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Tether-linked gold royalty firm, Elemental, plans to pay dividends in tokenized gold.

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Industry news

Stripe-Owned Bridge Wins Conditional U.S. Bank Charter To Issue And Manage Stablecoins
https://decrypt.co/358355/stripe-owned-bridge-national-bank-trust-charter-stablecoin-offerings

Analysis

Regulated Stablecoins and USDC Positioned as Foundations of a New “Internet Financial System,” Circle Report Says
https://www.circle.com/reports/internet-financial-system

Global Stablecoin Supply Nears $300 Billion As Adoption And Everyday Use Accelerate
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/stablecoin-supply-nears-300b-users-093718178.html

Fintech Analyst Simon Taylor Shares Commentary on Stablecoin Trends and Industry Developments

Simon Taylor@sytaylor

🚨 JUST IN: 77% of crypto holders would move their stablecoins to a bank. Exchanges built this market. Consumers might not stay there --- New data from BVNK, Coinbase, and Artemis — 4,600+ crypto holders surveyed across 15 countries. Today 46% manage stablecoins on exchanges.

2:25 PM · Feb 17, 2026 · 5.02K Views

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Tokenized gold

Tether Announces Historic First Gold Dividend Distribution Enabled By Tokenized Gold XAUT
https://tether.io/news/tether-gold-xaut-enables-historic-first-ever-gold-dividend-distribution-by-a-public-gold-company/

Elemental, the Precious-Metals Royalties Company That Tether Bought Into, Begins Paying Dividends in Tokenized Gold Using Tether’s XAUT
https://decrypt.co/358356/precious-metals-royalties-firm-dividends-tether-tokenized-gold

Collateral & Funding

Circle Sees Increased Use of Stablecoins in Collateral Funding Markets

The Peg@cashequivalence

New Circle report claims USDC is being used as collateral by major financial institutions in core funding operations, which are shifting towards intraday norms. "Repo markets are also beginning to shift. Major financial institutions have now completed transactions borrowing USDC

8:37 AM · Feb 18, 2026 · 2 Views

Events

The RWA & Stablecoins London Summit Takes Place Next Week With Focus on How Tokenized Assets and Stablecoin Infrastructure Are Reshaping Global Finance
https://stg-3.com/event/rwa-stablecoins-ldn-2026/

Academia

Academic Study Says Stablecoins Can Reshape Banking Balance Sheets, Risk Profiles, and Financial-Stability Dynamics
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jmcb.70035?af=R