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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.
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.
France’s proposed crypto tax amendment could make Bitcoin- and Ether-to-USDC swaps taxable from 2027, before investors withdraw cash. It would also introduce new basis rules for older holdings and preserve restrictions on carrying crypto losses into future tax years.
SAP Pay has added a USDC settlement route through Circle and Tereina for eligible institutional Circle Mint users. The service supports supplier payments, treasury transfers and receivables workflows, but regional restrictions apply and no transaction volumes or customer savings have been reported.
NUVA has launched HOME, an ERC-20 token offering eligible non-U.S. investors exposure to a managed pool of Figure-originated U.S. home-equity lines of credit from 1 USDC. The token targets a 7% annual return, but holders remain exposed to residential-credit and liquidity risks.
Samsung will add Solana-based USDC transfers to Samsung Wallet and Samsung Pay for 82 million U.S. Galaxy devices from the last week of October, with built-in conversion between the stablecoin and local currencies.
Samsung will let eligible U.S. Galaxy users send USDC through Samsung Wallet to crypto wallets or bank accounts in more than 60 countries from late October, with Coinbase, Bastion, Solana and Sui supporting the service.
Samsung plans to add USDC transfers to Samsung Wallet for eligible US Galaxy users in the last week of October. The service will support international crypto-wallet transfers and bank payments to more than 60 countries, subject to identity verification and applicable fees.
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Circle is integrating its USDC and EURC stablecoins into SAP financial workflows through Tereina, an SAP-backed payments company. Customer testing is planned for global payments and treasury operations, while Moneyiar data shows both stablecoins slightly below recent levels.
Circle’s USDC account and CEO Jeremy Allaire welcomed DJ Khaled to “team USDC,” prompting crypto users to recall his undisclosed Centra ICO promotion. The posts do not confirm a paid endorsement, and appear linked to Circle’s Chelsea partnership and a separate Roc Nation relationship.
Circle has asked the European Union to preserve multi-issuance for stablecoins and replace MiCA’s bank-deposit mandates with more flexible liquidity rules. The company says only three of the 25 largest stablecoins are currently regulated under the bloc’s framework.
Coinbase has received CFTC approval for its clearinghouse, giving it exchange, futures broker and clearing licenses under one corporate platform. The company says the structure will support USDC-collateralized, round-the-clock derivatives, while planned single-stock perpetuals remain with existing clearing partners.
Franklin Templeton is bringing its off-exchange tokenized collateral program to Bybit. Users can pledge money market fund shares representing about $686 million in assets to access USDT or USDC trading credit while the underlying holdings remain in regulated custody and earn yield.
