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The Crypto Firms Collaborating on a Swiss Franc Stablecoin
14.9.2020
“Coopetition” is an ungainly term at the best of times. But it appears that’s what’s happening among Swiss stablecoin issuers
Privacy laws might prove to be a blessing in disguise for crypto
13.9.2020
With government agencies getting more savvy at tracing blockchain transactions, laws like the EU’s GDPR may play a role
European Ministers Call on EU Commission to Regulate Stablecoins
11.9.2020
Finance ministers from five European countries have called on the EU Commission to introduce tough regulation for stablecoins
Bank of France: stablecoins could impact EU financial sovereignty ‘for decades’
11.9.2020
Banque de France Governor François Villeroy de Galhau wanted about the threat of "Big Tech" stablecoins
Yearn Finance shuns governance token with new stablecoin lending protocol
11.9.2020
Yearn Finance is launching a MakerDAO like stablecoin lending protocol with no governance token
USDC now capable of 1000 transactions per second with near-zero fees
9.9.2020
The asset's new multichain partner makes it so
Crypto Borrowing: Here Are Seven of the Best Interest Rates on the Market
9.9.2020
Cryptocurrency is sizing up traditional finance on its legacy turf of lending and borrowing with competitive interest rates (currently as low as 0.44% for ethereum and 4.50% per year for bitcoin) as well as less cumbersome verification procedures. Crypto holders present their virtual assets...
A new decentralized exchange lets users trade commodity and crypto derivatives
8.9.2020
Ever wanted to yield farm gold, silver or oil?
New Bitcoin-stablecoin metric reveals ‘intense’ buy pressure — analyst
8.9.2020
Bitcoin is seeing continued “intense buy pressure,” says CryptoQuant, as $10,000 proves attractive for market entrants
Crypto Volumes Surge in August: Binance Largest Spot Exchange as Huobi Leads Derivatives
8.9.2020
The latest report by Cryptocompare shows August spot cryptocurrency traded volumes by the 15 largest top-tier exchanges increased by 58.3% to $529 billion versus July figures. Low tier exchanges volumes, on the other hand, increased by 30.2% to end the month of August with a total of $291 billion....
Opium Protocol Allows Traders to Hedge or Bet Against the Stablecoin Tether’s Solvency
7.9.2020
Cryptocurrency traders can now protect their tether tokens or bet against the solvency of the stablecoin by leveraging a new crypto derivatives product from the Opium Protocol. Opium founder, Andrey Belyakov, claims the product is the “first CDS (credit default swap) on a centralized...
Stablecoin market cap increases by $100M every single day
4.9.2020
‘DeFi yields and interest rates are clearly a vacuum sucking in a lot of stablecoins,’ says Coin Metrics’ Nic Carter
Yearn Finance Vault Users Lock $139M: Farmers Claim Collateralized ETH Gathers 90% APY
4.9.2020
On September 3, 2020, the well known Yearn Finance defi project “paused” the popular ethereum liquidity vault (yETH) service, after locking in a significant $139 million. Yearn’s vault feature launched on Wednesday, and saw $100 million deposited on the first day. The vault hype...
$16B Worth of Dollar-Pegged Cryptos: Stablecoins Add $100M a Day Since Mid-July
4.9.2020
Stablecoins have been gathering a lot of steam and settling massive value in recent months. Moreover, on Thursday, Coin Metrics’ executive Nic Carter mentioned on Twitter that “stablecoins have been adding $100 [million per day] since mid-July. While a number of dollar-pegged...
Bank of England governor dismissed Bitcoin as a means of payment
3.9.2020
Cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin don't quite convince Bailey, but he sees a lot of potential for stablecoins
Bank of England Governor Wants Global Regulations as Stablecoins Pick Up Steam
3.9.2020
Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey wants coordinated global regulation around stablecoins as the payment method picks up steam
Bittrex lists Turkish stablecoin BiLira
2.9.2020
Turkish Lira-backed stablecoin BiLira is now open for trading on Bittrex Globalcryptocurrency exchange
Swiss crypto bank Sygnum scores approval for digital asset trading
2.9.2020
The digital Swiss franc issuer is now licensed as a "digital asset trading facility."
Money Market Protocol Aave Settles $300 Million in Defi Flash Loans
2.9.2020
This weekend the decentralized money market protocol Aave broke records as the community witnessed a massive flash loan of $14 million worth of the stablecoin DAI. So far, the Aave protocol has seen over $300 million in flash loans to-date and this trend doesn’t seem to be abating any time...
DeFi users turn to USDC stablecoin to earn high-yield interest — Data shows
1.9.2020
Data shows DeFi platforms and their users are rapidly increasing their use of USDC stablecoin after Curve Finance launched