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Stablecoin supply rises for a sixth week as a bank moves a fund onchain

The week in five sentences. Read only this and you are caught up. Example

Dollar stablecoins in circulation grew for a sixth week in a row, to $268.4 billion.
Fennick Bank moved the share register of its money-market fund onchain for institutional clients.
Errand, a shopping agent, said it settled 40,000 merchant payments in stablecoins last month. We could not verify the figure yet.
A draft rule on stablecoin reserves opened for comment, with replies due in six weeks.
Bitcoin closed the week up 2.1% in quiet trading, with no single story behind the move.

The boardExample

Week to Fri	Close	Chg
BTC	61,240	+2.1%
ETH	2,412	−0.8%
SOL	141.20	+4.6%
Stablecoins	$268.4B	+0.9%
Coinbase		+3.2%
Robinhood		+1.4%
Strategy		+5.0%
Circle		−2.3%
Block		+0.6%
PayPal		−0.4%

Biggest mover: SOL, +4.6%. Tallyhand, a payroll firm, said it will pay contractors in dollar stablecoins on Solana. Source: Tallyhand statement. All names and figures are examples.