Stablecoin

US lawmakers are set to deepen work on cryptocurrency taxation as the House Ways and Means Committee prepares a June 9 hearing on seven draft proposals. The package would update tax treatment for areas including stablecoin payments, staking rewards, mining income, and methods for calculating gains and losses, with one draft proposing a capital-gains exemption for regulated dollar-backed stablecoin transactions under $200.

Stablecoin capitalization on the XRP Ledger (XRPL) has grown to roughly $762 million, including a 22% increase in recent weeks, after spending much of 2025 below $100 million. The expansion has been driven largely by Ripple USD (RLUSD), a shift that could support higher on-ledger settlement liquidity and potentially lift network usage if supply keeps rising.

Iran is reported to be collecting about $1.5 million to $2 million per ship for passage through the Strait of Hormuz, with some payments allegedly settled in Tether's USDT rather than cash or barter. A parliament member said the proceeds are deposited into the treasury under the budget law and spent in designated areas. U.S. OFAC has cautioned maritime firms that digital-asset payments connected to Iranian blocked entities could expose them to secondary sanctions.

Coinbase said earlier this week it rolled out pre-IPO perpetual futures, launching first with a SpaceX-linked contract for eligible users outside the United States. The product lets traders take long or short exposure to SpaceX's implied valuation with P&L settled in USDC, and Coinbase says positions will convert into a standard SpaceX perpetual contract if the company later completes an IPO.

Circle minted an additional $500 million USDC on Solana, helping push the network's stablecoin market cap toward its $16 billion peak and bringing more than $370 million in weekly inflows. Despite USDC making up over 51% of Solana's stablecoin liquidity and Solana seeing a near 6% weekly supply increase, SOL has slid to multi-month lows and the SOL/ETH ratio fell nearly 3% this week.

On 7 June 2026, blockchain investigator ZachXBT warned that JuCoin users have reported withdrawal problems over the past week. He also highlighted concerns around the exchange's reported $511 million reserves and opaque ownership, while JuCoin said delays are tied to upgrades and restructuring.

A rare market-cap reversal saw Tether (USDT) edge above Ethereum (ETH) for the first time in nearly eight years, with ETH near $185 billion versus USDT around $187 billion. Over less than 21 days, the stablecoin sector shrank by more than $7 billion and roughly $400 billion was pulled from the broader crypto market, alongside ETH DeFi TVL sliding to $36 billion. The setup is being framed as a risk-off phase where liquidity and utility are favored, fueling talk that 2026 could resemble a “stablecoin season.”

The U.S. GENIUS Act, enacted on July 18, 2025, establishes federal requirements for payment stablecoins and sets two key dates: June 9, 2026 for public comments on the joint FinCEN-OFAC AML proposal, and July 18, 2026 when implementing rules fully take effect. It limits issuance to licensed entities with reserves held only in cash, insured deposits, and short-dated U.S. Treasuries, while banning issuer-paid interest to holders. The law's rollout matters globally as stablecoins exceed $240 billion in supply, with USDT and USDC dominating market share.

On June 7, 2026, Senator Cynthia Lummis said that if Congress fails to pass the CLARITY Act this year, the US could remain without comprehensive crypto legislation until 2030. The bill would set clearer SEC–CFTC oversight lines and add decentralization criteria for when certain networks can shift away from securities treatment. Analysts and industry figures say continued delays could keep institutions cautious and push activity toward jurisdictions with more defined rules.

On 7 June 2026 at 11:02, Robert Kiyosaki said on the Rich Dad Radio Show that institutions have already shifted from resisting crypto to building ways to use and control it. He argued Bitcoin "proved the idea," but stablecoins are the bigger infrastructure play because their reserves often sit in U.S. Treasury bonds, making issuers indirect buyers of government debt.