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When the entity that settles $4.7 quadrillion annually in US securities moves on-chain, the question shifts from whether tokenization is viable to how fast the legacy stack can be decommissioned.
◆ Nolan Pratt
Money & Markets
Bank of North Dakota's Roughrider Coin is the first stablecoin running on Fiserv's new white-label platform. The real signal: the largest payment technology company in community banking just made stablecoin issuance a feature, not a project.
◆ Nolan Pratt
Money & Markets
An interim final rule effective immediately establishes the procedural machinery for certifying state stablecoin regimes. The $10 billion threshold it enforces locks out Tether and Circle from the state pathway entirely.
◆ Nolan Pratt
Money & Markets
Five payment giants committed $1 billion to launch a stablecoin that gives away its reserve yield and equity. One week in, with Coinbase access about to open, the model faces its first real test.
◆ Nolan Pratt
Money & Markets
Mastercard's $1.8B BVNK deal and the UK's new stablecoin gateway show the same pattern: infrastructure first, then regulation.
◆ Nolan Pratt
Money & Markets
The bank owns both the stablecoin and the 3.3 million-user PayMe app it will ride on—making the distribution-first thesis literal, not theoretical.
◆ Nolan Pratt
Money & Markets
By securing a DCO registration, Coinbase has assembled the complete CFTC stack—from exchange to brokerage to clearinghouse—turning USDC into the native water of institutional derivatives.
◆ Nolan Pratt
Money & Markets
The issuer of the world's most active stablecoin is plugging into 70% of the top 10 US banks through a single PaaS integration—but the 'evaluate' caveat suggests a long testing road ahead.
◆ Nolan Pratt
Money & Markets
The architect of the Reg Crypto Assets NPRM is exiting 18 days before the comment period closes. With no successor named and the commission reduced to two, the framework faces its first real stress test.
◆ Nolan Pratt
Money & Markets
Citigroup is wiring Coinbase's stablecoin rails into its merchant payment platform so corporate clients can accept digital dollars without touching crypto. The yield structure reveals how the GENIUS Act redistributes — rather than kills — stablecoin income.
◆ Nolan Pratt
