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MoneyGram Launches MGUSD Stablecoin on Stellar
The Dallas-based payments company is now the issuer of a U.S. dollar token on a public chain, with Stripe-owned Bridge as the regulated minter, M0 smart contracts handling supply, and Fireblocks holding the float.

Schwab Targets Mid-2027 Crypto Spot Trading and Custody for the $5.2T Advisor Channel
Charles Schwab will extend Schwab Crypto from retail to its registered-investment-advisor clients by the middle of 2027, putting Bitcoin trading and storage inside the country's largest RIA custody platform.
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MoneyGram Launches MGUSD Stablecoin on Stellar
The Dallas-based payments company is now the issuer of a U.S. dollar token on a public chain, with Stripe-owned Bridge as the regulated minter, M0 smart contracts handling supply, and Fireblocks holding the float.

Schwab Targets Mid-2027 Crypto Spot Trading and Custody for the $5.2T Advisor Channel
Charles Schwab will extend Schwab Crypto from retail to its registered-investment-advisor clients by the middle of 2027, putting Bitcoin trading and storage inside the country's largest RIA custody platform.

CME Group Processes 7,200 Crypto Contracts in First Weekend of 24/7 Trading
The world's largest derivatives exchange flipped its cryptocurrency futures and options to always-on at 4 p.m. CT Friday, posting roughly $50 million in notional volume over the inaugural weekend and bringing a new Bitcoin volatility contract live alongside it.

House of Doge and Paxos Strike Deal to Push Dogecoin Onto PayPal, Venmo and Interactive Brokers Rails
The official corporate arm of the Dogecoin Foundation is plugging DOGE into the same OCC-regulated brokerage stack that already powers crypto on PayPal, Venmo, Interactive Brokers and Mercado Libre.

Binance Opens US Stock Trading to Non-US Users, Sets Up Tokenized 'bStocks' on BNB Chain
Five years after pulling synthetic stock tokens under regulatory pressure, the world's largest crypto exchange opened zero-commission trading in 7,000+ US stocks and ETFs for eligible non-US users and lined up an ADGM-issued bStocks tokenization layer on BNB Chain.

Citi Projects $5.5T Tokenized Securities Market by 2030 as DTCC, Nasdaq and ICE Move On-Chain
A Citi GPS report shared with reporters ahead of Proof of Talk in Paris pencils in a 300-fold expansion in tokenized real-world assets, anchored on 10% of T-bills, 3% of U.S. stocks, and a $1.9 trillion stablecoin float by the end of the decade.

Cash App Goes Live With Fee-Free USDC Transfers, Framing Stablecoins as a Path to Bitcoin
Block's payments app, home to 59 million monthly active users, now supports sending and receiving USDC across four blockchain networks with no wallet setup required, even as Jack Dorsey admits he doesn't like it.

SoFi Brings Its Bank-Issued Stablecoin to 14.7 Million Members
SoFiUSD, first launched in December for enterprise clients, is now live inside the SoFi app — making it the first stablecoin issued by a US national bank available directly on a consumer banking platform.

Mastercard Wins NY BitLicense, Deepening Push Into Stablecoin Settlement
The payments giant, which processed nearly $11 trillion in volume last year, secured one of the US's most demanding state crypto licenses as it moves to settle transactions in digital assets.

DTCC Picks Stellar for Tokenized Securities Rollout as Multi-Chain Push Expands
The post-trade giant plans to make DTC-custodied assets available on the Stellar public blockchain in the first half of 2027, adding a second network to its growing tokenization strategy