Tagged: usdc

March 25, 2025 @ 10:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Circle Internet Group, Inc., a financial technology company and stablecoin market participant / issuer, announced its commitment to Japan by leveraging its Japanese entity, Circle Japan KK, and local partnerships to drive the adoption of Circle platforms and technologies in Japan. Circle’s partners in Japan… Read More

March 24, 2025 @ 1:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The crypto market has faced a challenging period, with Bitcoin and other  cryptocurrencies experiencing price declines in recent months. However, one segment of the market has quietly defied this trend: stablecoins. The total market capitalization of stablecoins has been steadily rising, reflecting growing adoption and… Read More

March 6, 2025 @ 7:06 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Linea will reportedly be the “first” blockchain to have its Bridged USDC Standard implementation upgraded to native USDC by Circle. Linea will also gain support for CCTP V2 “following its upcoming mainnet launch.” Linea is a zkEVM Layer-2 blockchain powered by Consensys, built to scale… Read More

February 9, 2025 @ 9:08 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Crypto exchange Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) noted that the past year has seen significant growth in the adoption of USDC, a stablecoin that has solidified its position as one of the most widely used digital tokens globally. Coinbase revealed in a blog post that this growth is… Read More

January 21, 2025 @ 11:39 am By JD Alois  |  

Circle, a top stablecoin issuer best known for its dollar-based digital currency USDC, has acquired Hashnote. The purchase was revealed at  Davos, Switzerland where Circle CEO and founder Jeremy Allaire was speaking. Hashnote is the issuer of the Tokenized Money Market Fund (TMMF) – US… Read More

January 21, 2025 @ 8:20 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Brazil’s digital banking platform Nubank (NYSE: NU) is reportedly expanding the feature that rewards holders of the digital dollar USDC to all users of Nubank Cripto in Brazil. As noted by Nubank, this latest expansion allows daily returns on a minimum balance of “10 USDC… Read More

January 17, 2025 @ 3:34 pm By JD Alois  |  

Upstream, “a stock exchange for digital securities,” says it is now accepting Tethere – USDT or USDC dollar-based stablecoins. USDT os the largest stablecoin by market cap at $137.5 billion. USDC is the second largest. Upstream is part of MERJ, a regulated stock exchange based… Read More

December 23, 2024 @ 10:40 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Starting Monday, December 23, 2024, Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) is reportedly bringing onchain payments to the big screen at Regal. For two weeks during the holidays / festive season, U.S. moviegoers are able to take advantage of a 10% discount on tickets and concessions when they can… Read More

December 9, 2024 @ 11:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Copper, a firm focused on digital asset custody, collateral management and prime services, is announcing that it is one of the first custodians to enable support for USDC on Sui. USDC is a digital dollar, backed by “highly liquid” cash and cash-equivalent assets, and is… Read More

November 27, 2024 @ 5:35 pm By JD Alois  |  

Robinhood Crypto EU has added USDC, a dollar-based stablecoin issued by Circle, to its platform. The new feature was revealed in an X earlier today. Robinhood Crypto EU claims to provide the lowest cost average trading in Europe for 30+ different digital assets. As the… Read More

November 26, 2024 @ 12:36 pm By JD Alois  |  

The UK recently revealed it intends to pursue comprehensive regulation of the digital asset sector in 2025. This includes the key stablecoin market, which is one of the most robust sectors of crypto. Today, much stablecoin activity incorporates onboarding or an off-ramp for crypto trading—an… Read More

November 16, 2024 @ 6:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nubank (NYSE: NU) clients who hold crypto-assets will be able to trade Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Solana (SOL), or Uniswap (UNI) for “digital dollars” USDC as well as vice versa. The feature, integrated with Nubank Cripto, now reportedly simplifies currency transactions via direct exchange. Also… Read More

November 10, 2024 @ 9:59 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Stablecoins issuer Circle, which reported minting over $2 billion in stablecoin USDC in just the past few weeks, has explored how the intersection of AI and blockchain tech is expected to transform our understanding of work and finance, especially via the use of “autonomous” payments…. Read More

November 10, 2024 @ 9:43 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Jeremy Allaire, CEO and Founder at Circle, recently commented on the the ongoing development of solutions enabling more seamless USDC merchant payment acceptance. Allaire noted that a new solution called Drift Money integrates into existing Square point of sale systems, and dashboard apps for merchants…. Read More

October 21, 2024 @ 7:50 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Fintech Stripe has reportedly acquired stablecoin platform Bridge for $1.1 billion, according to an update shared via social media by tech industry entrepreneur Michael Arrington. As mentioned in the announcement, this deal notably makes it Stripe’s largest acquisition to date, and also one of the… Read More

September 30, 2024 @ 7:52 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Circle, a global financial technology firm, releases its first Global Impact Report on the grounds of the United Nations. Examples in the report from Circle reportedly demonstrate the “inherent” power of open blockchain-based financial infrastructure to streamline aid delivery as well as remittances for humanitarian… Read More

September 28, 2024 @ 10:55 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitvavo, one of the largest European cryptocurrency exchanges, is making MiCA-compliant USDC widely available to Bitvavo’s growing user base to offer regulated, efficient, and transparent dollar stablecoin transactions to European users. MiCA or Markets in Crypto Assets regulation has been approved by the European Union…. Read More

September 19, 2024 @ 9:01 am By Omar Faridi  |  

USDC and CCTP are coming to Sui, according to an update from stablecoin issue Circle. Circle is pleased to confirm that “native USDC and Cross-Chain Transfer Protocol (CCTP) are coming soon to Sui.” Sui is a layer-1 (L1) blockchain that “offers fast, secure, scalable, and… Read More

September 10, 2024 @ 7:25 am By Omar Faridi  |  

BBVA’s institutional and private banking clients in Switzerland, as well as those with a NewGen account, can now manage their USDC funds on the same platform where they handle their traditional investments. They can exchange, custody, or automatically “convert USDC in near real-time into euros,… Read More

August 14, 2024 @ 2:15 pm By JD Alois  |  

As Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) will soon open payments on their iPhone to third parties, stablecoin issuer Circle says it will soon compete with other traditional payment providers. According to Apple, in-app, NFC transactions will be opened to developers with the release of iOS 18.1. “APIs, developers… Read More