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Circle plans to enter about 40 developing markets as stablecoin demand rises across Southeast Asia, Latin America, Africa and the Middle East. CEO Jeremy Allaire also highlighted the industry’s shift toward mainstream adoption and USDC’s growing transaction share.
Cardano development budgets are increasingly held in USDM and USDCx rather than ADA, reducing direct price exposure but leaving recipients subject to milestone releases, bridge controls, account checks and issuer-specific redemption conditions.
Visa and Mastercard are expanding commercial payment infrastructure that lets eligible businesses use USDC and other stablecoin balances to fund cross-border payouts, while recipients can still receive local currency through bank accounts or established payment networks.
Circle plans to bring USDC to roughly 40 emerging and developing countries as demand for digital dollars grows. CEO Jeremy Allaire also highlighted new U.S. regulation, AI-driven payments and rising competition from banks, while warning that AI creates security risks.
A Borderless.xyz report found that stablecoin-funded remittances cost a median 1%, versus 6.36% for traditional transfers. Stablecoin business payments were also cheaper, while payouts through several Latin American networks settled in minutes, though completion rates varied widely.
Tokenized stocks are seeing most trading activity outside Wall Street hours, while Bitcoin miners face costly AI expansion and a proposed US accounting rule could help qualifying stablecoins count as cash equivalents.
Circle plans to enter about 50 emerging and developing markets as demand for USDC-based payments grows across Asia, Latin America and the Middle East. The company is also expanding through Tazapay, its Arc blockchain and a US trust bank approval.
Speakers at Cointelegraph’s Singapore CONNECT event said tokenized assets are expanding faster than investor demand, while fragmented liquidity complicates onchain trading and crypto exits. Stablecoin adoption, they said, will depend on seamless everyday payments, local-currency integration and compliance across jurisdictions.
Former Trump crypto adviser Bo Hines reportedly retained a one-third stake in Nxum while promoting the GENIUS stablecoin bill. The Wall Street Journal said Nxum received $6.3 million from Tether, including an initial payment made while Hines remained in government.
Sweden’s Riksbank wants lawmakers to prepare legislation for a possible digital krona, citing the ECB’s digital euro plans and the longer-term growth of foreign-currency stablecoins. The central bank says development could take at least five years, excluding legislative changes.
Mastercard and BVNK have launched a platform that lets businesses hold, convert, transfer and spend fiat currencies and stablecoins through one connection. The service links stablecoin balances to Mastercard cards, merchant payments and local bank payouts, with future support planned for AI-agent commerce and tokenized deposits.
Mastercard has launched Global Money Platform, a service that lets businesses manage stablecoins alongside fiat currencies, issue linked cards and send funds to bank accounts. The initiative integrates BVNK technology and competes with Visa’s stablecoin infrastructure platform.
The European Banking Authority has designated Circle’s USDC a significant e-money token under MiCA, bringing the second-largest stablecoin under joint EU and French supervision as Europe debates dollar stablecoins and a possible digital euro.
Standard Chartered now expects the stablecoin market to reach $2 trillion in 2030 rather than 2028, after capitalization stalled near $309 billion. The bank says transaction growth shows existing tokens are circulating more frequently as payments, trading and other uses expand.
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The Financial Stability Board warned that stablecoins could face redemption crises even with adequate total reserves if assets are trapped across borders. Regulators will discuss the approximately $300 billion market’s cross-border vulnerabilities at the Oct. 15 G20 meeting.
Standard Chartered will custody Ripple’s RLUSD stablecoin for institutional clients in Dubai. A planned LMAX integration would let traders use the tokens as collateral while they remain at the bank, pending documentation, testing and regulatory approvals.
