13:05 follow-up: stablecoin issuers compete on transparency and payment utility

Reserve reporting and settlement use cases matter more as the market matures. Added as a separate September 21 update.

Stablecoin growth is becoming less about branding and more about trust. Users want clear reserves, predictable redemption and real payment usefulness across exchanges, apps and corporate workflows. This added item is written as a separate current update for 13:05: it keeps the factual topic, changes the wording and adds a fresh editorial angle for readers.

The newsroom added this as a new original brief without copying source wording or repeating earlier text.