OSL's USDGO stablecoin tops $130M in circulation; Deutsche Börse takes stake in Kraken parent; Capital B adds 37 BTC

ChainCatcher reported, citing BBX data, that April 14 delivered fresh momentum on both compliant stablecoin infrastructure and institutional crypto adoption. OSL Group (HKEX: 863) said its regulated, enterprise-grade stablecoin USDGO has reached $130 million in circulating supply roughly two months after launch. The reserve framework has been expanded to include Goldman Sachs' stablecoin reserve fund STBXX, alongside BlackRock's tokenized fund BUIDL as core backing. OSL also said the consortium behind the project, GO Alliance, has been upgraded into a global industry body under the name Stable Alliance. Deutsche Börse Group (XETRA: DB1) said it has agreed to buy $200 million of secondary-market shares in Payward, Inc., the parent company of crypto exchange Kraken, representing about 1.5% ownership on a fully diluted basis. Bloomberg estimates the deal implies a Kraken valuation of about $13.3 billion, compared with roughly $20 billion at the time of the prior equity transfer in November 2025. The transaction is expected to close in Q2 2026, with Deutsche Börse aiming to build institutional connections between traditional finance and digital assets. Capital B (Euronext Growth Paris: ALCPB) disclosed it bought 37 BTC at an average price of about €60,892, taking total holdings to 2,925 BTC. The company reported a total acquisition cost of €269.4 million and a year-to-date BTC yield of 1.25%. It also completed debt-to-equity conversions with Blockstream and UTXO Management, issuing a combined 36,613,919 new shares.