Circle’s Arc Mainnet: From a USD 74 Billion USDC Supply to Native Settlement

TRON's stablecoin supply grew 9.2% to $89.2B in H1 2026, over six times market pace, while clearing $4.01T in transfers. The network is now extending its settlement rails toward AI-agent payments.

Sending $200 abroad via banks still averaged 6.36% in Q3 2025. Ratio, a Kaia-based B2B stablecoin FX middleware, offers institutions atomic onchain settlement with offchain risk controls.

CertiK's US policy head reports crypto momentum shifting from stalled legislation to regulators: SEC, CFTC and OCC are advancing market structure and stablecoin rules, with security as the foundation.

Robinhood Chain launched public mainnet on July 1, 2026, connecting 27.4M funded customers and $307B in assets. It offers 2,000+ EU derivative Stock Tokens and 90+ onchain tokenized debt securities.

Venus is expanding DeFi lending on BNB Chain by adding institutional custody access, tokenized equities, and tokenized gold as collateral.

How Sui's Address Balance layer enables gasless stablecoin transfers, and why the May 2026 mainnet halts exposed risky boundaries between gas charging, settlement, and validator restarts.