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According to the latest weekly report from Gate Ventures, the market has shown a significant cooling of risk appetite under the influence of strong economic data and ongoing inflationary pressures, with global growth assets generally under pressure.The cryptocurrency market has also pulled back, with BTC down 14.4% for the week and ETH down 15.7%. The total market capitalization of cryptocurrencies has decreased by 12.5%, and market sentiment has dropped to the "extreme fear" range. In terms of capital flow, the spot BTC ETF saw a net outflow of $1.72 billion in a single week, setting a record for the largest weekly outflow in history; the spot ETH ETF experienced a net outflow of $168.2 million during the same period, indicating that institutional funds are becoming more cautious in the short term.In terms of industry development, Mastercard announced the expansion of stablecoin settlement applications in its global payment network, supporting various compliant stablecoins for round-the-clock settlements in payment scenarios, further promoting the integration of stablecoins into mainstream financial infrastructure.In terms of investment and financing, three financing transactions were disclosed last week, with the infrastructure sector continuing to dominate. Among them, the digital asset derivatives infrastructure project SignalPlus completed a $50 million financing, demonstrating that market funds are still focused on underlying infrastructure and long-term application scenario development.Overall, the market is temporarily disturbed by macro factors, but stablecoin payments and infrastructure development remain important directions for industry growth.

According to Nikkei News, Japan's three major banks plan to jointly issue a stablecoin pegged to fiat currency within the fiscal year 2026, and have established a consultation mechanism to promote the application and operational design in real transaction scenarios. Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, Mizuho Bank, and Mitsubishi UFJ Bank are expected to soon sign a basic agreement. Since November 2025, the three banks have been conducting joint empirical experiments under the guidance of the Financial Services Agency (FSA) in Japan to prepare for the joint issuance of the stablecoin. In the future, this consultation committee will continue to promote the practical application and commercialization design of the stablecoin in conjunction with relevant laws and regulations and market development trends.

According to Jinshi reports, the President of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, Yu Weimen, stated in a media interview that Anchor Technology is expected to launch a stablecoin by mid-year and will begin trial use in a few weeks.HSBC is expected to launch a stablecoin in the third to fourth quarter of this year, with different application scenarios; Anchor Technology focuses on cross-border payments, while HSBC emphasizes retail payment scenarios. Yu Weimen emphasized that Hong Kong will continue to attract global capital inflows.

The institutional-level digital asset custody platform Zodia Custody announced that it has obtained a payment institution license issued by the Luxembourg financial regulator CSSF (Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier), allowing it to compliantly provide electronic money token (EMT, i.e., stablecoin) custody and transfer services across the EU.Zodia Custody stated that this approval is a further expansion based on its already obtained MiCA license, which will enhance its digital asset service capabilities for institutional clients. The company believes that as the application of stablecoins in payment settlement, liquidity management, and corporate fund operations continues to grow, the ability to custody and transfer stablecoins will become a core configuration for digital asset infrastructure providers.Founded in 2020, Zodia Custody focuses on the institutional client market, with shareholders including Standard Chartered Bank, Northern Trust, SBI Holdings, Emirates NBD, and National Australia Bank. Following the approval of the Luxembourg license, Zodia Custody has obtained relevant regulatory licenses in multiple jurisdictions, including the UK, UAE, Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia, and the EU.

According to CoinDesk, Cardless and Coinbase have jointly launched a credit card backed by stablecoins, aimed at users who cannot obtain credit cards through traditional channels but hold digital assets. Applicants must use a portion of their USDC holdings as collateral, while still being able to earn yields on their staked assets, and pay a fee of $49.99 to gain access to the card.Michael Spelfogel, co-founder of Cardless, stated that applicants come from different credit score ranges, with some believing in cryptocurrency but just starting to accumulate wealth. This product continues the previous collaboration between the two parties, with the previously launched Coinbase-branded American Express card offering up to 4% Bitcoin cashback.

According to PYMNTS, the comment period for the implementation rules of the GENIUS Act by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) ended on June 9. The proposal clearly states that payment stablecoins themselves do not qualify as deposits insured by the FDIC, and stablecoin holders do not enjoy pass-through deposit insurance. Industry feedback indicates significant disagreements in the payment sector.Traditional institutions such as banks strongly oppose incentives like yields, rewards, or cashback offered by stablecoins, arguing that this would attract deposits away from banks, harming local lending capacity, and calling for a clear prohibition on any form of compensation within the stablecoin ecosystem; the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) technical committee suggested that the FDIC require the adoption of machine-readable reporting formats and Legal Entity Identifiers (LEI) to enhance transparency, regulatory information sharing, and data quality.

HSBC Global Custody Products General Manager Gu Zhongyi stated that the plan considers offering non-HKD denominated stablecoins, which are expected to optimize cross-border transfer services in Hong Kong and other regions once implemented; at the same time, HSBC is also considering integrating other regulated stablecoins in Hong Kong.Gu Zhongyi added that HSBC plans to launch HKD stablecoins as early as the second half of the year. The issued stablecoins will be integrated into the investment and payment processes within its own app, supporting investment in tokenized assets.

According to Forbes, although the trading volume of stablecoins has exceeded $1 trillion in the past year, most activities are still concentrated in the crypto-native space (trading, arbitrage, and inter-protocol settlement), with limited applications in everyday commercial payments. WasabiCard CEO Ray Yang pointed out that the transfer of funds is no longer the core issue; licensing, compliance, risk management, and banking capabilities are the key foundations for achieving widespread adoption.Forbes noted that while stablecoin settlement can significantly enhance cross-border payment efficiency, each market has different compliance standards, licensing requirements, and banking relationships, making the construction of localized compliance in each market both slow and expensive, which contradicts the instant global settlement that stablecoins advocate. Currently, the stablecoin market has surpassed $320 billion, and industry discussions are shifting from whether stablecoins can replace existing networks to how they can be integrated into existing networks.Forbes believes that the challenge of the last decade was to get funds flowing, while the challenge of this decade is to ensure that global payments operate in compliance and at scale within a fragmented regulatory environment.

Although the market is currently generally concerned that the buying strength of Strategy may decline, there are two rules that are always important in the cryptocurrency market: follow the trend and follow the flow of funds. When liquidity reverses, it usually means that the market environment is switching, and the risk of prematurely bottom-fishing is extremely high. During this bull market, the monthly changes in stablecoin supply had previously remained positive, but the market is currently experiencing a second round of stablecoin outflows.In the past 30 days, the net outflow has reached approximately 5 to 6 billion dollars. The slowdown in capital inflow combined with rising volatility has significantly weakened the liquidity environment's support for the market. This not only puts pressure on crypto assets but also affects stablecoin issuers. Therefore, the current period of consolidation may continue until the flow of funds recovers.

Regarding BTC briefly dropping below $60,000, Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong stated on the X platform, "Many people still believe or feel that a drop in Bitcoin means a drop in cryptocurrency. However, derivatives, perpetual contracts, stablecoins, prediction markets, and more are all on the rise.Cryptocurrency involves various fields of finance, and now it covers a broader scope than Bitcoin. It will take some time for people to truly understand this. Of course, Bitcoin will perform excellently in the future and will remain as important as ever; this is just one of the many cycles we are experiencing."

According to Bloomberg, the U.S. government is betting that stablecoins issued by private entities like Tether, pegged to the U.S. dollar, will expand to a scale of about $3 trillion in the coming years to support the international dominance of the dollar and absorb more demand for U.S. Treasury bonds.However, the article points out that the current mainstream stablecoin issuers are concentrated in Tether, which has questionable compliance and anti-money laundering practices in its registered location. In the event of a run or smart contract failure, this could impact the large amounts of U.S. Treasury assets it holds and disrupt global payments and settlements. The European Central Bank is advancing the use of central bank digital currencies and "tokenized euros" to support atomic settlements, in order to avoid being locked into critical financial infrastructure by U.S. private dollar tokens.

According to Bloomberg, the U.S. government is betting that stablecoins issued by private entities like Tether, pegged to the U.S. dollar, will expand to about $3 trillion in the coming years to support the international dominance of the dollar and absorb more demand for U.S. Treasury bonds.However, the article points out that the current mainstream stablecoin issuers are concentrated in Tether, which has questionable compliance and anti-money laundering practices in its registered location. In the event of a run or smart contract failure, this could impact the large amount of U.S. Treasury assets it holds and disrupt global payments and settlements. The European Central Bank is promoting the use of central bank digital currencies and "tokenized euros" to support atomic settlements, in order to avoid being locked into U.S. private dollar tokens on critical financial infrastructure.

According to CoinDesk, the U.S. House Financial Services Committee held a hearing on stablecoin regulation and the bank charter application of World Liberty Financial (WLFI). Acting Comptroller of the Currency Jonathan Gould denied any "endorsement" from Trump, pointing out that the only political pressure his agency faces comes from Democratic lawmakers, not Trump. Democrats questioned the compliance of WLFI's bank charter application, citing its connections to foreign investors and alleged regulatory violations involving entities such as Binance.Additionally, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) Chairman Travis Hill stated that new rules requiring stablecoin issuers to establish customer identification programs will be proposed soon. Federal Reserve Vice Chair for Supervision Michelle Bowman provided clarification regarding the approval of a master account for the cryptocurrency exchange Kraken, emphasizing that the account has limited authority and an initial term of 12 months, during which close monitoring will occur to gather experience for formal rulemaking.

According to The Block, blockchain analytics company Chainalysis has released a latest report indicating that as the gray market peptide industry scales surpasses an annualized $100 million, leading suppliers are accelerating the adoption of Bitcoin and stablecoins as primary settlement tools.In Q1 2026, cryptocurrency inflows into the industry reached $32 million, a month-on-month surge of 159%. Due to traditional banks and credit card payment channels generally imposing bans on prescription-grade compounds and unregulated substances, a large number of Chinese chemical manufacturers are turning to cryptocurrency to complete transactions, with high-value orders particularly favoring stablecoins to avoid price volatility risks.

According to The Wall Street Journal, several large banks in the United States plan to launch a tokenized deposit network next year, aimed at addressing the threat posed by stablecoins and cryptocurrency companies that have accelerated their penetration into traditional banking with the support of the Trump administration.The network will connect traditional payment rails with digital asset infrastructure, operated by the real-time payment network company Clearing House, which is jointly owned by several major banks, including JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Citigroup, and Wells Fargo.

According to the latest on-chain data, in May, the total market value of TRON stablecoins exceeded 90 billion USD, with a month-on-month growth of 3.63%; monthly revenue reached 32.23 million USD, with a month-on-month growth of 5.6%. Meanwhile, TRON's on-chain transfer data remains impressive, reflecting the vibrancy of the on-chain economy. In the face of massive stablecoin liquidity, an efficient lending and yield hub is becoming a necessity.According to the JUST weekly report data on June 2, the total TVL of the JUST ecosystem has reached 11.08 billion USD, accounting for over 40.25% of the market share in the TRON DeFi sector, continuously providing users with diversified services such as stablecoin savings, collateralized lending, and energy leasing. In addition, the JST buyback and burn mechanism is also operating steadily, injecting the protocol's real earnings into the governance token's deflationary flywheel, allowing the dividends of ecological growth to be genuinely returned to every holder.

Aleo released the privacy stablecoin white paper "Stablecoin Privacy," stating that the privacy layer is the key infrastructure missing for blockchain payment rails to be adopted by mainstream institutions. Aleo indicated that as the GENIUS Act provides opportunities for the widespread adoption of stablecoins, the issue of permanently public transaction information on public blockchains may still hinder institutions from using stablecoins in scenarios such as payroll, fund management, and vendor payments.Aleo claims that existing solutions do not adequately meet the needs of institutions in terms of privacy protection and risk management. The white paper proposes a permissionless private stablecoin architecture based on Aleo, which introduces programmable risk mitigation mechanisms while protecting transaction privacy through zero-knowledge technology and programmable smart contracts, allowing institutions to conduct private transactions without sacrificing compliance and risk control.It is reported that the team members behind this white paper have long been dedicated to research at the intersection of cryptography, policy, and financial systems. Aleo's Global Policy Director Yaya J. Fanusie, member of the Crypto Innovation Council and former Global Financial Crimes Compliance Officer at Coinbase Valerie-Leila Jaber, and cryptographer and Johns Hopkins University Computer Science Professor Matthew Green possess rare practical experience in private payments, financial regulation, and zero-knowledge cryptography.

The stablecoin apxUSD, issued by the Apyx protocol and primarily collateralized by Strategy preferred stock STRC, briefly depegged during the time Bitcoin fell below $63,000, dropping to a low of $0.93. Apyx stated that this fluctuation was not a vulnerability but rather an expected performance of the preferred stock collateralized stablecoin. Since the reserve assets of apxUSD are mainly composed of STRC preferred stock with a face value of $100, when STRC falls below its face value in the secondary market, the market value of the reserve assets will decrease, leading to price fluctuations in the stablecoin.The protocol claims that its stability mechanism includes over-collateralization, a dividend adjustment mechanism, and cash and short-term U.S. Treasury reserves as a buffer. Data shows that since last August, STRC has fallen below its face value four times, but has ultimately returned to $100 each time. In response to market concerns about a chain liquidation in the Morpho lending market, Apyx stated that its core apyUSD/apxUSD market primarily relies on the accumulation of dividend income rather than the spot price of STRC, so related fluctuations will not trigger large-scale liquidations.