Solana has received another major injection of stablecoin liquidity after Circle reportedly minted an additional $1 billion in USDC on the network around July 1. The move adds to a year that has already seen unusually large gross USDC issuance on Solana, a chain where stablecoins have become central to swaps, leverage, payments, and on-chain…
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USDC And Bitcoin Lead $850 Million Exchange Outflow Wave
Crypto exchange balances saw a notable withdrawal wave heading into July 1, with USDC and Bitcoin leading approximately $850 million in net outflows from centralized platforms. The move adds another layer to a market already watching liquidity, ETF flows, and investor positioning closely. TL;DR Centralized exchanges reportedly saw around $850 million in net withdrawals over…
0x Opens Swap API To AI Agents With USDC Pay-Per-Request Model
TL;DR 0x is opening Swap API access to AI agents through a pay-per-request model. The setup uses USDC and the HTTP 402 payment concept to remove traditional API keys and subscriptions. The move shows how crypto payments may become invisible infrastructure for autonomous software. AI Agents Get A DeFi Payment Rail 0x Protocol is opening…
Bitget Launches Stock+ For Buying Real US Stocks With Crypto
Bitget has launched Stock+, a new feature that lets eligible users buy real US stocks and ETFs using USDC and other digital assets, expanding the exchange’s push into the overlap between crypto balances and traditional market exposure. TL;DR Bitget says Stock+ allows eligible users to purchase real US stocks with crypto funding. The feature sits…
Ready USDC Card Halts Non-EEA Service Following Card Issuer Transition
Ready Card users outside the European Economic Area have been pushed into an abrupt service halt after a card issuer transition disrupted the USDC spending product, according to user notices shared on X. TL;DR Ready Card’s non-EEA service halt shows how stablecoin products still depend on traditional payment rails. The card is marketed as a…
Coinbase And AWS Bring x402 Payments To CloudFront Publishers
TL;DR Coinbase and AWS have integrated x402 with CloudFront and AWS WAF. The protocol revives the HTTP 402 “Payment Required” idea for AI agents and machine-to-machine payments. Publishers could charge bots, APIs, and autonomous agents in real time using stablecoins such as USDC. The opportunity is large, but hot-wallet security and automated spending controls remain…
Sky Governance Proposal Seeks To Double USDC PSM Buffer To $800 Million
TL;DR BA Labs has proposed doubling key LITE-PSM-USDC-A parameters in the Sky stablecoin system from 400 million to 800 million. The proposal says USDC reserves stand at 4.13 billion, up 108% since the last recalibration in October 2024. The change would raise daily refresh capacity to 1.6 billion and total serving capacity to 2.4 billion,…
Hyperliquid Is Becoming A Core Infrastructure Layer For Crypto Finance
Hyperliquid is increasingly evolving from a high-performance trading platform into a foundational layer of crypto’s financial infrastructure. What began as a decentralized perpetual futures exchange has expanded into a broader ecosystem that attracts traders, liquidity providers, builders, and capital at a growing scale. As activity across the platform increases, market participants view Hyperliquid as a…
Circle’s Next Step: Hyperliquid (HYPE) Integration As The Catalyst For Real Supply-Share Gain
Bankless has been looking past the usual “partnership announcement” narrative and instead focused on what the new Hyperliquid (HYPE), Coinbase (COIN), and Circle (CRCL) deal could realistically change for USDC. In its latest write-up, the outlet argues the collaboration is more than public relations, especially at a time when stablecoin momentum has started to pick…
Stablecoins Go Mainstream As Meta Rolls Out Creator Payouts In Philippines, Colombia
Facebook paid its creators nearly $3 billion in 2025 — a 35% jump from the year before. Now some of those Meta creators will get paid in crypto. Meta: A Second Try At Digital Payments Meta has begun rolling out USDC stablecoin payouts to select creators in the Philippines and Colombia, marking the company’s return…