Stablecoin Standard is evolving into the Digital Money Association
5 years after the first stablecoin issuer members convened in a telegram group, the Stablecoin Standard is evolving into the Digital Money Association, the coordination layer for the digital money economy, where the industry comes to learn, to network, and to do business.
Stablecoin Standard's roots were in uniting the stablecoin issuance industry. In 2022, the mission was to advocate for the adoption of multi-currency stablecoins, and to create an FX market on-chain.
At it's peak we had 20+ different currencies, at differing stages of evolution, all sharing best practices and starting to deploy LP's on dexes using the original Stablecoin Standards that we created ourselves as a benchmark for counterparty due diligence.
That all changed in late 2024 with the arrival of a new, 'crypto friendly' administration in the US. In 2025, crypto companies flooded back to America. Stablecoins (especially USD payment stablecoins) were firmly on the map. Regulatory progress enabled enough certainty for traditional finance to overtly enter the arena.
Now more than 40 members, our membership composition has expanded beyond issuance, to include more businesses building with stablecoins, and financial institutions looking to engage much more closely with industry. We've seen the conversation shifting from 'who wins - stablecoins vs tokenized deposits vs CBDC's' to 'how do they work together - stablecoins x tokenized deposits x CBDC's x other forms of digital money'.
We are now starting to see stablecoins break out of the crypto ecosystem and into real world use cases, at scale. We are getting more and more interest from financial institutions, but also multinational businesses including supermarket chains, airlines and payroll companies, to name a few.
With this, the decision has been made that now is the time to evolve Stablecoin Standard into The Digital Money Association, with the new mission of becoming the coordinating layer for the digital money economy. Markets don't scale without coordination, and as the objective voice of the industry, this is our role.
Over the past 5 years, our team has grown to over 20 team members. We now have a podcast, one of the fastest growing fintech podcasts on Spotify. We are bringing back the popular 'Stablecoin Gazette', from 2024, but this time as the 'Digital Money Digest', digitally and in print. We are present at most major crypto events, running more side events from panels, to networking receptions, to private roundtables and dinners, and branching out into new sectors to share our work and offer education & guidance to those beginning their digital money journey.
With this transition, there are more opportunities to engage and join the conversation. If you are interested in learning more about the various levels of membership and what they entail, please get in touch here:
