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More than 140 companies, including Stripe, Coinbase, Visa and BlackRock, backed Open USD, a consortium stablecoin with fee-free minting that returns reserve income to partners. Circle shares fell more than 17% to a four-month low.
Stablecoin supply fell $7.7 billion in June to about $312 billion, the first monthly contraction in five months, while adjusted transfer volume set a record $1.79 trillion. Supply down and usage up is the month's central puzzle.
The Bank of England capped any systemic sterling stablecoin at ยฃ40 billion in issue, dropping its proposed per-holder limits. Feedback closes 22 September.
