By Aaron Watts In 2025, stablecoins leveled up, going from simple payments and capital flows to become multi-purpose assets with a plethora of use cases. Whereas previously these fiat-pegged tokens were good for a few things – hedging; trading; collateral – now they’re good for many. This rapid evolution has been partly thanks to external […]
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By Wayne Jones Binance users hold about 87% of USD1, the Trump-linked stablecoin, according to a Forbes report published on February 9, 2026, putting most of the token’s circulating supply on a single exchange. The concentration has drawn criticism online, but Binance founder Changpeng “CZ” Zhao says the figures reflect user demand across stablecoins rather […]
By Wayne Jones Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has questioned the legitimacy of popular USDC yield strategies, arguing they don’t follow the principles of true decentralized finance (DeFi). His critique was in response to crypto analyst C-node, who said that most modern DeFi focuses on speculative gains instead of building genuinely decentralized infrastructure. Critique of Modern […]