Stablecoin

TRON-related updates dated March 5–21 include Justin Sun's $10M SEC settlement, TRON DAO's March 17 entry into Mastercard's Crypto Partner Program, and reported network revenue topping $1M per day. TRX traded near $0.317, about 26% below its $0.43 December 2024 high, while holding a multi-month $0.27–$0.35 range. Analyst Crypto Patel pointed to a six-year ascending support line and outlined bullish targets if $0.25–$0.30 support remains intact.

Resolv’s dollar-pegged USR stablecoin depegged after an exploit let an attacker mint about 80 million unbacked USR and pull roughly $25 million. USR fell to $0.025 on Curve and later rebounded to around $0.85, while the attacker accumulated 11,409 ETH worth about $23.7 million and another address held about $1.1 million in wstUSR. Resolv Labs said it paused all protocol functions and that its collateral pool remains fully intact with no underlying assets lost.

Japan’s Financial Services Agency is considering moving XRP, BTC and 104 other crypto assets under "financial instruments" rules by 2027, while an influencer warned the change is only proposed and not in force yet. Separately, Resolv Labs reported a $25 million exploit tied to a 200,000 USDC trade that drove USR about 80% off its peg, as roughly 120 billion SHIB moved off centralized exchanges amid a 111% jump in $100K+ holder activity.

Resolv Labs said its collateral pool remained fully intact after a Sunday exploit disrupted USR’s issuance mechanism and knocked the stablecoin off its peg. The attacker minted 80 million unbacked USR, sending the price as low as $0.14 before it rebounded to $0.42 at the time of writing. Several DeFi protocols moved to limit exposure, while onchain tracking suggested most of the proceeds were swapped into ETH.

PayPal said Tuesday it will expand its dollar-backed stablecoin, PayPal USD (PYUSD), to 70 global markets to enable cross-border buying, holding and transfers with faster settlement and lower costs. The rollout spans Asia-Pacific, Europe and Latin America, including the United Kingdom, Singapore and the United States, and PayPal said PYUSD has surpassed $4 billion in circulation.

Crypto venture investors put $1.20 billion into 18 projects during March 16–20, 2026, highlighted by Kalshi's $1 billion raise at a $22 billion valuation and Bluesky's disclosed $100 million Series B. Over the same week, corporate treasuries allocated more than $1.83 billion to Bitcoin, led by Strategy's purchase of 22,337 BTC for roughly $1.57 billion. The period also featured major consolidation moves, including Mastercard's $1.8 billion agreement to acquire BVNK to expand stablecoin payment infrastructure.

USR, a USD-pegged stablecoin tied to the Resolv platform, sharply depegged and fell to as low as $0.40 after an exploit. The attacker allegedly minted about 50 million unbacked USR using only around $100,000 in USDC, then sold into liquidity pools, worsening slippage and deepening the price drop. At the time of writing, USR remained well below $1, keeping recovery concerns in focus.

Resolv Labs said on Sunday that an exploit enabled an attacker to mint 50 million unbacked USR and forced the team to pause all protocol functions. PeckShield also reported an additional 30 million USR minted, while D2 Finance estimated the attacker extracted about $25 million as USR briefly traded as low as $0.025 on Curve before rebounding.

Ethereum is widening its lead in on-chain stablecoin activity, adding $7 billion in stablecoin liquidity over one month and posting $2.3 billion in 24-hour inflows. USDC supply on Ethereum rose about 10% over the past month to above $52 billion, while USDT edged up 0.6% to $80 billion. The piece argues that Circle's Circle Nanopayments and BitMine's growing ETH staking exposure could support a thesis of Ethereum becoming a settlement layer for AI-driven payments.

CFTC staff issued a Friday notice answering FAQs on the agency's crypto-collateral pilot launched last year, outlining how futures commission merchants should begin accepting crypto margin. The guidance says participating firms must notify the Market Participants Division of their start date and, for the first three months, may take only Bitcoin, Ether, or stablecoins, with weekly reporting of total crypto held. It also sets capital charges at 20% for BTC and ETH positions and 2% for stablecoins, while limiting certain stablecoin uses and excluding crypto from uncleared swap collateral.