Tagged: usd coin

November 10, 2021 @ 10:23 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Smart contract platform RSK’s expansion throughout the Philippines will result in more access to stablecoins for investors living in the country. Given their peg to existing assets such as fiat currencies, precious metals and, on occasion, other cryptocurrencies, stablecoins are less vulnerable to the wild… Read More

June 30, 2021 @ 11:42 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Nate Maddrey and the Coin Metrics research team notes in their latest State of the Network report that the cryptocurrency markets plummeted again this last week after more news surfaced about stricter Chinese regulation, including the People’s Bank of China (PBoC) instructing the nation’s financial… Read More

February 25, 2021 @ 6:36 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Jeremy Allaire, Co-founder and CEO of Circle, a global Fintech company focused on supporting open Internet platforms, Bitcoin, and other crypto-assets, has confirmed that there’s $8 billion worth of USDC in circulation. 8 Billion USDC in circulation. Dec 1st – 3B, Jan 1st – 4B,… Read More

November 22, 2020 @ 11:48 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Global Fintech firm Circle has teamed up with the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and Airtm in order to provide aid to Venezuelan residents using the USDC stablecoin. According to a release, the initiative has been introduced with government support and notably marks “a global first”… Read More

April 4, 2020 @ 10:05 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The questions surrounding whether certain crypto assets qualify as financial securities is becoming increasingly important within the blockchain or distributed ledger technology (DLT) sector. There are now several entities within the digital asset sector that are focusing on bringing greater understanding to this pressing issue…. Read More

January 7, 2020 @ 8:06 pm By Cali Haan  |  

US cryptocurrency exchange Kraken will enable trading of Circle’s USD-proxy cryptographic stablecoin, USDC, starting January 8th. Kraken says it will enable deposits and withdrawals of USDC at 14:30 UTC on January 8. “The first trades will start shortly after funding is enabled as sell orders… Read More

October 18, 2019 @ 5:34 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bermuda’s residents can now pay their taxes in cryptocurrency. The government of the British Overseas Territory announced on October 16 that it will take payments in Circle’s USD Coin (USDC) “for taxes, fees and other government services.”  According to a press release by Circle Internet… Read More

September 29, 2019 @ 3:31 pm By JD Alois  |  

USD Coin (USDC) celebrated its first birthday this past week. As noted in a tweet, USDC is now the second most popular stablecoin following Tether. On September 26, 2018, Circle and the CENTRE open source consortium introduced USD Coin to enable individuals and institutions to… 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

December 23, 2018 @ 11:13 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

SALT, a U.S.-based Blockchain-Backed Loans provider for cryptocurrency holders, announced last week it has partnered with CENTRE Consortium to begin accepting USD Coin (USDC) as collateral. According to SALT, USDC is a new stablecoin backed by the US dollar. While sharing more details about the stablecoin, SALT’s CTO and… Read More

October 23, 2018 @ 3:24 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Crypto marketplace Coinbase announced on Tuesday it has teamed up with Circle to launch the USDC stablecoin. Coinbase reported that the new stablecoin is fully collateralized by U.S. dollars and supported by the marketplace and Circle as co-founding members of the CENTRE Consortium. According to Coinbase, customers… Read More

September 26, 2018 @ 1:12 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Boston-based Circle announced on Wednesday the launch of its USD coin. Circle reported that it and the CENTRE open source consortium introduced a service to tokenize US dollars and use those dollars over public blockchains on the internet, which is USD//Coin, also known as USDC. Circle previously announced plans… Read More

May 16, 2018 @ 4:05 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday, Boston-based Circle announced it has formed partnerships with USD Coin and Bitmain. Founded in 2013, Circle offers four products: Circle Invest, which allows users to easily invest in crypto; Circle Pay, allows users to send money like a text; Circle Trade, the company’s OTC trading… Read More