Editorial archiveStablecoin guides and explainers

Guides

Readable explanations of regulation, asset structures, reserve and redemption systems, lifecycle events, and the record distinctions used throughout Stable or Gone.

Guide records
11
Dated publications
7
Sections
3
Information current through
2026-07-10

Regulation

How laws, regulatory transitions, and issuer rules affect stablecoins and the services around them.

GuideRegion or scopePublicationCurrent through

RLUSD’s Japan Launch Is Only Part of the Story

What USDC, RLUSD, and JPYSC reveal about Japan’s emerging stablecoin access model, legal routes, platform functions, and the difference between availability and unrestricted circulation.

Japan2026-07-102026-07-10

After MiCA: Which Stablecoins Can Europeans Actually Use?

A reviewed guide to EU/EEA stablecoin access, separating issuer status, platform state, customer scope, product functions, direct mint and redemption routes, payment rails, supported networks, and dates.

European Union / EEA2026-07-062026-07-06

GENIUS Act and Stablecoins

A beginner-friendly guide to the U.S. payment-stablecoin law, its implementation timeline, and the questions it creates for representative dollar stablecoins.

United States2026-06-252026-06-25

MiCA and Stablecoins

A beginner-friendly guide to EU stablecoin rules, the 2026 CASP transition deadline, and the different questions facing representative dollar, euro, and protocol-issued assets.

European Union2026-06-252026-06-25

UK Stablecoin Rules: Capital Is Not Backing

What the reported cut from a 2% to 1% issuer-capital requirement means, why it does not halve stablecoin backing, and how the FCA and Bank of England regimes differ.

United Kingdom2026-06-302026-06-30

RLUSD’s Japan Launch Is Only Part of the Story

What USDC, RLUSD, and JPYSC reveal about Japan’s emerging stablecoin access model, legal routes, platform functions, and the difference between availability and unrestricted circulation.

Japan · Published 2026-07-10 · Current through 2026-07-10

After MiCA: Which Stablecoins Can Europeans Actually Use?

A reviewed guide to EU/EEA stablecoin access, separating issuer status, platform state, customer scope, product functions, direct mint and redemption routes, payment rails, supported networks, and dates.

European Union / EEA · Published 2026-07-06 · Current through 2026-07-06

GENIUS Act and Stablecoins

A beginner-friendly guide to the U.S. payment-stablecoin law, its implementation timeline, and the questions it creates for representative dollar stablecoins.

United States · Published 2026-06-25 · Current through 2026-06-25

MiCA and Stablecoins

A beginner-friendly guide to EU stablecoin rules, the 2026 CASP transition deadline, and the different questions facing representative dollar, euro, and protocol-issued assets.

European Union · Published 2026-06-25 · Current through 2026-06-25

UK Stablecoin Rules: Capital Is Not Backing

What the reported cut from a 2% to 1% issuer-capital requirement means, why it does not halve stablecoin backing, and how the FCA and Bank of England regimes differ.

United Kingdom · Published 2026-06-30 · Current through 2026-06-30

Asset comparisons

Side-by-side explanations of assets that look similar but use different legal, reserve, redemption, or distribution structures.

GuideRegion or scopePublicationCurrent through

JPYC vs JPYSC

A side-by-side guide to two Japanese-yen stablecoins with different issuers, legal structures, reserves, redemption routes, launch stages, and wallet availability.

Japan2026-06-252026-06-25

JPYC vs JPYSC

A side-by-side guide to two Japanese-yen stablecoins with different issuers, legal structures, reserves, redemption routes, launch stages, and wallet availability.

Japan · Published 2026-06-25 · Current through 2026-06-25

Core concepts

The basic terms and distinctions used throughout the Stable or Gone registry.

GuideRegion or scopePublicationCurrent through

Open USD Explained: Who Gets the Reserve Income?

Open Standard says partners will receive all reserve earnings after a small management fee. This guide separates that partner model from holder yield and records what is still unknown before launch.

Global2026-07-012026-07-01

What Is a Depeg?

Learn what counts as a depeg, how recoveries are recorded, and when a depeg becomes part of a larger collapse.

Core conceptsPublication date not recorded2026-06-25

Status and Event Records

See why a stablecoin can remain active after an incident, and how status labels differ from dated events.

Core conceptsPublication date not recorded2026-06-25

Reading Reserve Disclosures

Understand issuer reports, attestations, audits, protocol collateral data, and gaps in public reporting.

Core conceptsPublication date not recorded2026-06-25

Stablecoin Lifecycle Terms

A guide to launches, migrations, rebrands, wind-downs, failures, and post-collapse trading.

Core conceptsPublication date not recorded2026-06-25

Open USD Explained: Who Gets the Reserve Income?

Open Standard says partners will receive all reserve earnings after a small management fee. This guide separates that partner model from holder yield and records what is still unknown before launch.

Global · Published 2026-07-01 · Current through 2026-07-01

What Is a Depeg?

Learn what counts as a depeg, how recoveries are recorded, and when a depeg becomes part of a larger collapse.

Core concepts · Publication date not recorded · Current through 2026-06-25

Status and Event Records

See why a stablecoin can remain active after an incident, and how status labels differ from dated events.

Core concepts · Publication date not recorded · Current through 2026-06-25

Reading Reserve Disclosures

Understand issuer reports, attestations, audits, protocol collateral data, and gaps in public reporting.

Core concepts · Publication date not recorded · Current through 2026-06-25

Stablecoin Lifecycle Terms

A guide to launches, migrations, rebrands, wind-downs, failures, and post-collapse trading.

Core concepts · Publication date not recorded · Current through 2026-06-25

How to use the archive

Guides explain the framework. Registry records, event files, evidence relations, and known unknowns remain the factual source surfaces.