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Announcing support for Hedera
2 min read
We’re excited to partner with the HBAR Foundation to bring regulated stablecoin issuance to Hedera, enabling seamless on and offramps, treasury management, and cross-chain compatibility for enterprises and fintechs.
Launching stablecoins on Alchemy Rollups
3 min readLaunch native stablecoins on any rollup. Monetize deposits, enable $0 fee onramps, and create custom digital dollars to support your ecosystem.
October conferences for Brale
4 min readWe're on the move in October. We'd love to meet you in London, Salt Lake City, San Francisco, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, or right back in Des Moines.
Stablecoin token standards on leading blockchains
3 min readAn overview of stablecoin token standards on leading blockchains. We're building Brale to support stablecoin standards on all leading blockchains.
Stablecoin micropayments: when $1 is still $1
2 min readStablecoins are solving micropayments, with up to 97% cost savings for small transactions.
Announcing support for USDC on Base, Arbitrum, and Celo
2 min read
Brale Business accounts now support native USDC on Base, Arbitrum, and Celo.
Introducing Brale Business Accounts
5 min readIntroducing Brale Business Accounts - access popular stablecoins and run your business onchain. Onramp, offramp, and swap stablecoins without fees.
Costs to send $1M on leading blockchains
2 min readComparing the cost to send $1M in stablecoins on ten leading blockchains. Stablecoin payments are 10 to 1000 times cheaper than traditional payment methods.
Our Q3 hiring cohort
3 min read
Brale is growing and opening our Q3 hiring cohort.
Announcing support for Canton Network
2 min readBrale is joining Canton Network to issue native stablecoins supporting regulated financial transactions.
Mint and redeem stablecoins with ACH via Plaid
2 min readBrale leverages Plaid and supports ACH stablecoin mints and redemptions without any fees.
Introducing MXNe
2 min readIntroducing Real MXN (MXNe), a stablecoin designed to support on-chain payments, remittances, and payroll in the local Mexican economy.
Introducing Classic USD (USC)
2 min read
We’ve partnered with EthereumClassic.com to issue Classic USD (USC), the first native fiat-backed stablecoin on Ethereum Classic.
Demystifying onramps and offramps
3 min readObservations about stablecoin onramps and typical paths we’ve seen used to support onramping for new stablecoins.
Announcing support for USDP
2 min readPax Dollar (USDP) on Solana is now supported for 1:1 swaps alongside USDC and Brale issued stablecoins.
Announcing support for Ethereum Classic
2 min readBrale is collaborating with the Ethereum Classic community to support native stablecoins on ETC.
The stablecoin on-ramp
3 min readBrale is developing a stablecoin on-ramp that looks and feels like everyday fintech applications.
How to launch a stablecoin
2 min readFollow best practices in stablecoin liquidity, on and off ramps, and token registries when launching a new stablecoin.
USDGLO and SBC are now supported at BitGo
1 min readGlo Dollar and Stable Coin are now supported by BitGo Custody and available for real-time settlement on the Go Network.
Stablecoin Issuance CLI
2 min readThe Stablecoin Issuance CLI is a developer tool that simplifies the process of integrating and testing the Stablecoin Issuance API directly from the command line.
Send stablecoins by email
2 min readSend stablecoin payments to your community through email links to support user onboarding and airdrops.
Getting started with the Stablecoin Issuance API
2 min readA demonstration of using the Brale stablecoin issuance API to mint USDGLO on the Stellar Network
Announcing support for Arbitrum
2 min readBrale enables businesses to create stablecoins on Arbitrum to power payments, gaming, rewards programs, and other applications.
Costs to transfer $1M on-chain
2 min readObservations about the costs of transferring $1M on different blockchains based on real-world usage.
Coinflow realtime stablecoin payouts
2 min readBranded stablecoin payouts are now supported through Coinflow. Add real-time offramps for your stablecoin program through ACH, Push-to-card, or RTP.
Stablecoin attestations
2 min read
Monthly attestations of SBC and USDGLO reserves are now available. Attestations are issued by Abdo, an independent third-party accounting firm.
Introducing Stablecoin Issuance API
2 min readLeverage the Stablecoin Issuance API to automate mints and redemptions to support stablecoin bill pay, payouts, or any integration.
MPCVault
2 min readSBC and custom stablecoins are supported by MPCVault wallets. MPCVault is a shared wallet for teams with multi-chain support and flexible transaction policies.
Rain Cards
2 min readSBC is now available for everyday spending through Rain. Rain Cards is a corporate spend management platform that makes it easy to spend stablecoins anywhere Visa is accepted.
Announcing support for Solana
2 min readBrale enables businesses to create stablecoins on Solana to power payments, FX, rewards programs, and other applications.
Citizen Wallet
3 min readCitizen Wallet makes it easy for communities to use stablecoins without the complexity of signup or gas fees. SBC is now available on Citizen Wallet.
Brale Ecosystem
2 min read
Introducing the Brale Ecosystem, a growing set of blockchains, wallets, exchanges, and payments applications to benefit new stablecoins.
Treasury Beta
2 min read
Create regulated fiat-backed stablecoins to benefit your business. Brale's Treasury infrastructure provides the regulatory structure, treasury management, and reporting practices to support your stablecoin.
Blockchain speed and cost comparisons
2 min readWe're sharing observations about the cost and speed of using different blockchains for stablecoin payments based on real world usage.
Announcing support for Optimism
2 min readBrale now enables businesses to create stablecoins and digital assets on Optimism. Optimism is a low fee layer 2 scaling solution for Ethereum.
Announcing support for Base
2 min readBrale now enables businesses to create stablecoins and digital assets on Base. Base is a low-fee layer 2 scaling solution for Ethereum supported by the Coinbase ecosystem.
Announcing support for Stellar
2 min readBrale now enables businesses to create stablecoins and digital assets on Stellar. With Base and Treasury, institutions can more easily leverage Stellar's low fees and compliance features in payments and financial applications.
Our approach to attestations
1 min read
Monthly attestations of SBC and Glo Dollar are now available. We're excited to share our approach for feedback.
Introducing Treasury
3 min readCreate multi-chain stablecoins backed by Brale's treasury infrastructure in an hour. Automate reporting, treasury management, and attestations to support your stablecoin.
Announcing support for Celo
2 min readBrale now enables businesses to create stablecoins and digital assets on Celo. Celo is a low fee, carbon-negative blockchain optimized for mobile payments.
Tools for testing bespoke stablecoins or digital assets
3 min readTesting a new bespoke digital asset can be challenging. We've shared observations about how to use assets with self-custody wallets and custodians.
Base Beta
1 min readIntroducing Base Beta - helping businesses create multi-chain digital assets in a few clicks. Support tokenized deposits, fractionalized real world assets, or other assets held at your institution.
Brale Stable Coin (SBC) white paper
2 min readStable Coin (SBC) is a fiat-backed stablecoin digital dollar developed and issued by Brale. Our white paper includes an overview of our approach and problems solved through its design.
Introducing Stable Coin (SBC)
7 min read
Introducing Stable Coin (SBC) | Brale's fiat-backed digital dollar stablecoin. Following best-in-class practices in custody, transferability, and regulatory oversight.
New capital
2 min readBrale has raised $11.1M in new capital to support initial development efforts of our products designed to reduce barriers to use and create digital assets.
Understanding private blockchains
5 min readDeploying assets on public blockchains poses privacy challenges for some institutions. We support both public and private blockchains with a focus on interoperability.
Abstracting blockchain gas fees
2 min readManaging wallets to hold the native currency of a blockchain to pay gas fees is a challenging hurdle for the institutional adoption of DeFi. We've simplified the process by abstracting it from your everyday use of Brale's products.
Brale Base
2 min readBase is the foundation for everything we do. It enables your institution to create and manage stablecoins on distributed protocols. It has everything you need to get started.
Blockchain comparisons in a payments context
2 min readGoing between Ethereum and Avalanche is far easier technically and less time-consuming than formatting an ACH file. Getting transaction costs in the range of relational databases on-chain is more complicated but still conceivable — consider 1M transactions at the cost of $0.000001 per transaction, which would result in a total cost of $1.
Context
2 min read
One of our early observations is that decentralized finance protocols are complicated for regulated entities to implement, slowing the adoption of DeFi protocols in traditional finance.
We are Brale
1 min readWe believe in interrogating theories before solving, vetting great solutions before marketing, and proving products before selling. We believe products should speak for themselves when they are ready to do so.