PANews reported on January 6th that the decentralized stablecoin USDD recently released its 2025 annual summary. Data shows that since upgrading to version 2.0 in January 2025, its core data and ecosystem development have achieved continuous growth and breakthroughs. The protocol's peak TVL exceeded $900 million, the supply exceeded 860 million coins, 459,000 holding addresses, and approximately $20 million in various rewards and subsidies were distributed to the community. By Q4 2025, USDD had been natively deployed on mainstream public chains such as TRON, Ethereum, and BNB Chain, forming an ecosystem including over 20 exchanges, wallets, and DeFi protocols.
USDD officials stated that, through the accumulation of the past year, the USDD ecosystem is steadily moving towards a mature, stable, and sustainable development stage. In the coming year, it will undergo a phased transformation from incentive-driven to real-use-driven growth.

Lawmakers in the US House of Representatives and Senate met with cryptocurrency industry leaders in three separate roundtable events this week. Members of the US Congress met with key figures in the cryptocurrency industry to discuss issues and potential laws related to the establishment of a strategic Bitcoin reserve and a market structure.On Tuesday, a group of lawmakers that included Alaska Representative Nick Begich and Ohio Senator Bernie Moreno met with Strategy co-founder Michael Saylor and others in a roundtable event regarding the BITCOIN Act, a bill to establish a strategic Bitcoin (BTC) reserve. The discussion was hosted by the advocacy organization Digital Chamber and its affiliates, the Digital Power Network and Bitcoin Treasury Council.“Legislators and the executives at yesterday’s roundtable agree, there is a need [for] a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve law to ensure its longevity for America’s financial future,” Hailey Miller, director of government affairs and public policy at Digital Power Network, told Cointelegraph. “Most attendees are looking for next steps, which may mean including the SBR within the broader policy frameworks already advancing.“Read more
