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There’s a stablecoin you’ve probably never heard of that has quietly become one of the most geopolitically significant tokens in crypto. A7A5, a ruble-backed stablecoin launched in January 2025, has processed over $100 billion in on-chain transactions in less than a year. And now it says it can thrive even if the sanctions it was designed to circumvent disappear entirely. That’s a bold claim for a token that just got hit by the US Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control, the EU, and the UK in rapid succession. But A7A5’s pitch to Russian businesses has shifted: it’s no longer just about dodging Western restrictions. It’s positioning itself as permanent infrastructure for non-dollar trade settlement. From sanctions workaround to trade backbone A7A5 was built to solve a very practical problem: Russian companies couldn’t move money across borders efficiently because most interna
Binance stablecoin netflow flipped to over $1.5B positive on May 14, led by ERC20 USDT, reversing days of heavy outflows including a $1.3B bleed on May 12. Something shifted on Binance around May 14. It didn’t announce itself loudly. The chart just flipped green. Stablecoin netflows on the exchange topped $1.5 billion for the day, […]
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A7A5's success suggests sanctioned economies might adopt similar stablecoin models to bypass international financial restrictions.
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A7A5's evolution highlights stablecoins' potential as geopolitical tools, challenging traditional banking and dollar dominance in global trade.
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Crypto News A US law firm has escalated its campaign to redirect frozen blockchain-based assets toward unrelated legal judgments, filing a new motion Thursday demanding Tether hand over more than $344 million in USDt linked to Iranian entities. Gerstein Harrow LLP claims its clients are owed over $532 million in compensatory damages and $1.8 billion in punitive damages tied to acts attributed to Iran stretching back 25 years. The filing extends a broader strategy targeting digital assets frozen following sanctions enforcement or exchange exploits. Onchain investigator ZachXBT publicly criticized the firm’s tactics, arguing such filings displace rightful claims of hack victims and delay legitimate restitution efforts already underway in the industry. Myanmar’s military government has unveiled one of the harshest anti-fraud frameworks in the world
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Key Takeaways Tether added $68.2M as USDT held 58.67% of the $323.3B stablecoin market. Sky’s USDS jumped 11.5% to $8.79B, closing in on the $10B milestone. Western Union’s USDPT spiked 597,568%, though its market cap remains just $1.5M. Tether Commands 58.67% of Stablecoin Market; Western Union USDPT Rises 597,568% Tether’s USDT remains the dominant force in the stablecoin sector by a wide margin, holding a market capitalization of $189.7 billion this weekend after adding $68.2 million since May 9. Circle’s USDC moved in the opposite direction this past week, shedding 1.22% of its market capitalization, or slightly more than $950 million. USDC’s market cap stands today at $77.068 billion, a 1.98% decline since April 16. Sky’s USDS posted one of the week’s strongest performances as the third-largest stablecoin expanded by 11.50%, drawing in roughly $
The stablecoin sector climbed to a fresh zenith of $323.343 billion during the last seven days as $1.542 billion entered the market. Tether posted a modest 0.04% gain while maintaining market dominance near 58.67%. Tether Commands 58.67% of Stablecoin Market; Western Union USDPT Rises 597,568% Tether’s USDT remains the dominant force in the stablecoin sector […]
A Jerusalem family that lost relatives in a 1997 Hamas suicide bombing is among the plaintiffs pushing a US federal court to order Tether to hand over hundreds of millions in frozen digital currency. The case, filed in Manhattan, could set a significant legal precedent for how courts treat centralized stablecoin issuers. Related Reading: Crypto […]
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The Trump family-linked stablecoin World Liberty Financial USD [USD1] has scored a major scaling milestone on the Binance exchange. On Thursday, the exchange announced that it will launch the BTC/USD1 pair in its Futures section from the 18th of May. According to Binance, the move would – Expand the list of trading choices and enhance users’ trading experience. Notably, this will be the first time WLFI’s USD1 is used as a direct settlement on the platform. Previously, it was only a secondary collateral option, meaning traders who held USD1 could only use it to borrow USDT. Now, profits, losses, and even Funding Rates will all be realized in USD1, just like typical USDT trade pairs. Commenting on the update, Zach Witkoff, WLFI CEO, said, Major milestone for $USD1 and the future of onchain markets. The launch of the USD1/BTC perpetual pair on Binance is another step t
