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Crypto Organizations Rally for Bitcoin Emoji, Seek 50,000 Signatures to Convince Unicode
2.4.2024
Over 35 cryptocurrency entities, spearheaded by Nexo, have initiated a campaign to introduce a bitcoin emoji, uniting more than 170 million community members in the process. Campaign for Official Bitcoin Emoji Gains Momentum In a push for digital culture recognition, Nexo, alongside more than...
Ripple’s XRP Ousted From Hong Kong Virtual Asset Consortium’s Top Crypto Index
16.1.2024
As Hong Kong strengthens its crypto regulatory framework and embraces ETFs, the Hong Kong Virtual Asset Consortium (HKVAC) has updated its crypto indexes, showing a preference for tokens with market performance and growing industry partnerships. Ripple’s XRP Loses Ground in HVAC’s...
Coinbase Acquires Equity Stake in Circle; Companies Reshape USDC’s Future
22.8.2023
In a joint statement, Jeremy Allaire, CEO of Circle, and Brian Armstrong, CEO of Coinbase, announced the dissolution of the Centre Consortium. Consequently, Circle will take exclusive charge of the issuance and governance of USDC. Additionally, Coinbase has acquired an equity stake in Circle while...
Report: SEC on Cusp of Approving Ethereum Futures Amidst Crypto Market Rollercoaster
18.8.2023
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is said to be on the verge of greenlighting futures products tied to ethereum (ETH), as per a Bloomberg report. One insider privy to the development indicated that a handful could secure approval come October. Unnamed Sources Reveal SEC May Soon...
USDC’s Market Cap Sheds Close to $4 Billion in Less Than 20 Days, Binance’s BUSD Climbs 3%
17.10.2022
19 days ago, usd coin (USDC), the second largest stablecoin by market capitalization, had an overall valuation of around $48.82 billion and since then, it has continued to deflate down to today’s $44.93 billion. Statistics show that during the last three months, USDC’s market...
Wazirx Plans to Delist 3 Stablecoins, Leftover Balances Will Be Auto-Converted to BUSD
20.9.2022
The crypto asset exchange Wazirx is following Binance’s move by delisting a number of stablecoins and automatically converting them to BUSD at a 1:1 ratio. Wazirx customers have until September 23 to withdraw their stablecoins if they don’t want the funds converted. Wazirx Plans...
Circle CEO, Paxos, and Trueusd Speak on Binance’s Stablecoin Auto-Conversion Decision
7.9.2022
On September 5, Binance explained that it planned to drop a number of usdc trading pairs and auto-convert specific stablecoin balances into busd by September 29. While the move was controversial among crypto proponents on social media, Circle Financial CEO Jeremy Allaire explained that the change...
Binance to Drop USDC Trading Pairs, Plans to Auto-Convert Specific Stablecoin Balances to BUSD
6.9.2022
The world’s largest cryptocurrency trading platform by trade volume, Binance, issued a notice on Monday explaining that the exchange will be removing the stablecoin USDC from the platform’s spot trading pairs list. Binance further details that users holding three types of stablecoins...
Coinbase Launches Wrapped Ethereum Liquid Staking Token Ahead of The Merge
25.8.2022
The cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has introduced a new liquid staking ethereum derivative token ahead of Ethereum’s proof-of-stake (PoS) upgrade. The new ERC20 utility token is called coinbase wrapped ethereum, or CBETH, and it will allow people to stake their ether in a non-custodial...
Uniswap Censors 253 Crypto Addresses Blacklisted for Crime, Sanction Associations
20.8.2022
According to a recently published report, the decentralized exchange (dex) Uniswap has blocked roughly 253 cryptocurrency addresses allegedly tied to crimes or government sanctions. The information was discovered by the software developer Banteg who analyzed and saved the shared logs from...
Despite Recent Threats From Canadian Officials, ‘Real Crypto’ or Decentralized Assets Cannot Be Frozen
20.2.2022
Over the last week, there’s been a lot of discussion about Canada ‘freezing’ digital currency accounts that are associated with the Canadian trucker’s Freedom Convoy. Amid the topical conversation, it should be stressed that decentralized cryptocurrencies like bitcoin...
NYCB and Group of Banks Join to Launch USDF Stablecoin
14.1.2022
A group of U.S.-based banks is launching their own stablecoin, USDF. The stablecoin will be issued by the USDF Consortium, which will allow its members (financial and banking institutions) to issue USDF. The proposed stablecoin will be the first currency of its kind to be minted by FDIC-insured...
Private, public and consortium blockchains: The differences explained
3.11.2021
There are three main types of blockchain technology: public, private and consortium blockchains, each of which has specific pros, cons and ideal uses
5 Dollar-Pegged Tokens Command 94% of the Swelling $135 Billion Stablecoin Market Cap
24.10.2021
During the last month, four out of five of the top stablecoins by market capitalization saw their valuations swell in size. At the time of writing, there’s $135.4 billion in stablecoins but the top five collectively represent 94.40% of that total. While the largest stablecoin in terms...
USDC Market Capitalization Hits $30 Billion — Stablecoin Adds $10 Billion in 4 Months
25.9.2021
As of September 25, 2021, there’s $129.3 billion worth of stablecoin assets in existence which represents 6.54% of the crypto economy. The second-largest stablecoin by market valuation, USDC, has seen its capitalization increase a great deal, rising more than $10 billion in 125 days. Since...
USDC to consolidate reserves into cash and US treasuries
24.8.2021
Coinbase president Emilie Choi expects USDC’s updated reserves policy to be in full effect by September
Circle Publishes USDC Attestation, Reserve Report Reveals Segregated Accounts in USD-Denominated Assets
20.7.2021
On July 20, the CEO of Circle Internet Financial LLC., Jeremy Allaire, published a blog post that explains the firm’s dollar-pegged stablecoin is backed by “prioritized trust, transparency, and accountability.” Allaire’s blog post follows a letter from the Centre...
Coinbase Launches High Yield USDC Accounts With 4% APY
30.6.2021
Coinbase, the largest exchange in terms of crypto reserves held, has announced the introduction of a savings program tied to usd coin. The company’s high yield USDC savings program allows customers to gain 4% APY interest on stablecoin accounts. Coinbase Reveals USDC Savings Program With...
Stock Exchange SIX Aims to List Bitcoin on SDX, Crypto Trading Platform to Launch This Summer
18.3.2021
On March 17, a report detailed that the digital exchange being developed by Switzerland’s principal stock exchange SIX is preparing to launch by the summer of 2021. The exchange called SIX Digital Exchange (SDX) reportedly will also offer bitcoin, alongside the possibility of non-fungible...
Jack Ma’s Ant Group, Three Other Digital Banks Get OK to Operate in Singapore
4.12.2020
The approved digital banks will be able to start operating from Singapore in early 2022