TLDR Sept. 24, 2026 closes a gap operators have been watching since spring. The Federal Reserve Board put its GENIUS Act implementing proposals out for comment: one on how Board-supervised permitted payment stablecoin issuers (PPSIs) must hold reserves, hold capital,…
TLDR If you hold BTC on an institutional balance sheet and need dollar liquidity for payments, settlement, or working capital, Sept. 21, 2026 was Circle turning a multi-step wrap-and-borrow path into a Circle Mint-native workflow. That sits next to FintechSpecs’…
TLDR If you buy or build stablecoin programs, BaaS sponsorship, or agent spend rails, Sept. 18, 2026 was not three unrelated press releases. It was the OCC putting three different business models on the same federal trust-bank template in one…
The GENIUS Act is the first bipartisan federal law in the US that establishes clear, enforceable standards for stablecoins. It creates two licensing pathways for issuers, mandates 1:1 reserve backing in high-quality liquid assets, requires redemption at par on demand,…
The best stablecoin issuance platforms for fintechs in 2026 are Brale, M0, Agora, Paxos, Anchorage Digital, Bridge Open Issuance, and Coinbase’s USDC-based issuance program. Each uses a different model: some act as the licensed issuer while you front the brand,…
