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the Israel Capital Market Authority has approved Bits of Gold to issue the country's first shekel-pegged stablecoin, BILS. The token is a regulated asset launched by Bits of Gold after a two-year evaluation and pilot program, with support from the Solana network, Fireblocks, and Ernst & Young. Bits of Gold stated that bringing the shekel on-chain aims to position it alongside currencies such as the euro, the Japanese yen, and the Singapore dollar, which have already entered the blockchain financial system. Currently, the stablecoin market size has exceeded $300 billion. This issuance aims to address the dominance of dollar-pegged tokens in on-chain payments and safeguard digital sovereignty.
Stacks Releases Q1 2026 Ecosystem Metrics: sBTC Total Value Locked (TVL) Reaches $545 Million, and Deposit Caps Have Been Fully Removed; Decentralized Finance (DeFi) Active Deployed Capital on the Stacks Protocol Stands at $121 Million—Zest Protocol TVL Accounts for $75.9 Million, Granite $26 Million, and StackingDAO $20 Million. During the Same Period, the Bitcoin Staking Pilot Product Dual Stacking App Attracted Over $100 Million in Participating Capital. On the Infrastructure Front, Integrations with Fireblocks, BitGo, Circle, and Nansen Are Now Live. Regarding Network Upgrades, Stacks Completed Version 3.3.0.0.6 in March 2026, and SIP-034 Enhancements Increased Network Capacity by up to 30x.
Odaily News A consortium of 12 European banks, led by Qivalis, has selected Fireblocks to provide infrastructure for the joint development of a euro stablecoin compliant with the MiCA regulatory framework. The stablecoin is scheduled to launch in the second half of 2026, pending approval from the Dutch central bank. It will be backed 1:1 by euro reserves and issued as electronic money under Dutch regulation, primarily targeting scenarios such as institutional settlement, fund management, and asset tokenization. Fireblocks will provide support for tokenization, wallets, and compliance tools, including identity verification and sanctions screening features. (Cointelegraph)
According to CoinDesk, custody provider Fireblocks will handle the issuance and distribution of the Qivalis consortium’s euro-pegged stablecoin. The project is expected to launch in the second half of 2026, under supervision by the Dutch Central Bank and in compliance with the EU’s Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA). Qivalis members include 12 European banks, such as BBVA, BNP Paribas, ING, and UniCredit. The report notes that the current stablecoin market size stands at approximately $30.5 billion, of which about 99% consists of U.S. dollar–pegged stablecoins, while euro-pegged stablecoins account for roughly $650 million. Qivalis aims to boost institutional adoption of euro stablecoins through a compliant product.
According to Cointelegraph, Fireblocks, an enterprise-grade digital asset infrastructure platform, has launched a new feature called Earn, enabling institutional clients to allocate stablecoin balances into on-chain lending strategies supported by Aave and Morpho to improve the efficiency of idle capital utilization. The product’s initial integrations include the Morpho vaults curated by Sentora and the Aave stablecoin lending markets, and it is now available to Fireblocks customers via Early Access. Fireblocks notes that yields are generated by the underlying protocols and are variable—not guaranteed—and may be zero. Data shows that Aave and Morpho are currently the two largest decentralized lending protocols by total value locked (TVL).