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Biconomy’s Hyphen enables low-cost transfers between Ethereum and Polychain
10.8.2021
Biconomy is planning to launch its native token, BICO, in the near future. The company also claimed that it will expand to support over 30 decentralized applications
Personal Savings Feature Added to West African Platform Facilitating Crypto-to-Fiat Conversion
10.8.2021
Duniapay, a digital banking platform created by three students from Burkina Faso, has added a personal savings feature to its banking application that already provides residents from some 14 West African countries with a flexible digital platform to access financial services. Using a Stablecoin...
The $62B Stablecoin Giant Tether Publishes Assurance Report Reviewed by Auditor Moore Cayman
10.8.2021
Tether Limited has released an assurance report reviewed by Moore Cayman, an auditor of investment funds and digital assets. The report provides a breakdown of the company’s assets and reserves which Moore Cayman claims are around $62.7 billion as of June 30. Tether Publishes Assurance Report...
Tether claims to have increased total assets by $21B in new accounting review
9.8.2021
Tether has been publishing periodic accounting reports to the public after reaching a settlement with the New York Attorney General’s office in February 2021
Huobi Stablecoin Issuer Publishes Attestation Reports Tied to HUSD Reserve Backing
6.8.2021
The crypto financial services company Huobi and the firm’s stablecoin issuer Stable Universal have published monthly HUSD attestation reports. The audits indicate the funds that back Huobi’s stablecoin are kept in cash in U.S. money market accounts in order to ensure the 1:1 ratio with...
Precious Metals Firm Kitco Launches Gold-Backed Tokens Built on Ethereum
5.8.2021
On August 4, the precious metals firm Kitco Gold announced the launch of a gold-backed stablecoin which will leverage an audit process via Cohen & Company with monthly attestation reports. Kitco has partnered with Tradewind Markets, First Digital Trust, and Stably, an asset tokenization...
Stablecoin market to hit $1T by 2025, Unstoppable Domains CEO predicts
5.8.2021
As an early crypto bull, Unstoppable Domains CEO Matthew Gould believes that Bitcoin won’t retest its all-time high of $64,000 for at least one year
Circle and Unstoppable Domains to introduce username-based USDC payments
4.8.2021
USD Coin holders will soon be able to transfer the stablecoin via human-readable addresses across supported wallets and crypto exchanges
Terra (LUNA) price rallies 162% while Bitcoin and altcoin prices drop
3.8.2021
Steady fundamentals and rising demand for UST and LUNA are just a few of the reasons why the altcoin has gained 162% in the past two weeks
VGX, PERP and LUNA rally while Bitcoin price struggles to hold $38K
3.8.2021
VGX, LUNA and PERP saw double-digit gains even as Bitcoin’s momentum slumps and bulls fight to hold the $38,000 level
Crypto.com enables withdrawals of USDC for users worldwide
3.8.2021
Support for withdrawals comes shortly after Crypto.com launched support for USDC deposits, thanks to a new partnership with USDC issuer Circle
Fed Governor Lael Brainard Can’t Imagine Future Without Digital Dollar
31.7.2021
Pointing to a number of reasons why a digital version of the U.S. dollar should be created, Federal Reserve Governor Lael Brainard insisted that not having one wouldn’t lead to a sustainable future. The central bank official believes a digital dollar will have both international and domestic...
Bank of America, Coinbase, FTX Invest in Paxos Series D Funding Round
31.7.2021
Paxos, a blockchain services and tokenization firm has added Coinbase Ventures, FTX, Bank of America, and Founders Fund as backers in its Series D funding round that started last April. These institutions were listed as “strategic investors,” but the amounts of their contributions were...
US Stablecoin Regulation Could Lead to Geopolitical Competition
30.7.2021
Recent regulatory developments could push stablecoins closer to the existing fiat system, unleashing competition for control over a lifeblood of the crypto industry, says our columnist
Algorithmic stablecoins show promise of reducing volatility — ShapeShift
29.7.2021
“Stablecoin experimentation is happening in real-time with billions of dollars at stake in this vast permissionless lab we call DeFi,” reads a new research report from ShapeShift. The author focuses on the rise of algorithmic stablecoins and their potential use cases
Tether’s Collapse Would Be Chaotic, Not Cataclysmic
26.7.2021
Possible criminal charges against Tether executives will put even more pressure on a product that the market is already cooling on
USDT Maintains Dollar Peg as Traders Shrug Off DOJ Tether Probe Report
26.7.2021
Unlike past scares, Monday’s report of a Department of Justice investigation hasn’t shaken traders’ faith in the stablecoin
DeFi tokens book double-digit gains after Bitcoin rallies above $39,000
26.7.2021
AMP, XVS and RSR price saw strong breakouts after a short squeeze sent Bitcoin price within a hair of the $40,000 level
$60K is now more likely for Bitcoin than $20K, Bloomberg's senior strategist asserts
23.7.2021
The analyst also treats the latest crypto ban in China as bullish for Bitcoin and the U.S. dollar
Paxos Standard Presents Assets Backing Its Stablecoins
23.7.2021
Paxos, a regulated blockchain company, recently presented the basket of resources that back its stablecoins. Paxos Standard (PAX) and Binance USD (BUSD) are reportedly backed almost 100% by cash and cash equivalents. Dan Burstein, CCO of Paxos, harshly criticized Tether and Circle, issuers of other...