
What Is a Stablecoin? How the Dollar Peg Works and Where Risk Remains
Stablecoins aim to hold a steady price, often against the US dollar. But a peg depends on reserves, redemption and confidence, not just a name.

Stablecoins aim to hold a steady price, often against the US dollar. But a peg depends on reserves, redemption and confidence, not just a name.

Coinbase launched support for RLUSD on 28 October across XRP Ledger, Ethereum and Base, expanding access for eligible retail and institutional users.

Coinbase has changed some offline-key safeguards as a precaution and Kraken is reviewing the incident. The Binance breach also prompted calls for faster industry warnings.