[ ZOOMER ] OPENUSD - BACKED BY COINBASE, MASTERCARD, SHOPIFY, STRIPE, AND VISA - WENT LIVE ON WEDNESDAY, LAUNCHING ON SOLANA, BASE, AND TEMPO - THE FIVE FOUNDING PARTNERS HAVE CONTRIBUTED $1B FOR LIQUIDITY AND WILL HOLD AND USE OUSD IN THEIR COMPANIES: COINDESK

Cardano has a path into the biggest stablecoin alliance in crypto The @Cardano_CF says it is exploring integration with OpenUSD, the 140-company stablecoin consortium backed by Visa, Mastercard, BlackRock, and Stripe. Its bridge is @brale_xyz, an OpenUSD launch partner that already works with the Foundation on compliant native stablecoin issuance. The Foundation says more integration options are being explored, with details to come. OpenUSD is expected to launch in late 2026. $ADA

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Founder at MIT Cryptoeconomics Lab, @ccatalini, on Tokenized with cohosts ⁣@sytaylor and @cuysheffield said the real test for OpenUSD isn't the crypto-forward fintechs, it's whether a G-SIB walks away from its own stablecoin plans to use it instead.⁣ ⁣ "I don't doubt that even given the initial set of partners, OpenUSD can do really well in the forward looking fintechs that are building wallets, new infrastructure and products and services."⁣ ⁣ "Can OpenUSD essentially convince them that, like, why bother? This is already the right structure."⁣ ⁣ "Is it neutral enough? Or do you worry about the influence of Stripe or Coinbase or Mastercard and Visa in the mix."⁣ ⁣ "This consortium can get together effectively and ship wonderful product experiences, people will gravitate towards it, and the economic design is the right one."⁣ ⁣ "It's very similar to what we had in Libra. A few months into the process, there were already discussions between different members that have conflicting incentives."⁣ ⁣ "That would be ultimate victory for this standard if you can convince banks to peel off and start using it."⁣ ⁣ At least one effort with 21 or more institutions is already trying to build a bank-owned alternative.⁣ ⁣ 🎙 Listen to the latest episode on Tokenizedpod(dot)com

Founder, @MIT Cryptoeconomics Lab, @ccatalini on Tokenized with cohosts @sytaylor and @cuysheffield said that OpenUSD has two very different paths to success, and the tension between them hasn't surfaced yet.⁣ ⁣ "One is it becomes kind of a Linux foundation for open standards around money movement, and the asset is kind of the forcing function for standards on merchant payments, on delivery versus payment."⁣ ⁣ "The other one is probably the most ambitious one, which is it becomes like a Visa like entity that many years after, it's its own very profitable business, its own network."⁣ ⁣ "I could imagine some funding members would prefer one or the other depending on where they sit in the stack, and I think that's the ultimate tension that at some point will materialize."⁣ ⁣ "Maybe it doesn't matter. Right? So maybe if you bring use cases to market early on, you get adoption, and then the thing solves itself."⁣ ⁣ A neutral standard and a profitable network pull in opposite directions, and early adoption may decide which one wins before the members do.⁣ ⁣ 🎙 Listen to the latest episode on Tokenizedpod(dot)com

"Moving towards something that will be open, where everyone can participate." @anthonysoohoo explains why @MoneyGram joined @openstandard and what OpenUSD could mean for the future of global money movement. via @onthegroundpod

WEEKLY ROLLUP: Robinhood, Stripe & BlackRock Just Went Onchain Crypto looks bullish again, but the receipts are complicated. @TrustlessState and @RyanSAdams unpack OpenUSD’s USDC threat, Robinhood Chain’s tokenized stocks, Saylor’s hedge-fund pivot, Venice’s token dilemma, Cloudflare’s stablecoin payments, and Trump’s $1.4B crypto haul. [TIMESTAMPS] 0:00 Intro 2:37 Market Bounce + Fed Watch - @KillaXBT - @Geiger_Capital 8:37 Strategy’s Digital Credit Capital Framework - @saylor - @Strategy 16:37 The Rise of Robinhood Chain - @RobinhoodApp - @charliekerr - @EntropyAdvisors - @trent_vanepps - @Lighter_xyz 26:10 Venice AI Becomes a Unicorn - @ErikVoorhees - @MikeIppolito_ - @ChainLinkGod - @CosimoCapital 35:07 OpenUSD vs USDC - @stripe - @jerallaire - @lorenzoark - @HadickM - @koeppelmann - @paoloardoino 46:10 Ethereum Institutional Launches - @ethereuminsti - @fundstrat - @Sharplink - @ethlabs_org 49:03 Trump’s $1.4B Crypto Disclosure - @aggrnews - @AC360 - @business 54:28 @Solana Memecoin Revival - @TrustlessState - @Adam_Tehc 59:20 Cloudflare x402 Stablecoin Payments 1:02:08 Meme of the Week - @pubity - @FoxNews - @RidazLp2 1:03:35 Closing & Disclosures