Capital Controls Shape Stablecoin Access
States with capital controls will keep shutting informal dollar-stablecoin on-ramps while licensing regimes channel crypto into supervised banks, so access to dollar stablecoins increasingly depends on state-approved intermediaries.
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Alipay, China's largest payment network, disowned a peer-to-peer service selling USDC for yuan that had processed about $7,094 across 107 trades. Meanwhile Brazil's Itaú registered as a licensed crypto custodian as Brazil closes its licensing window. Both moves point the same way: informal on-ramps shut and access channeled through supervised banks.
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Supporting · October 29, 2026
Alipay Disowns a Peer-to-Peer Service Selling USDC for Yuan, While Brazil's Itaú Registers as a Licensed Crypto Custodian
Alipay, China's largest payment network, disowned a peer-to-peer service selling USDC for yuan that had processed about $7,094 across 107 trades. Meanwhile Brazil's Itaú registered as a licensed crypto custodian as Brazil closes its licensing window. Both moves point the same way: informal on-ramps shut and access channeled through supervised banks.
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