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EU Stablecoin Issuers With Bank Assets in Reserve Will Get Extra Regulation, EBA Draft Says
24.7.2023
The EU agency is consulting on new MiCA rules that mean “significant” tokens are centrally supervised with extra capital requirements
Korean banks to research the stablecoins alternative
24.7.2023
Hana Bank plans to conduct research on certificate of deposit tokens, while Woori Bank’s research department has already recently released a report on them
Bitcoin no longer asset of choice for criminals - former Elliptic crypto advisor
21.7.2023
Criminals have moved away from using Bitcoin for money laundering, with stablecoins emerging as an alternative due to accessibility
Blackrock Bitcoin ETF Filing Announcement Propelled BTC in Q2 — Study
20.7.2023
According to the latest Coingecko report, during the second quarter (Q2) of 2023, the U.S. dollar value of BTC grew by nearly 7% while that of the entire crypto market capitalization only went up by 0.14%. In contrast, BTC’s average daily trading volume during the period fell by 58.7% from...
Stablecoin Issuer Lybra Finance Launches Arbitrum Testnet Amid Quest to Be More DeFi-Friendly
19.7.2023
Users can now interact with Lybra’s new companion stablecoin peUSD, which is said to be more compatible with decentralized finance protocols than the protocol’s main stablecoin eUSD
Republicans and Democrats Collaborate on Stablecoin Legislation in the House
18.7.2023
Republicans and Democrats are likely to come to an agreement on the proposed bill to regulate stablecoins in the United States.
Two senior members of the Financial Services Committee in the U.S. House of Representatives, who drafted the bill to regulate stablecoins, said that Republicans...
Gnosis Lets Crypto Users Make Everyday Purchases From Wallets With Visa
17.7.2023
The crypto-based debit card will allow web3 users to use their stablecoins to pay for products in everyday life
Bitcoin ETFs Can Boost ‘Overall Reputation of Certain Cryptocurrencies’ — Brighty App Co-Founder
16.7.2023
According to Nikolay Denisenko, the co-founder and CTO of the financial and earning application Brighty App, the digital version of the pound sterling can be a bridge that enables “easy conversions between different types of crypto, stablecoins, and digital currencies.” Furthermore,...
Circle CEO spells doom scenario for US dollar in warning to Congress
14.7.2023
Jeremy Allaire claimed the U.S. dollar is “under threat” and urged lawmakers to pass stablecoin regulation to “build trust” in a digital dollar
Crypto Markets ‘Highly Dependent’ on Stablecoins Lacking Transparency, TUSD Poses Risk: Kaiko
13.7.2023
The rapidly growing TUSD, favored by crypto exchange Binance, poses risk to the market, according to the crypto research firm
India Central Bank Official Warns of 'Existential Threat' from Stablecoin
13.7.2023
Reserve Bank of India’s Deputy Governor has warned that stablecoins pose an existential threat to policy sovereignty and are not useful to economies like India.
RBI Deputy Governor T Rabi Sankar opined that stablecoins are beneficial to certain economies like US and Europe to which stablecoins...
Top Stablecoins See Steady Decline Over Past Month as Dollar-Pegged Token Economy Shrinks
12.7.2023
The top stablecoins have continued to see redemptions over the past 30 days as the dollar-pegged crypto economy currently hovers at $127.32 billion on July 12. The stablecoin BUSD’s supply has dropped below the 4 billion mark as the token’s number of coins in circulation has fallen...
Today in Crypto: Celsius Sues StakeHound Over $150M in Assets, US Finance Committee Asks Crypto Industry for Opinions, Russia's Duma Passes Digital Ruble Bill, Stablecoins are 'Existential Threat to Policy Sovereignty'
12.7.2023
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A Second Round of the Lummis-Gillibrand Crypto Bill Elevates CFTC, Defines DeFi
12.7.2023
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) would take a back seat in a crypto oversight bill being re-launched by Sens. Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), which would require that crypto exchanges be overseen by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and...
Stablecoins Pose 'Existential Threat' to Policy Sovereignty, Says India Central Bank Official: Report
12.7.2023
"If large stablecoins are linked to some other currency, there is a risk of dollarization," RBI Deputy Governor Rabi Sankar has said
BIS Survey: 93% of the World’s Central Banks Are Engaged in CBDC Work
12.7.2023
The Bank for International Settlements (BIS), an organization that seeks to support the international cooperation of the world’s central banks, has released the results of its 2022 survey on central bank digital currencies (CBDC) and crypto. The survey found that 93% of the 86 banks surveyed...
Aave DAO to Vote on Gho Stablecoin Deployment on Ethereum
11.7.2023
GHO has been in the works for over a year and was issued on a testnet earlier this year
Crypto and Stablecoins Are Not Money, Says Bank of England Governor in Favor of 'Enhanced Digital Money'
11.7.2023
Andrew Bailey, Governor of the Bank of England (BoE), has reiterated his stance against cryptocurrencies, during his recent speech at the Mansion House in London.
Bailey, who has previously voiced his concerns about the speculative nature of digital currencies, said Monday that Bitcoins have...
China Should Consider Yuan-Backed Stablecoins Instead of CBDCs, Circle's Allaire Says
11.7.2023
Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire touted the advantages of stablecoins over central bank digital currencies (CBDC), in an interview with South China Morning Post
BOE governor trashes crypto, stablecoins in favor of ‘enhanced digital money’
10.7.2023
A retail CBDC or “enhanced” digital money would support the singleness of money and settlement finality, Andrew Bailey said, but crypto isn’t money