May 17, 2019 @ 8:54 am By JD Alois  |  

France is becoming a hotbed of crypto innovation. The French government will soon finalize law that will create a regulated path for initial coin offerings that issue utility tokens (ie not securities).  Policy movement like this is only possible with the explicit support of public… Read More

April 29, 2019 @ 2:38 pm By Cali Haan  |  

Researchers at LongHash, “a global blockchain incubator supported by the Singapore government,” have concluded that surging stablecoin trading volumes corresponded with a sudden 15% increase in the price of Bitcoins on April 2nd of this year. On that day, the price of one bitcoin, which… Read More

April 26, 2019 @ 11:33 am By Cali Haan  |  

Chainalysis, an American company at the forefront of cryptoforensics (cryptocurrency transaction investigation), says it has added tracking of four “stable coins” to the suite of coins its “KYT” software can monitor. Chainalysis says its KYT (Know Your Transaction) software has already been being used by,… Read More

April 24, 2019 @ 12:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

TrustToken is all in on Stablecoins having just announced four new Stablecoins each backed by fiat currency. TrustToken is launching the following stablecoins: TrueAUD, TrueEUR, TrueCAD, and TrueHKD. As one would expect, these coins represent Australian Dollars, Euros, Canadian dollars and Hong Kong Dollars. TrueAUD… Read More

January 13, 2019 @ 9:29 pm By Filipe Castro  |  

Are stablecoins the future of cryptoassets? In the quest to develop a digital token with the decentralization aspects of bitcoin and none of the associated volatility has sparked interest from many. From talented tech teams, economists and VCs it seems stablecoin projects have the potential… Read More

November 9, 2018 @ 8:52 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Cobinhood announced on Thursday it has added four new stablecoins to its crypto exchange platform. The coins, which are now available, are the Gemini Dollar (GUSD), MakerDao (DAI), Paxos Standard Token (PAX) and TrueUSD (TUSD). According to Cobinhood, each of the stablecoins have a unique set of features… Read More

October 15, 2018 @ 11:51 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Global blockchain payments provider BitPay announced on Monday it is now offering the option for merchants to receive settlement in Circle and the CENTRE USD//Coin (USDC) and the Gemini Dollar (GUSD), which are both stablecoins pegged to the U.S. Dollar. According to BitPay, merchants and businesses around the world can accept… Read More

September 10, 2018 @ 5:13 pm By JD Alois  |  

In a blog post today, Cameron and Tyler Winkelvoss, co-founders of Gemini Trust, revealed the launch of a new stablecoin: the Gemini Dollar. According to the two brothers, the Gemini dollar  will be issued by Gemini, a New York trust company and the stablecoin will be built… Read More