Stablecoins

Bitcoin purist Jack Dorsey says that his firm is reluctantly giving in to stablecoin craze

Jack Dorsey just bent the knee to stablecoins, and that tells you everything about where crypto power actually lives in 2026. The Signal Block (formerly Square) is adding stablecoin support. This matters because Dorsey has been crypto's most prominent Bitcoin maximalist with actual distribution. He's called Bitcoin "the internet's native currency" and dismissed everything else as noise. His pivot isn'

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US Treasury report acknowledges legitimate uses of crypto mixers

The US Treasury just said the quiet part out loud: crypto mixers have legitimate uses. The Signal Treasury dropped a report to Congress, mandated by the GENIUS Act (the stablecoin framework everyone's been tracking), that formally acknowledges privacy tools in crypto serve real purposes beyond crime. This is a pivot. For years, the regulatory line was simple: mixers equal money laundering, full stop. Tornado Cash got sanctioned.

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Stablecoin Firms Bet Big on AI Agent Payments That Barely Exist

The payment rails are being built before the trains arrive, and that's exactly how infrastructure revolutions work. The Signal Circle and Stripe are placing billion-dollar bets on AI agent payments using stablecoins, despite the fact that meaningful agent-to-agent commerce barely registers on any ledger today. This looks insane until you remember that Visa built its network in the 1970s for a credit card economy that didn'

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US lawmakers warn temporary CBDC ban isn’t enough, demand 'permanent' block

Twelve Republican lawmakers just told the Fed that a temporary CBDC ban is pointless theater, demanding a permanent prohibition on digital dollars. The Signal The letter, led by Rep. Tom Emmer and signed by eleven other House members, argues that any central bank digital currency framework represents fundamental surveillance infrastructure that no amount of guardrails can fix. They're not worried about implementation details. They're worried

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Crypto-friendly fintech giant Revolut files for U.S. banking license

Revolut just asked the U.S. government for permission to become a real bank, and that matters more for crypto than most headlines will tell you. The Signal The UK fintech giant with 45 million users globally filed for a U.S. banking charter this week. On the surface, it looks like just another expansion play. Look closer. This is about infrastructure for digital assets dressed up as banking

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Trump Supports Crypto Industry in Stablecoin Yield Battle

The President just picked a side in the fight over who gets to profit from your stablecoin deposits, and it's not the banks. The Signal Trump posted that traditional banks are "standing in the way" of his crypto agenda, specifically calling out their resistance to letting stablecoin issuers share yield with token holders. This isn't abstract policy wonkery. Right now, companies like Circle

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