Tagged: stablecoins

August 6, 2021 @ 11:18 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Celsius has secured the backend pricing of crypto-assets using Chainlink, which is considered a major leap in CeFi “decentralization.” As stated in the update from Celsius: “In one of the most ambitious moves towards decentralization, Celsius is now leveraging the industry-leading Chainlink Price Feeds to… Read More

August 4, 2021 @ 9:19 pm By JD Alois  |  

Circle, creator of dollar-based stablecoin USDC, has partnered with blockchain domain name provider Unstoppable Domains to offer easily readable usernames for stablecoin payments. Circle, which recently raised $440 million notes that USDC is the world’s fastest-growing dollar digital currency with a market cap of more… Read More

August 3, 2021 @ 11:09 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at BlockFi, a company that allows users to earn interest and offers services including purchasing Bitcoin (BTC), borrowing USD, while growing their wealth. notes that they’re pleased to confirm that the “world’s first” Bitcoin rewards credit card is now available to all “eligible… Read More

July 29, 2021 @ 9:08 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Curve Finance, an automated market maker protocol developed for swapping between stablecoins and various other crypto tokens with low fees and slippage, reveals that it will be supporting Tether tokens pegged to the euro (EURt). The addition of EURt to Curve — a protocol developed… Read More

July 27, 2021 @ 11:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

William Callahan, Director of Government & Strategic Affairs at Blockchain Intelligence Group,  has noted that Tether CTO and General Counsel had made an appearance live on CNBC last week. William has asked us whether we think the U.S. Department of Justice was watching this “slow… Read More

July 26, 2021 @ 8:23 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

C.R.E.A.M. Finance, a decentralized lending protocol, has revealed that it will be “the first” protocol in the decentralized finance (DeFi) space to provide a Euro-backed stablecoin in, “with the addition of Tether tokens pegged to the euro (EURt).” Paolo Ardoino, CTO at Tether Operations Limited,… Read More

July 20, 2021 @ 10:23 am By JD Alois  |  

Yesterday, the U.S. Presidents Working Group (PWG) on Financial Markets met to discuss stablecoins with an expectation of a recommendation in the coming months. The meeting was convened by the Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen. According to a readout distributed by Treasury, during… Read More

July 19, 2021 @ 9:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fuse Network, a blockchain or DLT infrastructure supporting mobile payments, reveals that it has teamed up with ICHI in order to empower any community to “fully control its own money.” As mentioned in an update shared with CI: “Fuse Network has grown quickly by lowering… Read More

July 19, 2021 @ 6:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at global Fintech Circle, which will go public in a $4.5 billion SPAC deal, notes that the promise of decentralized finance (DeFi) is to transform or fundamentally improve financial services by offering greater transparency, security, and community governance by leveraging blockchain or distributed… Read More

July 17, 2021 @ 9:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance USD, a major stablecoin issued by crypto exchange Binance, has reached its $10B market cap milestone and has entered the top 10 digital currency rankings, the company confirmed in a blog post on July 15, 2021. Binance USD has already exceeded $11 billion in… Read More

July 17, 2021 @ 10:34 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at YIELD App, the developers of a fast-growing wealth management platform for digital assets, has published their second progress report – which reveals that users for their app have doubled while assets have increased by 3x since the last update. The YIELD App… Read More

July 16, 2021 @ 6:49 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital currency exchange platform Liquid Group, Inc. and the Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) have revealed that Stellar USDC, a major stablecoin, is now available to Liquid’s exchange clients. Liquid is adding multi-chain support for USDC by expanding its products into a Stellar-enabled version. By bringing… Read More

July 16, 2021 @ 12:28 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen has announced plans to convene the President’s Working Group on Financial Markets (PWG) to discuss the hot topic of Stabelcoins. The PWG meeting, which will include the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the Federal… Read More

July 12, 2021 @ 11:59 am By Omar Faridi  |  

YIELD App, the decentralized finance (DeFi) wealth management platform that’s focused on combining the best of traditional and digital finance, is pleased to confirm that they have launched a Bitcoin Fund, enabling users to earn “high-interest” returns on the world’s leading cryptocurrency, Bitcoin (BTC). As… Read More

July 7, 2021 @ 5:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS), a global financial institution that’s owned by reserve banks and aims to “foster international monetary and financial cooperation and serves as a bank for central banks,” notes that advancements in technology, along with rising demand for digital payment methods… Read More

July 4, 2021 @ 6:49 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The dramatic growth of stablecoin issuance may eventually have implications for the overall functioning of short-term credit markets, according to Fitch Ratings. The statement by Fitch follows comments late last month by Boston Federal Reserve President Eric Rosengren stating that Tether is a looming risk for… Read More

July 3, 2021 @ 7:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Spencer Noon, an investor in Variant, a first-check cryptocurrency venture capital fund, has released their latest Network report, which covers stablecoins and Instadapp. Spencer Noon notes in their weekly update that The Graph recently launched 43 RFPs for different ecosystem initiatives. You may submit an… Read More

July 3, 2021 @ 10:44 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Cryptocurrency adoption has grown considerably during the past year, however, many people still may not yet fully understand how diverse this space really is as an “asset class,” according to a new report from Chainalysis. The team at Chainalysis, a leading blockchain analysis firm, notes… Read More

July 3, 2021 @ 9:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

In his latest update on the cryptocurrency markets, prominent Bitcoin investor Anthony Pompliano, has shared key insights on how China’s BTC mining crackdown has impacted on-chain metrics. Well-known industry analyst Will Clemente has covered this week’s Bitcoin situation by looking carefully at on-chain metrics which… Read More

July 2, 2021 @ 1:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

ICHI, the protocol for developing the very first Decentralized Monetary Authorities (DMAs), has teamed up with the 1inch Network in order to launch an in-house stablecoin for the 1inch community. As noted in an update shared with CI, the 1inch community will be leveraging ICHI’s… Read More