablecoins and U.S. T-Bills: The Treasury Eyes a New Era of Digital Demand
In a quietly momentous shift, the U.S. Treasury Borrowing Advisory Committee (TBAC) has formally acknowledged the disruptive and potentially beneficial role of stablecoins in the broader financial ecosystem. Once viewed with skepticism, dollar-backed stablecoins are now being discussed as a “new payment mechanism” — and more importantly, as a significant and growing source of demand…
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A Golden Age of Digital Assets: Charting a Path Forward
The world is entering a golden age of digital assets, where the rapid evolution of financial technology is reshaping global markets. The United States is at the forefront of this transformation, and the Subcommittee on Digital Assets, Financial Technology, and Artificial Intelligence (a division of the Committee on Financial Services) is playing a crucial role…