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Boardwalk is live on Fraxtal 🐳 Fraxtal gives builders access to our high-performance assets, DeFi infra, and frxUSD: the best stablecoin for DeFi economies. frxUSD supports Boardwalk token economy launches on Fraxtal by routing value back to projects as they grow. Read more👇
frxUSD, by @fraxfinance, hit $20 million in deposits, becoming the largest asset on Aave V4.
Big unlock for Canton. @Send just launched a Base ↔ Canton bridge, with frxUSD included as a Day 1 asset to bring the benefits of Frax to @CantonNetwork. frxUSD.B is the Send-bridged version of frxUSD on Canton, with more collaboration to come.
LPs on the OUSD/frxUSD pool can now use their LP tokens as collateral on @Tangent_fi Launch details below:
Pre-deposits for Tangent open in one week, with frxUSD as the default stablecoin alongside USDC. Tangent builds on frxUSD PegKeeper pools on @CurveFinance, deepening frxUSD’s usage as a core DeFi stablecoin for onchain liquidity. We look forward to their successful launch.
Aave has raised frxUSD caps on V4 as part of its security-first growth strategy. As Aave V4 expands, frxUSD is ready to grow with it. Get started: https://pro.aave.com/explore/asset/1/0xCAcd6fd266aF91b8AeD52aCCc382b4e165586E29
For the second week in a row, @aave has raised frxUSD caps on V4 as part of its security-first launch strategy. As Aave V4 expands, frxUSD is ready to grow with it. Get started: https://pro.aave.com/explore/asset/1/0xCAcd6fd266aF91b8AeD52aCCc382b4e165586E29
Even on the weekend, DeFi keeps shipping. @aave has raised frxUSD caps on V4 as part of its security-first launch strategy. As Aave V4 expands, frxUSD is ready to grow with it. Best-in-class frxUSD incentives start flowing soon. DeFi will win. Deposit: https://pro.aave.com/explore/asset/1/0xCAcd6fd266aF91b8AeD52aCCc382b4e165586E29
frxUSD's role in on-chain FX markets is only going to continue to grow. Incentives coming soon to our @CurveFinance pool with @KrwqCash 🇰🇷
The inaugural rewards distribution to @ether_fi frxUSD holders is now live 🥳 The choice is easy for EtherFi frxUSD users: hold and spend a secure stablecoin while earning best-in-class rewards. Rewards now stream daily, with more incentives coming soon.
Operator-grade curation 🤝 Productive $frxUSD collateral @0xAlphaping has launched Alpha Enhanced frxUSD on @Morpho: a non-custodial credit vault with risk limits and verifiable on-chain exposure to @avantprotocol. Built for DeFi productivity, frxUSD is powering curated credit. https://x.com/0xAlphaping/status/2024129348932882748
Wherever institutions go on-chain, you can expect frxUSD to be there too. @CantonNetwork is seeing institutional adoption because they addressed pain points by building a privacy-first chain. We’re proud to be a Canton validator and you can expect a strong frxUSD presence soon.
We welcome @avantprotocol as the latest protocol to choose frxUSD as their PegKeeper 🤝 Avant avUSD provides adaptive, transparent yield with institutional-grade security across multiple chains. They've launched pools on @CurveFinance on Ethereum and @etherexfi on Linea👇
frxUSD is built for institutions, and it reaches them with the help of trusted custodians like @ZodiaCustody. We are excited to join their list of supported stablecoins and have further collaboration planned to help institutions unlock the benefits of stablecoins through frxUSD.
Better money needs programmable reserves. That's why $frxUSD is backed by leading tokenized Treasury funds like $USTB from @SuperstateInc. The frxUSD custodian is a top 10 USTB holder and growing 📈
frxUSD has been selected as one of only three stablecoins supported at @DEIN_fi launch to bring insurance to DeFi, alongside USDC and USDT. Learn more about our partnership below.
Incentives are now live for frxUSD lenders on @eulerfinance, with plenty of liquidity available for borrowing. These rewards are sustainably powered by frxUSD's U.S. Treasury backing and distributed by @merkl_xyz. Get ready, additional rewards are coming! 👀 https://t.co/84tq6XvjQe
Highlights From The Last Week 👇 • Velodrome 2025 YTD Recap • Velodrome surpasses 500M on @soneium • Superswaps accelerate across the Superchain • Velodrome races past $1B on @unichain • New Launch: $frxUSD
New Launch Alert: frxUSD 🚴♂️ $frxUSD from @fraxfinance is now available to trade and LP on Velodrome on @inkonchain, paired with $USDT0. https://t.co/w384RFp6lN
"The dollar is the TCP/IP of economic value." -@samkazemian Combine it with the right technology and it will change the world. That's the vision for $frxUSD and FraxNet. Excerpt from @SOCKETProtocol pod. https://t.co/EVZ4drjPzJ
The Stablecoin Operating System Most people think of stablecoins as just tokens. But the true power of programmable money is unlocked when they become infrastructure. That’s why Frax built the first stablecoin operating system by combining the asset, the account layer, and the rails. Our first article, Stablecoins as Legal Tender, explored the significance of the GENIUS Act and its implications for stablecoin growth. This article explains how a full-stack stablecoin system can be designed to take advantage of that opportunity. From Peg to Platform Stablecoins have always been defined by a single metric: maintain a $1 peg. In markets dominated by crypto traders and international users seeking access to dollars, that was enough. Just ask those who lost savings in depegged stablecoins. But with the GENIUS Act advancing legal recognition and institutional access for compliant stablecoins, the demands on these assets are changing. Payment stablecoins now have the opportunity to serve as financial infrastructure, supporting not just price stability but also compliance, settlement, and yield at scale. The GENIUS Act introduces a new category of "payment stablecoins," tokens backed by assets such as cash, T-bills, and reverse repos. These stablecoins will be considered legal equivalents to M1 dollars and, most importantly, can be accepted by banks. In practical terms, this means a stablecoin like frxUSD can be deposited, used as collateral, or transferred within traditional financial systems. The significance of this upgrade for qualifying stablecoins cannot be overstated. While many existing stablecoins are backed by assets that fall outside the GENIUS framework, frxUSD is purpose-built for it. M1 today is already more than just "money," it's the infrastructure that holds and moves it: deposits, payment rails, and banking front ends. Users can send money via ACH, maintain checking account balances, and earn interest on idle capital. Upgrading all of that functionality with stablecoins requires an integrated system. Frax is the first to launch this full-stack stablecoin operating system: frxUSD: a compliant, regulated payment stablecoin FraxNet: a fintech layer that serves as the stablecoin-native "banking" frontend Fraxtal: a high-performance blockchain for yield distribution and settlement at scale This vertically integrated architecture isn't just infrastructure in search of a use case. It’s a response to a very real economic opportunity that GENIUS unlocks: the $20 trillion in U.S. M1 money supply. If stablecoins are to replace that infrastructure for millions of people, they can’t be wrappers on top of other systems. They have to be purpose-built systems themselves. Rethinking Financial Infrastructure If banks are going to adopt stablecoins, why wouldn’t they just issue their own? Some will. But most will be siloed, limited to internal rails or proprietary platforms. Building open, interoperable infrastructure is technically complex, requires network effects, and brings regulatory overhead that few banks are incentivized to take on. Even PayPal, one of the most tech-forward financial companies in the world, has had challenges growing its stablecoin PYUSD past a $1 billion market cap. It’s difficult to imagine traditional banks moving faster or going broader. Just as mobile phones leapfrogged desktop computers in developing markets, stablecoin protocols now have the chance to leapfrog banks in building the next generation of financial infrastructure. That leap is already underway, driven by stablecoin infrastructure that is programmable and interoperable across ecosystems. Unlike traditional banks, which rely on lending out user deposits to generate returns, stablecoins can forward the underlying yield directly to users. FraxNet, the fintech layer that enables institutions to mint frxUSD using deposits or money market funds, makes this possible. For institutions, it offers a compliant, yield-forwarding stablecoin that integrates with existing workflows, while unlocking 24/7 global settlement and greater capital efficiency. For users, it replaces static bank balances with real-time, treasury-backed yield streamed through Fraxtal. This design aligns incentives, and challenges one of the foundational assumptions of the legacy banking model. Why build a dedicated chain like Fraxtal to support this? Because real-time yield at scale is a throughput challenge. Over 200 million addresses globally have sent USDT or USDC in the past year. If even a fraction of those users unlock real-time yield through FraxNet, the infrastructure must support millions of concurrent microtransactions. Fraxtal is being upgraded to meet that demand, transitioning from an Ethereum Layer 2 to a sovereign Layer 1 blockchain with high-performance validators built for global scale. Just as important, Fraxtal is an open ecosystem. Developers can build apps that directly access our infrastructure and deep liquidity, and many already have. The Race to Build a Monetary Stack Frax isn’t the only team building toward this vision. Ethena is developing an OS-style stack with Converge. Circle is aligned with Coinbase and Base. Tether is exploring infrastructure through Plasma. But Frax was the first to innovate around the stablecoin operating system thesis, and the first to bring core components into production. Fraxtal is already live, powering real-time yield distribution and cross-chain infrastructure. FraxNet launches this month with full fintech integrations, and the first wave of institutional partners is onboarding. Unlike stablecoins that centralize and retain yield as profit, FraxNet is designed to forward the majority of that yield back to our partners. This model is built for growth, one that aligns with institutions, scales with users, and gives frxUSD a competitive advantage. With frxUSD expected to be one of the first regulated payment stablecoins, FraxNet enabling institutions to access real-time yield, and Fraxtal providing the high-performance infrastructure behind it all, Frax is built to lead the next era of stablecoin adoption.
1/ BIG NEWS: the GENIUS Act just passed the Senate 🥳 This is a turning point for stablecoins in the US and the world. Frax is the most prepared project for this moment. Here's how we built $frxUSD with this exact future in mind 🧵 https://t.co/O53PGeTEl0
1/ The Frax universe is expanding to @solana 🚀 Solana DeFi is growing, and deserves our institutionally-backed stablecoin $frxUSD and best-in-class yield from $sfrxUSD. Here's what you can do with $frxUSD on Solana 👇
2/ SwapX is one of the leading DEX on Sonic. It is a CLAMM ve(3,3) platform with advanced V4 plugins/hooks! Frax pairs coming to SwapX include: frxUSD/scUSD frxETH/scETH FXS/frxETH Bridging is made easy with LayerZero's OFT technology and the FUI: frax.com/swap
1/ frxUSD is LIVE 🥳 Today we're launching our new flagship stablecoin $frxUSD, and savings yield $sfrxUSD, in partnership with @BlackRock and @superstatefunds. It's a new era, but we're still Frax. Here's what you need to know👇
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