Stablecoin News Roundup (October 16, 202

2026-10-16 21:47 · 7 sources

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October 16, 2026 Stablecoin News Roundup

• [10-16 10:34] MEXC Releases October 2026 Proof of Reserves, Reinforcing User Trust Through Verifiable Transparency (NewsBTC)
• [10-16 01:15] SBI Holdings and Startale join Open Standard, exploring global interoperability of JPYSC and OUSD (Odaily Planet Daily)
• [10-16 12:42] Sazmining Brings Proto’s Immersion Hashboards to Individual Owners, With 0% Financing From $1,397 Down (Bitcoin Magazine)
• [10-16 12:34] Circle’s revenue in the first half of 2026 was about $1.4 billion. Of that, $819 million was paid to distribution partners (PANews)
• [10-16 12:32] Circle: USDC revenue in the first half of 2026 was about $1.4 billion, with 59% used for partner revenue sharing and transaction costs (Odaily Planet Daily)
• [10-16 12:28] Marqeta expands partnership with Coinbase, launches stablecoin payment card solution (Wu Blockchain)
• [10-16 12:16] Gate launches NeoSoul (DNA) futures, leverage, flash swap, copy trading, and multiple other services (PANews)
• [10-16 12:00] Allium: Stablecoin payment volume grew 45% to $482 billion in the first three quarters, while supply grew only 0.4% (PANews)
• [10-16 11:25] Visa Direct moves USDC prefunding into commercial production with Inyo Global (The Block)
• [10-16 11:22] Three senior Russian officials join the A7 supervisory board; the platform uses the A7A5 stablecoin for cross-border settlements (Wu Blockchain)
• [10-16 11:20] Circle plans to enter about 40 emerging and developing country markets (PANews)
• [10-16 11:08] Mastercard and BVNK launch Global Money Platform, integrating fiat and stablecoin payments (PANews)
• [10-16 11:07] Bybit launches DRV perpetual futures today (Odaily Planet Daily)
• [10-16 11:06] Circle CEO: Plans to expand to about 40 emerging markets globally to expand USDC adoption (Wu Blockchain)
• [10-16 10:59] Circle plans to expand to about 50 emerging and developing markets; USDC circulating supply is about $73.3 billion (Odaily Planet Daily)
• [10-16 10:34] JPYC: The yen stablecoin issuance delay issue on the Polygon network has been resolved, and related processing is gradually resuming (Odaily Planet Daily)
• [10-16 07:40] ZIL falls below 0.0027 USDT, down over 20% in 24H (Odaily Planet Daily)
• [10-16 07:03] Binance will support the plan to merge Velodrome Finance (VELODROME) tokens into Aerodrome (AERO) and the AERO contract swap (PANews)
• [10-16 06:17] Visa Advances Stablecoin Strategy as USDC Prefunding Hits Live Operations on Visa Direct (CoinGape)
• [10-16 05:28] Singapore Gulf Bank launches stablecoin exchange service for individual customers (PANews)