BIG Weekly Recap: A $6 Trillion Shift to Stablecoins?
This week, bigger questions loom across the crypto landscape. A new bill in Congress aims to elevate Solana and Dogecoin to Bitcoin-level status, while Bank of America warns that up to $6 trillion could move into stablecoins. Meanwhile, Barclays is doubling down on the stablecoin economy, backing a rising player in the settlement space.
On the protocol front, Vitalik Buterin declares 2026 the year Ethereum reclaims its self-sovereign ethos, just as lawmakers clash over the evolving scope of the CLARITY Act. Policy battles and payment rail innovation are accelerating the race to define the next era of crypto.
Check out all the top stories below.
Industry
- How AI crypto trading will make and break human roles (link)
- CLARITY Act becomes a fight over on-chain dollars (link)
- Mingo Secures Exclusive 54-Country Ticketing Deal on Hedera (link)
- Marshall Islands Test Crypto for Universal Basic Income (link)
- Vitalik: Ethereum to Reclaim Self-Sovereignty in 2026 (link)
Investors
- Top crypto VCs share 2026 funding and token sales outlook (link)
- Rain Raises $250M Series C for Stablecoin Payments (link)
- Veera Secures $10M to Build On-Chain Neobank (link)
- Project Eleven Raises $20M for Post-Quantum Crypto (link)
Bitcoin
- Tokenization Firms Push Back on Coinbase’s Equity Claims (link)
- Hacker Steals $282M in Bitcoin in Social Engineering Attack (link)
- Inside Iran’s Growing $7.8 Billion Crypto Ecosystem (link)
- Crypto Bill Would Grant Solana and Dogecoin Bitcoin-Level Status (link)
Stablecoins
- BofA CEO Says $6T Could Move to Stablecoins (link)
- Barclays invests in stablecoin settlement firm (link)
- PNC CEO on Stablecoins: Payments or Money Markets (link)
- Ingenico, WalletConnect Launch Stablecoin Checkout (link)
- Polygon Labs New Stablecoin Payments with Coinme, Sequence (link)
- Crypto Bill Would Grant Solana and Dogecoin Bitcoin-Level Status (link)
Stablecoins