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The project, supported by Visa, Mastercard and many crypto companies, could be in a position to challenge Tether’s USDT and Circle’s USDC, currently the two largest stablecoins by market capitalization. More than 140 companies have signed onto a US dollar-pegged stablecoin project that allows them to “receive all of the earnings” from its reserves. In a Tuesday notice, Open Standard said it was launching the Open USD (OUSD) stablecoin, a US dollar-pegged coin supported by financial companies including Visa and Mastercard, as well as crypto companies Coinbase, Ripple, OKX and Bybit. The project will allow businesses to mint OUSD “at no cost and with no artificial limits on volume,” and keep earnings from the coin’s reserves. “When Visa, Stripe, Mastercard, Coinbase and Google coordinate on a new stablecoin, the signal is unmistakable,” said Rhino.fi co-founder and CEO Will Harborne. “Open USD is the first launch with a real chance to win share from USDT and USDC, because reserve revenue flows back to everyone ...

World Liberty Financial’s WLFI token is facing renewed scrutiny as the Donald Trump family-backed crypto project tries to rebuild demand and confidence after its recent slide to an all-time low. World Liberty Financial has responded with WLFI token burns, exchange integrations, and rewards programs tied to its USD1 stablecoin, a campaign aimed at restoring activity […] The post World Liberty Financial rebound gives dormant WLFI holders an exit as AI Financial warns of survival risk appeared first on CryptoSlate.

AI Financial Corp. posted a net loss of $271.5 million in the first quarter of 2026 as it flagged significant doubt about its ability to continue operating for the next 12 months. AI Financial Corp., a World Liberty Financial token treasury company, said its working capital deficit and liabilities are casting significant doubt on its ability to continue over the next year.  The company, which has World Liberty CEO Zach Witkoff as its chairman, reported a net loss of $271.5 million in its first-quarter results on Monday, compared to losses of $2.4 million a year ago. The firm, formerly known as ALT5 Sigma, said that as of March 28, it had a working capital deficit of around $5.5 million, with $39.1 million in liabilities against $32.2 million in assets. Read more

The parent company of South Korea’s largest bank completed a stablecoin payment pilot ahead of the country's proposed digital asset framework. KB Financial Group, the parent company of South Korea's largest bank, KB Kookmin, completed a stablecoin pilot for offline payments and cross-border remittances through the Kaia blockchain. KB tested the lifecycle of a South Korean won-denominated stablecoin, including issuance, merchant settlement and remittances, with Kaia, electronic payments company KG Inicis and fintech firm OpenAsset, local outlet Yonhap reported. The stablecoin pilot adds to the growing list of legacy financial institutions in South Korea experimenting with stablecoins. In late April, one of the nation's largest credit card providers, Shinhan Card, signed a memorandum of understanding with the Solana Foundation to test stablecoin payments. Read more

Younger, wealthier Americans seem to be rewriting the house rules of wealth management. They like broad equity indices. They park cash in T-bills. They still buy real estate and private deals. But they also expect to see Bitcoin, Ethereum, and a handful of other digital assets on the same dashboard as everything else. For them, crypto is a normal […] The post Financial advisors who ignore Bitcoin ditched by young wealthy Americans appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Financial advisors should be recommending clients to allocate between 10% to 40% of their portfolio to crypto, influential investment manager Ric Edelman told CNBC on Friday. According to Edelman, founder of the Digital Assets Council of Financial Professionals, the percentage of allocation to crypto should be decided based on the client’s risk appetite. Therefore, he […] The post Financial advisor Ric Edelman says crypto should make up 10-40% of a portfolio appeared first on CryptoSlate.