U. S.-based crypto exchange Coinbase will roll out a modern financial platform, Coinbase Business, later this year, helping businesses integrate crypto and stablecoin payments into everyday operations, as announced on October 0 allows small-to-medium-sized businesses (SMBs) and startups to send and receive stablecoins such as Circle-issued USD Coin (USDC), manage crypto assets, and automate financial workflows through a single interface, with low fees, no chargebacks, and integrated 1 can also earn up to 4.1% APY on idle USDC funds and grow their capital while retaining 2 platform is designed as a ‘ crypto operating account ,’ with multi-user access and integrations with accounting tools such as QuickBooks and Xero via CoinTracker and Crypto Tax 3 plans to integrate with e-commerce 4 an early rollout, the payments suite will be linked with Shopify to allow merchants and retailers to adopt USDC 5 crypto into the existing web of commerce seems like a goal within reach, subtly and 6 are a core part of that 7 CEO Brian Armstrong recently tweeted: In 10 years, many more people will use crypto, but they may not know they're using 8 only need to feel the benefits, not understand the systems behind 9 best tech is often invisible. — Brian Armstrong (@brian_armstrong) October 16, 2025 Overview of global stablecoin landscape The global stablecoin sector has reached a market capitalization of $316 billion as of October 17.
Tether’s USDT and Circle’s USDC continue to dominate the arena with $181.54 billion and $75.68 billion in circulation, 10 H1 2025, on-chain stablecoin transaction volume surpassed $8.9 11 to a CoinGate report , in H1 2025, USDT dominated 24.8% of crypto transactions, while BTC was the preferred option for 23.3% and its rival USDC was 9.3%. Data from Fireblocks’ report suggests that stablecoin payments are gaining traction, with 49% of users actively using them, 23% in pilot testing, and 18% planning adoption, while 10% remains undecided.
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