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Stablecoins Are Becoming the Infrastructure for Global Dollar Access Q2 2025 confirmed the stablecoin sector’s growing role as financial backbone: • $2T+ in monthly adjusted volumes • $135B+ in U.S. Treasuries held by $USDT and $USDC issuers • $245B total supply, with $PYUSD crossing $1B • GENIUS Act advanced in the Senate, setting the stage for U.S. regulatory clarity Stablecoins are no longer just crypto plumbing - they’re emerging as programmable dollars with real monetary reach. The GENIUS Act proposes strict reserve, reporting, and compliance standards that could invite banks, fintechs, and Big Tech into the issuer landscape. @Circle’s IPO, @Stripe’s product push, @JPMorgan’s @Base-based $JPMD pilot, and ongoing @Visa and @Mastercard integrations all point to one thing: Stablecoins are evolving into global-scale dollar rails. Full Q2 analysis in our latest State of the Network report: Link in replies

Four US-dollar stablecoin issuers hold roughly $182 billion in US Treasury bills, an amount that would slot them 17th on the Treasury Department’s country-by-country league table. The amount in overnight Treasury-collateralized repos and Treasury-heavy money market funds would put the group between Norway’s $195.9 billion and Saudi Arabia’s $133.8 billion. Tether’s USDT tops the cohort. Its first-quarter attestation showed $120 billion in Treasuries, while CEO Paolo Ardoino told CNBC in late May that the firm held “more than $125 billion” and continues to expand. Circle’s May accountant’s report listed $28.7 billion in T-bills and $26.5 billion in overnight repos, for a combined $55.2 billion backing USDC. First Digital’s May 31 dashboard showed $1.665 billion in FDUSD reserves, 78% of which is held in Treasury bills, amounting to roughly $1.3 billion. Paxos’ PayPal USD (PYUSD) uses overnight reverse-repo agreements collateralized 97% by Treasuries. It has $878 million outstanding, which implies roughly $880 million in government debt. According to US Treasury data from April, those positions reach $182.4 billion, enough to leapfrog South Korea and the United Arab Emirates and fall just shy of Norway. Treasury paper dominates reserves Issuers buy short-dated government debt because it settles T-plus-zero at clearing banks, offers daily liquidity, and earns yields now above 5%.  Tether’s latest assurance showed that Treasuries, repos, and Treasury-only money-market funds represented more than 80% of its collateral, helping drive $1 billion in first-quarter profit. Circle uses BlackRock’s SEC-registered Circle Reserve Fund to hold its bills and repos, enabling same-day liquidation if redemptions spike. Ardoino said that issuing stablecoins “creates incremental demand for US debt without relying on the banking system,” citing Tether’s ranking above that of Germany, the UAE, and Spain. Circle and Paxos have made similar arguments in policy filings, noting that narrowly distributed, highly liquid collateral protects holders during market stress. Regulatory backdrop Lawmakers in Washington and Brussels are considering bills that would restrict reserve assets to cash and short-term Treasury securities, maintaining the current composition but limiting diversification into gold or corporate bonds.  The GENIUS Act, which cleared the Senate in June, would formalize those limits. At the same time, Europe’s Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regime already bars commodities for euro-pegged coins.  Stablecoin treasurers say the proposed rules align with their investment profile, though they warn that concentration in one asset class links stablecoin liquidity to Federal Reserve funding conditions. The post Stablecoin issuers’ $182 billion US Treasury hoard ranks 17th among countries, beating UAE and South Korea appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Greater reach means greater opportunity for small- and medium-sized business owners. Ian Burrill, Senior Director at @PayPal, on what makes PYUSD on Stellar so exciting:

Does anyone have insight into how stablecoin branding arrangements work? For example, Paxos issues PYUSD, which is a brand owned by PayPal. Does PayPal get a share of the yield from the reserve assets? A flat fee? Something else? Thanks!

📣 New State of the Network: Q2 2025 Crypto Market Wrap-Up In @coinmetrics' latest State of the Network report, @TanayVed provides a data-driven review of Q2 2025, highlighting the trends, technologies, and macro shifts reshaping digital asset markets. Read the full report (Linked in replies) Key takeaways: - Crypto markets rebounded sharply from Q1 volatility, with $BTC (+31%), $ETH (+37%), and $SOL (+22%) leading a $3.3T recovery. @Robinhood (+116%) and @coinbase(+100%) outperformed as investor interest shifted to crypto infrastructure equities. - Stablecoins took center stage, with @Circle’s IPO and the GENIUS Act drawing global attention. Combined $USDT and $USDC reserves in U.S. Treasuries exceeded $135B, while stablecoin volumes consistently topped $2T per month. - Ethereum’s Pectra upgrade improved both staking efficiency and Layer-2 scaling. Staked $ETH rose to 35.5M (29.4% of supply), while blob capacity doubled—lowering costs for rollups and fueling L2 activity. - Exchanges and institutions came on-chain. Robinhood unveiled its rollup-based tokenized equities initiative, joining Coinbase and @krakenfx in adopting Layer-2 infrastructure. Institutional finance is also gaining traction on permissioned networks like @CantonNetwork. Explore how regulatory momentum, technical upgrades, and financial convergence are shaping the next phase of the crypto economy in this quarter’s full report. (Link in replies)