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Stablecoins: A Global Payments Backbone or Niche Tool?

The growth of stablecoins, pegged to fiat currencies like the dollar, raises questions about transparency, security, and governance, impacting their potential as a global payments system or a niche tool, particularly in emerging markets.

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16% Bias Score

Reduced Inequality
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Stablecoins: A $35 Trillion Disruption to Global Payments

Stablecoins, digital tokens pegged to the US dollar, facilitated over $35 trillion in transfers last year, surpassing Visa and Mastercard combined, and are rapidly transforming global payments due to their speed, low cost, and programmability.

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52% Bias Score

Reduced Inequality
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GENIUS Act Establishes First U.S. Stablecoin Regulatory Framework

President Trump signed the GENIUS Act into law on July 18, 2025, establishing the first U.S. federal framework for stablecoin regulation, requiring full reserve backing in U.S. dollars or Treasuries, monthly reserve disclosures, and annual audits for issuers exceeding $50 billion in circulation, to ...

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52% Bias Score

Decent Work and Economic Growth
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Circle's Path to \$4.5 Billion Revenue: USDC Growth and API Expansion

Circle Internet Group, issuer of USDC, aims to increase revenue from \$1.5 billion in 2024 to over \$4.5 billion by leveraging the yield from its \$60 billion USDC reserves and expanding its API-based financial services for businesses; however, the success depends on USDC adoption and regulatory app...

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48% Bias Score

Decent Work and Economic Growth
elpais.com
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Remittances from Spain to Latin America Surge to \$155 Billion

In 2024, remittances from Latin American immigrants in Spain to their home countries reached \$155 billion, an 8% increase, significantly impacting the economies of nations like Honduras and Nicaragua where remittances constitute a substantial portion of their GDP.

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24% Bias Score

Reduced Inequality
fr.allafrica.com
🌐 75% Global Worthiness
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Madagascar Launches New Financial Inclusion Strategy

Madagascar launched the National Strategy for Financial Inclusion (SNIM) 2024-2028 on Friday, aiming to increase formal financial service usage to over 50% of adults and 25% of MSMEs by 2028 through financial education, improved access, digital innovation, and regulatory strengthening, focusing on v...

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52% Bias Score

Reduced Inequality
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Stablecoin Boom Spurs Development of Proprietary Layer 1 Blockchains

The value of stablecoins has doubled to $250 billion in 18 months, prompting Circle and Stripe to develop their own Layer 1 blockchains, "Arc" and "Tempo", optimized for stablecoin-based financial services and high-throughput transactions, while aiming for cost-effectiveness and compliance.

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48% Bias Score

Reduced Inequality
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US Treasury Urges Banks to Modernize to Maintain Global Competitiveness in Digital Finance

The US Treasury's new policy roadmap, "Strengthening American Leadership in Digital Financial Technology," calls for banks to adopt real-time payments, secure APIs, and digital identity solutions to remain globally competitive, urging a shift from fragmented innovation toward a coordinated national ...

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40% Bias Score

Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
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Wall Street's Marketing Shift: From SEO to Generative Engine Optimization

Wall Street's $80 billion SEO marketing strategy is obsolete, replaced by Generative Engine Optimization (GEO), which prioritizes AI model relevance and requires a complete rethinking of how financial firms communicate expertise and build trust.

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40% Bias Score

Reduced Inequality
lemonde.fr
🌐 75% Global Worthiness
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European Online Banks: Funding Model Raises Financial Stability Concerns

Sixty online-only banks in Europe, holding 3.9% of banking assets in 2024, primarily rely on small individual deposits (80%), raising concerns about financial stability due to their limited diversification and vulnerability to bank runs, according to a May 2025 ECB report.

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52% Bias Score

Reduced Inequality
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Trump's $TRUMP Cryptocurrency Launch Raises Securities Law and Ethical Concerns

President-elect Trump launched the $TRUMP cryptocurrency four days before his inauguration, causing its value to triple within 48 hours, raising concerns about securities law violations and the intersection of political power and private enterprise.

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52% Bias Score

Reduced Inequality
cincodias.elpais.com
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Spain to Offer Free Instant Money Transfers Starting January 9th

Starting January 9th, 2024, most Spanish banks will offer free instant money transfers up to €100,000, complying with a new EU directive aiming to boost digital finance and unlock €200 billion daily held in delayed transfers, potentially generating €1.8 billion annually.

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28% Bias Score

Reduced Inequality

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