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Brazil Will Make You Wait 24 Hours to Move More Than $10,000 to Your Own Wallet
Brazil's central bank published Resolution BCB 584/2026 on August 7, imposing a 24-hour hold on transfers above $10,000 from exchanges to self-custody wallets or foreign VASPs. The threshold aggregates daily volume. It takes effect January 1, 2027.
Regulators Blew Past the Stablecoin Rule Deadline and the 2027 Clock Did Not Move
Treasury and four federal regulators missed the GENIUS Act's July 18 rulemaking deadline with every major rule package still at proposal stage. The law's January 18, 2027 effective date is unchanged, compressing the implementation window for every issuer.
Stablecoin Supply Fell to $307B While Tether Booked $1.5B and Halved Its Own Buffer
Total stablecoin supply dropped to roughly $307.5 billion by August 2, with USDT at $183.2 billion and USDC at $72.1 billion, both below spring peaks. Tether reported $1.5 billion of Q2 operating profit while its excess reserve buffer fell from $8.23B to $4.11B.
DeFi snaps 5-month losing streak: TVL jumps 10% to $74.9B in July
DeFi total value locked rebounded to $74.9B in July, active loans climbed 7.2%, and Aave alone now controls 46% of on-chain lending. Stablecoin supply slipped 0.6% to $312B.
DeFi liquidity map: Aave Stable Vaults scale, Ethereum TVL bleeds, USDe grows
Aave pushes stablecoin yield rails while Ethereum DeFi TVL sits near $37B, USDT tops $185B and USDe extends to Avalanche and Robinhood Chain.
Samsung Just Put Circle USDC Inside Samsung Wallet On 1.2 Billion Galaxy Devices, And Shipped A Barclays Visa Credit Card At The Same Event
At Galaxy Unpacked 2026, Samsung wired a native Stablecoin account with Circle USDC into Samsung Wallet and launched the Barclays-issued Galaxy Card on Visa. One event, two payment rails, one billion-device distribution channel.
Ethena sUSDe Yield Compresses As Perp Funding Cools, ENA Basis Trade Loses Its Edge
sUSDe APY has compressed as global perp funding rates cooled through July, cutting the delta-neutral basis yield that funds Ethena. The stablecoin still holds peg, but the risk/reward of holding sUSDe versus SSR or T-bill vaults is now much tighter than at the March peak.
Sky Savings Rate Sits At 3.75 Percent APY, Setting The DeFi Stablecoin Baseline
The Sky Savings Rate (formerly MakerDAO's DSR) is set at 3.75 percent APY for Q2 2026, funded by real-world assets, Spark borrow rate, and USDS stability fees, defining the risk-free floor for stablecoin yield in DeFi.
Circle Gets OCC Trust Charter as USDC Hits 70 Percent of Stablecoin Volume
Circle received its OCC national trust bank charter on July 10, and USDC now runs 70 percent of adjusted stablecoin transaction volume, widening its lead over USDT for the first time in years.
500M USDC Minted On Solana Pushes Stablecoin Supply Past 8B
Circle minted 500 million USDC on Solana on July 14 in two 250 million tranches, pushing native USDC supply above 8 billion and reinforcing Solana's spot as the second-largest USDC chain.
Aave Stable Vaults Push 20B Stablecoin Yield Engine Into Fintech Apps
Aave Labs launched Stable Vaults on July 9, letting fintechs, wallets and exchanges embed predictable USDC, USDT and GHO yield through a single Chainlink CCIP integration.
Solana's alt-stablecoin supply hit $3.8 billion. That is 15x January 2025. Here is where the LP alpha is.
Non-USDC and non-USDT stablecoins on Solana have grown from around $250 million in January 2025 to $3.8 billion in July 2026. The growth is not evenly distributed and neither is the LP yield. Here is which pools are earning and which are drying up.
GENIUS Act final rules hit today. What every stablecoin holder needs to check before Monday.
Six US federal agencies had until July 18 to publish final GENIUS Act stablecoin rules. The framework separates payment stablecoins from yield stablecoins, forces monthly attestations, and reshapes what a US holder can safely custody. Here is the practical portfolio checklist.
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