Rain Seeks US Trust Bank Charter for Stablecoin Issuance
Rain is seeking a US trust bank charter for a subsidiary that would issue stablecoins, hold client assets and manage reserves. It would not accept deposits or make commercial loans.
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Oct 6 · 3 of 12 shownThis issue is led by stablecoins: Ether.fi's Ethena-powered dollar, Arbitrum's USDG adoption, Rain's trust charter bid and Aave proposals for GHO and OUSD. Sky governance posts on stUSDS automation and Spark deployments fill out the middle, with regulatory items on Roman Storm and a CFTC leveraged-trading proposal. The Arbitrum and Aave GHO pieces are the most worth reading.
Ether.fi Announces Dollar Stablecoin Powered by Ethena
Ether.fi announced a dollar stablecoin powered by Ethena, which will handle reserves, minting, redemptions and compliance. The platform reports more than $300 million in existing stablecoin balances.
Arbitrum Adopts Paxos' USDG as Its Ecosystem Dollar
Arbitrum adopted Paxos' USDG as its ecosystem dollar, live on Arbitrum One with Fluid, Morpho, GMX, Maple and Kraken behind it. A same-day proposal asks ArbitrumDAO to add 100 million ARB to an incentive program that still has about 63.7 million ARB unspent.
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