Tagged: stablecoin

August 27, 2024 @ 4:25 pm By JD Alois  |  

DeFi firm MakerDAO has rebranded as Sky. In a release, Sky indicated that SubDAOs will now become “Sky Stars.” Sky has also released its new stablecoin, USDS, pegged to the US dollar. A New Sky.money website and app are expected to launch to provide a… Read More

August 23, 2024 @ 10:56 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Anchorage Digital, the crypto platform for institutions, is pleased to announce its first stablecoin rewards program, enabling institutions to earn competitive rewards on PayPal USD (PYUSD) balances held at Anchorage Digital or in our recently launched institutional self-custody wallet, Porto. PYUSD remains fully accessible and… Read More

August 20, 2024 @ 8:38 am By Omar Faridi  |  

WSPN (Worldwide Stablecoin Payment Network), a provider of next-generation stablecoin infrastructure, has raised $30 million in seed funding round. This investment round was led by Folius Ventures and Foresight Venture, with participation “from prominent investors including Hash Global, Generative Ventures, RedPoint Capital, and a consortium… Read More

August 11, 2024 @ 2:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ripple is pleased to announce they have begun beta testing Ripple USD (RLUSD) on the XRP Ledger (XRPL) and Ethereum mainnet. This is a significant milestone and “a step closer to bringing more high-quality assets to the XRPL, driving new opportunities, liquidity, and institutional use… Read More

August 4, 2024 @ 2:43 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bybit, the world’s second-largest crypto exchange by trading volume, has launched a Digital Rupee (eRupee) as a stablecoin for its INR users. This wallet-based mobile payment solution is now live, “offering a secure and convenient way for users to transact on the platform.” In response… Read More

July 23, 2024 @ 10:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Circle reveals that CCTP, a permissionless protocol, has moved over $10 billion in the stablecoin USDC between blockchains since May of last year. As reported previously, the Cross-Chain Transfer Protocol (CCTP) continues to grow and “power an ever-expanding network of apps, bridges, wallets, exchanges, and… Read More

July 19, 2024 @ 7:04 am By Michael Wong  |  

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has revealed the participants of its stablecoin issuer sandbox, marking a significant step in the city’s drive to foster a regulated and sustainable stablecoin ecosystem. Earlier this week, the results of a consultation by the HKMA on stablecoins were… Read More

July 8, 2024 @ 10:46 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Chainalysis has been sharing detailed insights on issues related to MiCA’s Stablecoin Regime and its remaining challenges. Despite the extensive work by the EBA and ESMA, in close cooperation with national regulators, Chainalysis points out that MiCA still leaves “some room for interpretation and uncertainty,… Read More

July 2, 2024 @ 12:36 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Circle, a global financial technology firm and the issuer of USDC and EURC, has announced that it has become the “first” global stablecoin issuer to achieve compliance with the European Union‘s Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulatory framework. This achievement was reportedly enabled “by the company’s… Read More

June 15, 2024 @ 8:16 am By Omar Faridi  |  

BVNK, a London-based firm focused on payments innovation, enhanced its stablecoin liquidity operations by leveraging Talos’ advanced trading technology and extensive partner network. This collaboration has added new liquidity providers “at significantly reduced integration times, resulting in a nearly two-fold increase in trading volumes –… Read More

June 14, 2024 @ 7:33 am By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) reports that Terraform Labs PTE, Ltd. and founder Do Kwon will pay a $4.5 billion penalty as they have been found guilty of a “years-long fraud.”  It was previously reported that the SEC was seeking a $5.3 billion settlement…. Read More

March 18, 2024 @ 12:56 am By Michael Wong  |  

The pilot of the Canton Network, a pioneering initiative for interoperability in the capital markets domain, saw significant participation from leading financial institutions, including 15 asset managers, 13 banks, four custodians, and three exchanges. Among the banks were major players like BNY Mellon, Goldman Sachs,… Read More

February 7, 2024 @ 7:02 pm By JD Alois  |  

Institutional digital asset infrastructure firm Paxos is integrating Chainlink’s PayPal USD price feed to accelerate the tokenization economy. Paxos also wants to boost the adoption of PYUSD – a dollar-based stablecoin powered by Paxos and issued by PayPal. At the same time, Chainlink and Paxos… Read More

February 5, 2024 @ 8:03 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Celo Foundation is pleased to announce that Circle will launch USDC natively on Celo to further everyday adoption of digital currencies and assets. Celo claims it is a carbon-negative, mobile-first, EVM-compatible blockchain “built for the real world. USDC is the leading regulated digital dollar… Read More

January 27, 2024 @ 4:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Eco Inc, the crypto payments company with $95 million in funding from a16z, Coinbase Ventures, and other top technology investors, announced the acquisition of Join, a stablecoin-powered shopping app. This acquisition aligns with Eco’s vision to “create a more efficient, decentralized payment system, breaking away… Read More

January 16, 2024 @ 8:49 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Tether, the issuer of the USDT stablecoin, says they are disappointed in the UN’s assessment that singles out USDT “highlighting its involvement in illicit activity while ignoring its role in helping developing economies in emerging markets, completely neglected by the global financial world simply because… Read More

January 16, 2024 @ 8:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

USDC issuer Circle‘s CEO Jeremy Allaire thinks that there’s a ‘very good chance’ that the US passes stablecoin laws this year. The CEO of Circle, the Fintech firm behind the widely-used stablecoin USDC, is seeing a good chance that laws for stablecoin issuers such as… Read More

December 26, 2023 @ 11:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Following recent initiatives to promote blockchain innovation in Georgia, Tether announced that it has invested an undisclosed amount into the Series-A investment round of Academy of Digital Industries, a Georgia-based progressive education platform “offering an extensive range of digital training and masterclasses.” This collaboration marks… Read More

December 23, 2023 @ 3:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Paxos, the regulated blockchain & tokenization infrastructure platform, is pleased to announce a strategic expansion of its stablecoin issuance to the Solana blockchain platform. Previously exclusive to Ethereum, this initiative represents “a significant milestone for the innovation and evolution of Paxos’s enterprise and consumer-facing businesses.”… Read More

December 22, 2023 @ 11:30 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Circle, a global financial technology firm and the issuer of USDC and EURC, has today announced receipt of a conditional registration as “a Digital Asset Service Provider (‘DASP’, or ‘Prestataire de Service sur Actifs Numériques’ (PSAN)) with the French Financial Markets Authority (‘Autorité des Marchés… Read More