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Money flows into \'digital dollar\' stablecoins, shaking banks and national monetary systems

Stablecoins are spreading as a near real-time, 24-hour tool for moving money, raising concerns they could accelerate outflows from bank deposits and national currencies during financial stress or sharp currency declines. The European Central Bank has flagged potential liquidity mismatches between round-the-clock redemptions and reserve assets that move on traditional settlement schedules. The BIS also found stablecoin flows tend to rise alongside foreign-currency deposits in crisis situations.

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Crypto market cap halves but activity stays steady, Chainalysis says

Global cryptocurrency market capitalisation fell about 50 percent over a year, but the scale of real economic activity slipped only 1.6 percent, Chainalysis said. In its 2026 Global Crypto Adoption Index report, it found overall activity edging down to $9.4 trillion from $9.5 trillion between July 2025 and late June 2026. Domestic P2P transfers and stablecoin-based cross-border remittances surged, while inflows to exchanges, DeFi and other services declined.

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Brazil tops global crypto adoption index, South Korea ranks fifth

Brazil ranked No. 1 in a revamped cryptocurrency adoption index, with the United States second and South Korea fifth, according to a report citing Chainalysis. The index combines four factors including service fund flows, domestic peer-to-peer activity, cross-border fund flows and on-chain holdings. Latin America stood out as regional crypto activity rose to $593.8 billion, growing 9.8 percent even as the global crypto economy contracted 1.6 percent.