“Catholic” Stablecoin: Usury in Digital Disguise
EWTN News (February 11, 2026) reports on Crescite Innovation Corporation’s impending launch of “Catholic USD,” a dollar-pegged stablecoin claiming to fund Church charities through blockchain technology. Founders Eddie Cullen and Karl Kilb III position their venture as “using innovation to help those in need,” with 100% of investment yields directed to the “Catholic Global Mercy Trust.” The article uncritically praises this financial instrument’s “fee-free” global transactions while ignoring its theological contradictions. This constitutes a sacrilegious merger of Mammon and modernism, camouflaging usury with Catholic branding.







