Circle Coinbase USDC deal renews on unchanged terms
August 18, 2026
The three-year renewal locks Coinbase’s share of USDC reserve income in place through 2029
The three-year renewal locks Coinbase’s share of USDC reserve income in place through 2029
Nearly 4,000 US equities land in the Coinbase app in Britain, funded with pounds or USDC, weeks after the exchange won its UK investment services licence
The NYDFS approval gives the USDC issuer state fiduciary and custody powers on top of its new federal trust bank.
A coalition led by Visa, Coinbase and BlackRock unveiled Open USD, sending Circle to a four-month low.
Court order in Overnight Finance suit sweeps unrelated depositors into pooled-contract freeze
Native Markets winds down USDH after seven months as Coinbase takes over USDC treasury duties on Hyperliquid under AQAv2.
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Payments uses Coinbase x402 and Stripe Privy to settle stablecoin micropayments.
Massachusetts class action alleges Circle had authority to halt stolen stablecoins but let attackers bridge $230M from Solana to Ethereum over eight hours.
Stablecoin issuer builds post-quantum cryptographic protection into its layer 1 chain ahead of 2026 mainnet