Stablecoins - THE FOURTH WEB (Page 8)

Real World Assets Mar 8, 2026

Tether invests in Utexo, a startup enabling USDT settlement on Bitcoin

Tether just backed the team building native USDT settlement on Bitcoin, which means stablecoins might finally escape Ethereum's gravity well. The Signal Tether invested in Utexo, a startup building infrastructure to settle USDT directly on Bitcoin's network. This matters because right now, the vast majority of USDT lives on Ethereum and Tron, smart contract platforms designed for this kind of thing. Bitcoin isn't.

Real World Assets Mar 8, 2026

Latin America’s crypto user growth outpaced U.S. by 3x in 2025, report shows

While Americans debated crypto ETFs, Latin America quietly built the largest retail crypto adoption wave since 2021. The Signal Latin America's crypto user base grew 3x faster than the U.S. in 2025, with Brazil and Argentina driving the surge. This isn't speculation money chasing the next Solana killer. It's utility adoption at scale. Brazil dominates in transaction size because it has the

Real World Assets Mar 8, 2026

CFO Gets Prison Time After Losing $35 Million of Company Money in Crypto Side Hustle

A CFO just got 78 months for losing $35 million of his company's money in DeFi, and the real story isn't the fraud, it's what he thought he could get away with. The Signal Nevin Shetty, CFO of Tivic Health, moved $35 million in company funds to his personal DeFi platform between 2021 and 2022. Not a hack. Not a mistake. A bet.

Real World Assets Mar 8, 2026

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'

Real World Assets Mar 8, 2026

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.

AI Agent Economy Mar 8, 2026

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'

Real World Assets Mar 8, 2026

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

Real World Assets Mar 8, 2026

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

Real World Assets Mar 8, 2026

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