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Where traditional finance goes digital — taken apart, layer by layer. A monthly breakdown of how stablecoins enter traditional finance: banks, central banks, issuers, regulation, the real economy.

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August 2026

State of Stablecoins

10 stories of the month, selected from 88 candidates
Every fact verified against primary sources
English and Russian editions — web and PDF
PDF · EN 0.7 MB · RU 1.0 MBPublished 01.09.2026
Market cap
$304B
USDT share
60.3%
USDC on-chain, Q2
$14.8T
Tether buffer
$4.1B
BankChain banks
3,283
First Tether audit
KPMG

Three layers we take apart every month

Technology

Networks, bridges, settlement, tokenized deposits. What actually runs in production — and what never left the pilot stage.

Economics

Reserves, yield, volumes, issuer concentration. Numbers backed by methodology, not by press releases.

Regulation

GENIUS Act, MiCA, Bank of England, CBR, FSA. What is in force, what is out for consultation, where the deadlines are.

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State of Stablecoins · August 2026
PDF · English0.7 MB PDF · Russian1.0 MB Web editionEN / RU
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