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According to a report by The Paper, Wang Xin, the Director of the Research Bureau (Advisory Office) of the People's Bank of China, discussed the cross-border payment system at the "Lujiazui Forum 2026 Plenary Session II: Global Financial Governance Reform and Cooperation." He stated that the next step is to further ensure the security, neutrality, and efficiency of the international payment system, strengthen the interconnection of payment systems between central banks, as well as retail payment systems. It is essential to prudently and steadily explore the potential of new payment tools, closely monitor the impact of stablecoins on the international monetary system and cross-border payments, improve regulatory rules, and promote a more inclusive, efficient, and resilient international payment system to better support sustainable development and the growth of the world economy.

According to BBX data, yesterday's interest rate hike in Japan coincided with the Federal Reserve's decision window, creating the most intense macroeconomic shock point of the week. The latest results of institutional stablecoin research were released on the same day, with the core dynamics as follows:Metaplanet Inc. (TSE: 3350), as the largest corporate BTC reserve holder in Asia and the third largest publicly traded company holding Bitcoin globally (holding 40,177 BTC at an average price of about $104,000, with a target of 100,000 BTC by the end of 2026), faced a dual-edged sword pressure from the exchange rate yesterday: after the Bank of Japan announced a 25 basis point increase in the policy interest rate to 1.0%, the yen strengthened, superficially lowering the book value of BTC denominated in yen, but Bitcoin subsequently rose against the trend (CoinDesk's headline on the same day: "Bitcoin rallies after Japan rate increase"), with actual improvements in USD-denominated holdings. The company's current holdings are approximately $2.64 billion (estimated at $65,750/BTC), with the latest capital move being the issuance of 8 billion yen (about $55 million) for the 20th bond (EVO FUND) on April 24 for additional BTC purchases. Analysts warn that if the BOJ's interest rate hike triggers large-scale unwinding of "Yen Carry Trade," global risk assets including BTC may suffer systemic deleveraging shocks—however, Metaplanet holds physical BTC rather than leveraged positions, with its main risk being the exchange rate conversion effect rather than forced liquidation.OSL Group (Hong Kong Stock Exchange: 0863.HK) and the School of Business at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University jointly released a white paper on June 16 (The Block included it on the same day at 9:01 am EDT), titled "Cross-Border Trade Payments Will Drive the Adoption of Regulated Corporate Stablecoins." The core conclusion is that the demand for corporate-level cross-border trade payments is the main path to drive the large-scale adoption of regulated stablecoins, with importance surpassing retail consumption scenarios. OSL Group holds the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission licenses 7 (automated trading services) and 1 (securities trading), making it one of the few compliant exchanges globally with both institutional custody and practical experience in stablecoin settlement. Previously, it provided institutional clients with approximately $130 million in USDGO stablecoin settlement services in April 2026. This white paper provides an industrial basis for the stablecoin policy framework of Hong Kong's financial regulatory authorities, and, together with Visa's stablecoin settlement of $7 billion annualized scale, SoFi SoFiUSD's launch, and Western Union's USDPT layout, constitutes multiple points of evidence accelerating the global adoption of corporate stablecoins.

According to The Block, a bipartisan group of lawmakers led by U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis has written to the Treasury Department, requesting the maintenance of states' authority to regulate stablecoins under the GENIUS Act. The act allows stablecoin issuers with a market capitalization of no more than $10 billion to be regulated by states, provided that state-level rules are "substantially similar" to federal rules. The Treasury Department released proposed rules in April, suggesting broad principles for determining whether state systems are "substantially similar," but did not clarify the timeline and standards for state regulation. The senators stated in their letter that the lack of clarity "creates uncertainty for the states," and therefore requested the Treasury Department to issue guidance that clarifies the application, review, and certification processes for state systems. The New York State Department of Financial Services proposed formal rules last week to align its stablecoin framework with the GENIUS Act.

A bipartisan group of senators led by Cynthia Lummis has written to U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, requesting that the Treasury maintain states' regulatory authority over certain stablecoin issuers when formulating implementation rules for the GENIUS stablecoin bill. The GENIUS Act was signed into law last year, establishing a federal regulatory framework for stablecoins in the United States, requiring that stablecoins be fully backed by U.S. dollars or similar high-liquidity assets, and mandating that issuers with a market capitalization exceeding $50 billion undergo annual audits, while also setting rules for offshore issuance.The bill allows stablecoin issuers with a market capitalization of no more than $10 billion to be regulated at the state level, as long as the relevant state regulatory systems are "substantially similar" to federal requirements. The senators believe that the rules previously proposed by the Treasury do not clearly outline the timeline and standards for state regulatory system applications, reviews, and certifications, creating uncertainty for the states. The letter points out that there are significant differences in legislative cycles across states, with some states even adopting a biennial legislative cycle, thus requiring a flexible and continuously open certification mechanism to ensure that states can apply for certification when demand arises, rather than being constrained by timing mismatches that limit innovation and competition.

According to data from CryptoRank.io, since the peak of the cryptocurrency market in September 2025, the dominance of stablecoins has significantly increased from 7.56% to 15%, an increase of nearly 98%.However, the total supply of stablecoins has only grown from $285.6 billion to $316 billion, an increase of just 10.6%. During the same period, the total market capitalization of the cryptocurrency market has significantly dropped from $4.21 trillion to $2.10 trillion, a decline of 50%.CryptoRank indicates that this doubling of stablecoin dominance is not driven by a large issuance of new stablecoins, but is mainly due to the overall significant decline of the cryptocurrency market.

According to The Block, State Street Bank has launched the State Street Stablecoin Reserves Money Market Fund (SSCXX), providing reserve asset management tools for stablecoin issuers. This fund is a Rule 2a-7 government money market fund, primarily investing in cash, short-term U.S. Treasury securities, repurchase agreements, and other cash equivalents, aiming to achieve principal preservation, daily liquidity, and a stable $1 share net asset value.The report states that the product has received initial investment support from State Street Bank and Anchorage Digital and has been explicitly designed to comply with the regulatory requirements of the GENIUS Act. This move continues State Street Bank's strategy in the field of digital assets and tokenized cash management, having previously launched the on-chain liquidity product SWEEP for stablecoin scenarios and launched the digital asset platform DAP.

Latest data shows that the circulation of USDD is approximately $1.44 billion, with a TVL exceeding $2 billion, and the collateralization rate maintained at a healthy level of 154.65% by the end of May. The decentralized stablecoin USDD, with its Peg Stability Module (PSM) offering 1:1 USDT/USDC zero-slippage instant exchange as a core advantage, has become a long-term favorable competitor in the stablecoin sector. Relying on the significant capital efficiency improvement brought by "no discount on funds," the PSM mechanism of USDD thoroughly addresses the slippage pain points in traditional exchanges, providing certainty for large transactions and volatile markets, and deeply integrating zero-slippage exchanges with stablecoin yield distribution, unlimited participation, flexible access without lock-up, and long-term sustainable operations.In a market where the total market capitalization of stablecoins exceeds $315 billion, USDD, through protocol layer innovation and transparent multi-chain layout, offers more efficient and robust capital management solutions for institutions, traders, and long-term holders, effectively reducing trading friction and market risk.

According to The Block, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) stated that the widespread adoption of dollar-pegged stablecoins in Nigeria is challenging the country's existing monetary policy and regulatory framework.The IMF pointed out that the devaluation of the naira, high inflation, and limited access to official foreign exchange are driving local households and small to medium-sized enterprises to turn to stablecoins for cross-border payments and to hedge against exchange rate risks.

According to Bloomberg, payment company Nuvei Corporation announced it will acquire Payoneer Global Inc. for approximately $2.75 billion. After the transaction is completed, the two North American payment companies will be integrated, with a combined annual transaction processing volume exceeding $500 billion.Under the agreement, Payoneer shareholders will receive $7.40 in cash per share, a premium of about 10% over its previous trading day's closing price of $6.75. Both parties stated that this merger will strengthen their layout in cross-border payments, merchant acquiring, and global funds settlement networks, further enhancing their competitiveness in the global digital payment infrastructure sector.Payoneer previously disclosed that it has partnered with Citibank to implement blockchain-based fund transfers through Citi Token Services, and will also connect to Bridge to provide its customers with stablecoin transfer and holding services.

Zelle operator Early Warning Services announced that India will be the first country for U.S. users to remit money to overseas friends and family through Zelle, with the service expected to launch by the end of this year. The company also introduced its own dollar-backed stablecoin ZelleUSD (ZLUSD) to support future international payment capabilities in other markets, with more details to be announced in the coming months. Early Warning Services is jointly owned by seven U.S. financial institutions, including Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase, and Wells Fargo.

According to on-chain analysts, a certain whale withdrew 45.495 million USDT from Binance three and a half hours ago, then staked it into Aave and borrowed 10,000 ETH to short sell, worth approximately 17.25 million dollars. Currently, this whale has staked a total of 156 million dollars in stablecoins, borrowed 35,388.4 ETH, with an average selling price of 1,682.14 dollars, and is currently facing an unrealized loss of 1.098 million dollars. Liquidation will be triggered when the ETH price rises to 3,453.36 dollars.

According to a report by TheStreet Roundtable, Coinbase's Head of Institutional Sales, John D'Agostino, stated in an interview at the New York Stock Exchange that Coinbase is committed to migrating the existing financial infrastructure from the outdated ledger system of decades ago to a faster, cheaper, and more stable blockchain ledger, with the goal of becoming a fully functional integrated financial platform in the crypto space.D'Agostino pointed out that Coinbase's current growth mainly comes from four directions: first, derivatives; the company acquired the world's largest crypto options exchange, Deribit, for $2.9 billion last year, becoming a market leader in this field; second, tokenized securities; approximately 20 stocks have been tokenized and are continuously expanding, with assets like REITs included in the tokenization scope, claiming the market size is about $15 trillion; third, DeFi; Coinbase has become the official USDC treasury deployer for the Hyperliquid platform, with about $5 billion USDC in revenue used for repurchasing HYPE tokens on the platform; fourth, stablecoins; continuously deepening the coverage of USDC in the on-chain market.He summarized Coinbase's positioning as, "The safest custody for crypto assets is our foundational moat, while hyper-fast growth comes from tokenizing everything and creating universal applications."

According to monitoring by Blockaid, the algorithmic stablecoin MIM has experienced a de-pegging situation on Arbitrum. The current trading price of MIM in the executable path is approximately $0.91 to $0.92, which is due to insufficient or imbalanced liquidity in the Arbitrum liquidity pool.According to on-chain data, the current quotes for MIM across multiple chains are approximately $0.871---$0.874, with a 24-hour decline of about 11%.

According to Solid Intel, the payment of approximately $12 billion in frozen assets from Iran may be completed using the Trump-related stablecoin USD1 (the World Liberty Financial stablecoin launched by World Liberty Financial). Sources say that the relevant transaction is expected to be approved through the democratic voting process of the World Liberty Financial forum, and all payments will be settled in USD1.

CryptoQuant analyst Axel Adler stated that Bitcoin (BTC) is experiencing a significant inflow into exchanges, while stablecoin liquidity continues to flow out. The deterioration on both the supply and demand sides of the market is considered a key reason for Bitcoin's approximately 22% decline from its May peak.Data shows that the 30-day net exchange flow indicator for Bitcoin has turned significantly positive, currently at about +114,000 BTC. Compared to the net outflow status of about -85,000 to -115,000 BTC in early May, the market has shifted from an accumulation phase to a distribution phase. This indicator briefly rose to about +167,000 BTC in early June, indicating that more holders are transferring BTC to exchanges, increasing potential selling pressure.Meanwhile, the 30-day moving average net flow of stablecoins remains in negative territory, currently at about -105 million USD. In early May, this indicator was still in the range of +40 million to +90 million USD, representing strong buying liquidity in the market; however, it turned negative after mid-May and expanded to about -150 million to -170 million USD in early June, indicating that stablecoin funds are leaving exchanges, reducing the market's "ammunition."

Thomas Eichenberger, Chief Strategy Officer of Swiss digital asset bank Sygnum, stated on Thursday that institutional clients are no longer waiting for a single stablecoin to prevail, but are instead demanding the integration of tokenized deposits, regulated stablecoins, and tokenized money market funds within the same infrastructure to achieve interoperability, allowing treasury departments to flexibly switch between permitted settlement, 24/7 cross-border flows, and on-demand liquidity yields.Sygnum has already launched a Swiss franc stablecoin testing project this year in collaboration with Swiss banking institutions such as UBS, PostFinance, Raiffeisen, and Zürcher Kantonalbank. At the infrastructure level, Eichenberger pointed out that most institutional discussions still default to using private chains, but actual operators are leaning towards a "public but permissioned" model, which combines public infrastructure with regulated access control.In addition, the Qivalis alliance, composed of 37 major banks from the European Union, plans to launch a digital euro by the end of this year, with the banking industry's autonomous push directly challenging European Central Bank President Lagarde's stance on central bank-led digital currencies.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong disclosed three platform-level data points on Thursday: the annual stablecoin transaction volume is nearly $1 trillion, the platform holds approximately $20 billion in USDC, and the x402 payment protocol processed over 160 million autonomous transactions in the past year. According to SEC filings, Coinbase's average USDC holdings in the first quarter reached a historic high of $19 billion, with over 25% of the total USDC circulation located within the Coinbase ecosystem.The total circulation of USDC currently stands at $75 billion. The $1 trillion stablecoin transaction volume refers to transfers made through Coinbase's payment infrastructure, in comparison, Visa is expected to process about $14.5 trillion in fiscal year 2025. The x402 protocol is named after the HTTP 402 error code and allows AI agents to make on-chain payments in USDC directly within network requests, with transactions over $1 accounting for 95% of x402 transfer volume.The Base chain has processed $190 trillion in stablecoin transaction volume this year, with over 90% of x402 transaction volume operating on Base. Founding members of the x402 foundation include Google, Stripe, Visa, Mastercard, and AWS.

Ethena's official announcement states that the first product launched in collaboration with Coinbase is now officially online, which is the stablecoin yield pool introduced by SteakhouseFi. This product operates based on USDe on Morpho and is now directly available in the Coinbase App, accessible to users in the United States and overseas.