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Circle USDC Rebounds From De-Pegging, but Stablecoin Observers See an Uncertain Future
15.3.2023
Nearly 4 billion USDC has been removed from the circulating supply since Friday with more USDC being burned than minted, data shows
Decentralized Borrowing Protocol Liquity’s LQTY Token Soars Amid USDC Chaos
14.3.2023
The price increase of LQTY comes amid heightened interest in stablecoins following the depegging of USD Coin and the shutdown of several crypto-friendly banks
Circle Partners With Cross River Bank, Handful of US ‘Crypto-Friendly’ Banks Remain; Okcoin Suspends USD Deposits
13.3.2023
Circle Financial, the issuer of the stablecoin USDC, is partnering with Cross River Bank after its former settlement partner, Signature Bank, was closed by New York regulators, according to a statement from CEO Jeremy Allaire. “The 1:1 redeemability of all USDC in circulation is of paramount...
Fed starts ‘stealth QE’ — 5 things to know in Bitcoin this week
13.3.2023
Bitcoin and crypto react bullishly to news that the Fed is providing liquidity again in the wake of Silicon Valley Bank failing and Signature Bank being closed
Euler Finance hacked for over $195M in a flash loan attack
13.3.2023
Euler Finance became the victim of a flash loan attack where the exploiter managed to drain hundreds of millions worth of decentralized stablecoins and synthetic ERC-20 tokens
USDC Stablecoin Nears Parity With USD After Fed’s Bailout Announcement
13.3.2023
The stablecoin USDC has nearly regained parity with the U.S. dollar after rising just above $0.99 on March 12, 2023, at 7:20 p.m. Eastern Time. The stablecoin jumped back to the $0.99 range after the U.S. Federal Reserve revealed it would bail out depositors of California’s Silicon Valley...
Circle Issues Update Amid Stablecoin Volatility; Firm Is Prepared to ‘Stand Behind USDC and Cover Any Shortfall’
12.3.2023
On Saturday, March 11, 2023, Circle Financial updated the public about its stablecoin, USDC, and noted that the stablecoin’s liquidity operations will resume normally on Monday morning in the United States. Circle said that the company’s teams would be ready on Monday to “handle...
USDC Stablecoin Depegging Causes Concern Among Crypto Advocates, 5 Other Stablecoins Slip Below Parity
11.3.2023
On Saturday, March 11, 2023, crypto advocates are concerned as a few stablecoin assets have depegged from their $1 parity. The second-largest stablecoin USDC, issued by Circle Financial, fell below $0.90, reaching a low of $0.877 per coin. Additionally, around five other stablecoins have dropped...
Coinbase Pauses Conversions Between USDC and U.S. Dollars as Banking Crisis Roils Crypto
11.3.2023
Circle's USDC stablecoin was hit by the shutdown of Silicon Valley Bank, one of its key banking partners
Circle Confirms $3.3B of USDC's Cash Reserves Stuck at Failed Silicon Valley Bank
11.3.2023
Silicon Valley Bank, one of the reserve banking partner for Circle's USDC stablecoin, was shut down by regulators on Friday
Circle’s USDC Endured $1B of Net Redemptions Since Silicon Valley Bank's Shutdown
11.3.2023
Stablecoin issuer Circle held an undisclosed amount of USDC’s cash reserves at failed Silicon Valley Bank
BUSD Drama Sets Stage for Stablecoin Market Reshuffle
16.2.2023
Binance’s bet on its BUSD stablecoin could backfire into a revamping of who’s winning in crypto’s dollar-pegged token markets
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...
Robinhood and Circle Partner to Let Exchange and Wallet Users Utilize the Stablecoin USDC
29.9.2022
After Robinhood Markets launched the company’s beta Web3 wallet on Tuesday and listed the stablecoin usd coin on the exchange platform Robinhood Crypto last week, the company announced a strategic partnership with Circle Financial. The deal revealed on Wednesday will provide Robinhood Crypto...
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...
Crypto Exchange Bitso Launches Remittance Service in Colombia
11.7.2022
Bitso, a Mexican-based, Latam operating cryptocurrency exchange, announced it is launching a remittance service in Colombia. The company will now allow its customers in Colombia to send and receive remittances using dollar-pegged stablecoins on the platform. The exchange launched a similar service...
Circle's USDC on track to topple Tether USDT as the top stablecoin in 2022
5.7.2022
The USDT-to-USDC market cap ratio fell to its lowest ever in July 2022
Tron DAO Reserve to Deploy Another USDC 500M to Protect Stablecoin as Depeg Extends
15.6.2022
The Tron DAO Reserve (TDR), the entity in charge of managing Tron-based stablecoins, aims to deploy another USD 500m worth of the stablecoin USD coin (USDC) to defend the peg of its algorithmic stablecoin USDD.
The move comes as USDD, despite being overcollateralized, has plunged to USD 0.96...
Checkout.com Reveals Merchants Can Accept and Make Payments in USDC
8.6.2022
On Tuesday, the financial technology company Checkout.com announced that it will allow merchant settlements using the stablecoin USDC via a partnership with the crypto firm Fireblocks. Checkout.com further detailed that in a beta test with select clients, the company settled $300 million...
Circle Announces the Stablecoin USDC Is Now Supported by the Polygon Network
8.6.2022
Circle, the issuer of the stablecoin usd coin (USDC), announced that the project is now supported on the Polygon network. The stablecoin with the second-largest market capitalization can now be withdrawn via a Circle Account and Circle APIs without the need for manual cross-chain bridge technology....