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Tech Insight: Why stablecoins still are not used like money despite being super infrastructure

Zach Abrams, founder and CEO of stablecoin issuer Open Standard, said stablecoins can be as stable as cash, profitable and transferable online, but are not being used effectively for transactions. He cited hurdles in card settlement, institutional trading, corporate treasury management and fintech infrastructure. Abrams said Open Standard is focused on solving these issues with OpenUSD by sharing reserve income, charging small per-transaction fees and imposing no withdrawal fee.

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Clarity bill seen 15 percent likely to pass this year as even Republicans say it is not easy

Prospects for the U.S. “Clarity” crypto bill are dimming, with some Republican senators warning it may lack the support needed to advance next week. Negotiations over strengthened ethics provisions sought by Democrats have shown little progress. Lawmakers from both parties say the ethics dispute remains unresolved despite ethics language in the latest Senate draft. The Senate has scheduled a procedural vote for Sept. 15. The bill’s chance of becoming law this year is put at about 15 percent.

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Stablecoin growth bottleneck is banks, not blockchain

Stablecoin payments are expanding quickly in corporate transactions, but their main constraint is bank infrastructure rather than blockchain technology, the article said. Annualised stablecoin payments were about $390 billion at end-2025, or about 0.02 percent of the $208 trillion cross-border payments market. Banks still handle on- and off-ramps, compliance and local payment-network access, and reliance on a single bank is seen as a key operational risk.