
Overview COOL, also known as “usdc is cool,” is a community-driven meme token launched on the Arc network. Its identity comes from the “USDC is cool” character wearing thug-life-style sunglasses, an

Arc, developed by Circle, public mainnet is scheduled to go live on September 16, 2026. Arc is an open, EVM-compatible Layer-1 blockchain where USDC pays the gas fees, designed for stablecoin

One of America's largest commercial banks has moved its own dollar-backed stablecoin across a public blockchain. On September 9, 2026, U.S. Bank announced the successful execution of a live pilot

4th Week of August 2026 Period: Aug 26, 2026 – Sep 1, 2026 Data Cutoff: Sep 1, 2026 Core Narrative Over the past week, the crypto market experienced a sharp reversal, shifting rapidly from frenzy to

Circle fell around 8–9% on September 15, 2026 after the U.S. Senate failed to invoke cloture on the CLARITY Act, 49–50 against a 60-vote threshold. The bill is not dead — a senator voted no

Circle Internet Group, the issuer of the USDC stablecoin, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Tazapay, a Singapore-based cross-border B2B payments infrastructure platform. Circle announced

Overview United States digital asset infrastructure leader Coinbase (NASDAQ: COIN) advanced sharply in recent market sessions, surging roughly 10 percent to lead gains across the financial technology

Stablecoin infrastructure and tokenized finance continued expanding globally as major payment networks, banks, and blockchain institutions accelerated integrations between traditional finance and on-c

Miden plans to introduce USDCx alongside its zero-knowledge blockchain mainnet near the end of August 2026. The stablecoin will be issued natively by Miden through Circle’s xReserve infrastructure and

Similar to DEXs, decentralized lending is also one of the key components of DeFi. If the DeFi Summer of 2020 was fueled by competition among various DEXs, triggering a liquidity race, then the integra

The opening of the last bull market was led by liquidity mining, inaugurating the "DeFi Summer." Therefore, many believe that this round of the bull market will still be initiated by the DeFi

In 2020, DeFi began to flourish, and in 2021, DeFi Summer ignited the market. In 2022, the total value locked reached a historic high of $219.47 billion. So, what exactly is decentralized finance?1. W