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December 17, 2024

Revolut’s stablecoin plans might never materialise

Two people familiar with Revolut’s crypto operations tell Sifted regulatory red tape is holding up the fintech’s push into stablecoins


Tom Matsuda

4 min read

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Revolut’s plans to enter the $200bn ‘stablecoin’ market has hit some speedbumps, two people familiar with the financial superapp’s crypto operations tell Sifted. Regulatory red tape is holding up the project, one of the people familiar with plans said. 

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Tom Matsuda

Tom Matsuda is a fintech reporter at Sifted and writes our weekly fintech newsletter. Find him on X and LinkedIn

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