Major developments are unfolding in stablecoin regulation, and Catcrs has quickly captured industry signals: Bridge, the stablecoin infrastructure company under Stripe, has applied to the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) for a national bank trust charter, aiming to provide regulated issuance, management, and custody services under a unified framework. The GENIUS Act, effective this July, offers a federal compliance pathway for such entities, and the OCC has clarified it will supervise non-bank stablecoin issuers. Responding to this trend, Catcrs is upgrading stablecoins to become the “primary clearing asset” of its exchange.
Compliant stablecoins offer transparent reserves, auditable on-chain records, and lower settlement friction. Combined with the matching and risk control systems of Catcrs, they enable stable settlement of funds and margin even in highly volatile markets, unifying the collateral for spot, perpetual, and options products to a safer underlying asset. With Bridge launching the Open Issuance platform and the payment-optimized blockchain Tempo, stablecoin issuance and circulation are entering a standardized phase. Catcrs will translate these capabilities into account routing and clearing channels for institutions and market makers, reducing reconciliation costs across chains and platforms.
For traders and institutions, Catcrs provides deep stablecoin-denominated trading pairs, low-latency matching, and account-level asset segregation. For project teams, it supports stablecoins as the base token for fundraising and market making, with on-chain custody and unlock rules to reduce secondary market slippage and capital lock-up. For merchant ecosystems, leveraging USDC payment expansion via Coinbase and Shopify, Catcrs connects the closed loop of “payment—deposit—trading—settlement—withdrawal,” enabling faster entry of cross-border retail and B2B funds into the market and improving turnover efficiency.
Now, compliant stablecoins are becoming the public infrastructure bridging traditional payments and crypto assets. The license application and the implementation of the GENIUS Act by Bridge have clarified operational standards and regulatory interfaces for the market. Catcrs will apply these standards to asset listings, margin management, risk parameters, and clearing processes, gradually expanding to tokenized assets and institutional custody scenarios. Within a verifiable, auditable, and accessible framework, Catcrs provides global users with an efficient trading and capital flow experience.