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Odaily News According to Defillama data, the stablecoin market has experienced an outflow of $12.413 billion in the 62 days since May 17, 2026, with $1.555 billion flowing out since July 11, marking one of the largest contractions in over four years. As of July 18, Tether's USDT market cap stood at $184.055 billion, while Circle's USDC market cap was $73.376 billion. Over the past week, USDT decreased by 0.06%, and USDC decreased by 0.04%. Sky's USDS market cap was $6.66 billion, declining by 12.30% over the past week, making it the worst performer among the top ten stablecoins.World Liberty Financial's USD1 fell by 4.59%, while Sky's DAI decreased by 0.43%. Global Dollar's USDG rose by 9.08% over the past week, reaching a market cap of $3.164 billion, the highest gain among the top ten stablecoins. PayPal's PYUSD increased by 1.60% to $2.877 billion, while Circle's USYC and BlackRock's BUIDL decreased by 3.64% and 8.68%, respectively.
Odaily Planet Daily reports that BlackRock’s second-quarter revenue increased 31% year-over-year to $7.1 billion, with adjusted operating income up 39% to $2.9 billion. AUM reached $15.3 trillion, with net inflows of $868 billion over the past 12 months. BlackRock has filed two registration statements with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for tokenized money market funds. One proposal aims to create a tokenized share class for an existing fund on Ethereum, while the other is a digital-native strategy. BlackRock’s iShares ETF platform has AUM exceeding $6 trillion, with net inflows of $178 billion in the second quarter. Its digital asset-related AUM stands at approximately $110 billion, with the iShares Bitcoin Trust, Ethereum Trust, and BUIDL remaining the largest products in their respective categories. BlackRock also manages the $60 billion in reserves of stablecoin issuer Circle. The company has increased its 2026 stock buyback plan to $2 billion and repurchased $450 million worth of shares in the second quarter.
Odaily reports, State Street, in partnership with Galaxy, has launched the on-chain liquidity fund SWEEP, allowing investors to "one-click transfer" stablecoins into yield-generating tokenized assets for 24/7 on-chain cash management.The fund will initially be deployed on Solana, with future plans to expand to Stellar and Ethereum, and integrate infrastructure such as Chainlink.Targeting qualified investors, SWEEP is positioned similarly to products like BlackRock's BUIDL, offering U.S. Treasury-like yields through an on-chain structure. It represents the latest exploration in the convergence of traditional asset management and blockchain technology.