Research & Opinion

Research & Opinion
Stablecoins Could Help Cement US Dollar’s Global Dominance: BlackRock
The trend is being driven by new legislation, especially the GENIUS Act, and rising adoption, positioning stablecoins as a long-term force in digital finance.

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Kyrgyzstan Is Moscow’s Crypto Backdoor to Dodge Sanctions, TRM Labs Warns
More than 90% of illicit crypto flowing into Kyrgyz exchanges is tied to sanctions evasion, with analysts citing growing links to Russian paramilitary and darknet actors.

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Crypto Payments Gain Ground in Gaming, Travel, and Daily Purchases: Bitget
A survey of 4,599 users reveals rising demand for practical, everyday crypto spending.

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Stablecoin Flows are Directly Impacting Treasury Yields: Messari
Large stablecoin inflows can even result in “quantitative easing” of long-term Treasury bill yields, according to the crypto research firm.

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Bitcoin Tops Visa in Transaction Volume: Sygnum
A report from the Swiss crypto bank highlights Bitcoin’s evolving market role and growing institutional demand.

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Teneo Protocol Launches AI Agent Testnet
The launch marks a major milestone for onchain AI agents and real-time decentralized data processing.

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Stablecoin Usage Soars in Emerging Markets: Messari
BNB Chain and Tron lead by active stablecoin users, according to the research firm’s State of Stablecoins 2025 report.

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The Road to 5000 TPS: Scaling Stellar in 2025
In 2025, one of the Stellar Development Foundation’s (SDF) primary goals is to increase Stellar Core’s theoretical throughput to 5000 transactions per second (TPS). As adoption of Soroban — the Stellar smart contracts platform — accelerates and new use cases emerge, scalability is essential to ensuring that Stellar remains fast, affordable, and developer-friendly.

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Galaxy Digital Claims Futarchy Model Can Give DAOs ‘Stronger Chance of Success’
With traditional token-based voting often producing unclear or skewed results, a market-based governance model is slowly gaining traction.






