
Aave adds stock-backed USDC loans on Base for eligible investors
Aave's Base market lets eligible investors borrow USDC against seven stock collateral options, with continuous borrowing and repayment, per a report.
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Aave's Base market lets eligible investors borrow USDC against seven stock collateral options, with continuous borrowing and repayment, per a report.

Aave's Base market now lets eligible users borrow USDC against seven publicly traded stocks, according to a case study on the lending setup.
Final OCC approval lets Ripple open a national trust bank chartered to hold reserves for its $2.5 billion RLUSD stablecoin, with no direct role for XRP.
The exchange added $20 million in USDC to its user-protection reserve and disclosed a new blockchain address for tracking it.

Institutions can use Ripple Prime for round-the-clock equity trading and post RLUSD as collateral, while HSBC flags thin liquidity.

Stablecoin issuer Circle is pushing back on questions about USDC's economics as competitors pitch larger cuts of reserve income to partners, including Coinbase.

Intersect-administered budgets moved about $26 million into USDCx, cutting ADA exposure while milestone and bridge conditions still gate access.

The bank says fintechs can process dollars and Ripple's RLUSD through one API, with availability limited to select US states.

The tokenization platform's first US equity products cover Apple, Nvidia and Strategy, with each token backed 1:1 by shares and settled in USDC.

An October 5 Crystal snapshot shows $396 million of Open USD held unmoved across eight Tempo wallets, out of a total supply of $666 million.

Crystal's October 5 snapshot found about $396 million of Open USD unmoved across eight Tempo wallets, leaving custody-account activity unclear.

Socure's RiskOS platform will verify users and make fraud decisions as they convert fiat to USDC through applications built on Circle's Arc network.

Over a 90-day window ending September 1, TRC-20 USDT accounted for about 1.8 times as many completed payments as Bitcoin on crypto payment platform CoinsBee.

CoinsBee says USDT on TRON drew nearly twice as many payments as Bitcoin in the 90 days to September 1, 2026, with its share of payments up 64%.
Stablecoin supply has grown from $27bn at the end of 2020 to more than $300bn, with a rising share of activity moving beyond trading desks.
DeFi lending protocol Term Labs suffers $8.5M governance exploit; PeckShield says attacker drained ETH and USDC.

Decta will use USDC via OpenPayd for faster international treasury settlements.

RLUSD holder count rises but monthly transfer volume drops to $10.95B, down 25%.
Bank of America survey shows fund managers consider gold the most undervalued asset since March 2023, with XAU/USD testing key support.

Kraken introduces USD-settled options for bitcoin and ether, citing product design as key barrier to adoption.

Missed deadlines under the GENIUS Act threaten USDT's U.S. platform access by July 2028.
Tether's USDT and Circle's USDC are the two dominant dollar-pegged stablecoins, differing in transparency and regulatory approach.
OFAC listed four Iran-linked wallets, and Tether used its kill switch to freeze $131 million in USDT within hours.

Bolivia is exploring adding Tether's USDT to its national payments system amid a surge in crypto transaction volumes.