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Stablecoins are off to the races across the pond. The Donald and his team have been preparing a plan, and now with the help of the Senate are moving to making new laws to help and encourage things stablecoins. The team is ready with a bill which has been read in the Senate, kicking off its path to being a new law. The modestly named “Genius Act of 2025” sets out new rules for things Stablecoins.

Olaf Ransome explores how stablecoins offer faster, 24/7 payments and banking access where traditional rails fall short, with insights from industry experts: 6 reasons Stablecoins beat traditional payments

What good are stablecoins? The news, or at least my news, is that they are starting to be used beyond the world of crypto for things we normally associate with money; a store of value, a medium of exchange and a means of payment. The new is converging with old. In this month’s post I shed some light on how stablecoins are being used like money and why this might matter to you as an individual or as a business.

In financial services, tomorrow’s world is all about digital assets. Stablecoins are a new way to hold a cash balance, but they don’t pay interest. Until now.

Rules and regs have come to Europe’s crypto markets. In this post, we’ll take a look at the thing called MiCA (Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation) and how it impacts Stablecoins. We’ll get in to the when, the what, the why and the so-what.

Olaf Ransome discusses the stability of stablecoins, and the associated risk

Stablecoins, tariffs and the papal conclave have an oligopoly on the news headlines right now. Simon Taylor, who is one of those who I think really gets the FinTech space and its impact on financial services just posted: “Stripe just declared war on banks with their stablecoin financial accounts.” That alone is worth a read. I want to explain where banks will struggle with processing Stablecoins. And I’ll throw in a few words on things Tokenised Deposits too for free.

S&P Global Ratings gave Tether (USDT) the weakest Stablecoin Stability Assessment. Olaf Ransome breaks down what drives stablecoin risk—asset backing, custody/correspondent chains, transparency and reporting.