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Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Ticks Up, Solana's USD 100M Bet, NFT Ticketing + More News
8.6.2022
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Read More: Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Ticks Up, Solana's USD 100M Bet, NFT Ticketing + More News
Circle to Boost Instant Payouts for Businesses by Adding Support for Polygon USDC
8.6.2022
Polygon USDC becomes the first bridged version of USDC to attract support from Circle that facilitates faster payments and transactions at lower costs. The benefits extend to institutional traders and businesses looking to swap fiat currencies to and from Polygon USDC. Swap and transfer of Polygon...
Circle to Support Polygon USDC on Payments Platform as Adoption Grows
7.6.2022
USDC stablecoin issuer Circle is adding support for Polygon USDC on its payments and treasury platform, the company said Tuesday
Inflation Might Bring New Crypto Users, Tethered Peso, the Price of Zuckerberg's Meta Ambitions + More News
26.5.2022
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Read More: Inflation Might Bring New Crypto Users, Tethered Peso, the Price of Zuckerberg's Meta Ambitions + More News
Gaming DAO Merit Circle and YGG Caught in DAO Governance Strife
26.5.2022
Merit Circle members want to refund Yield Guild Games' investment and cancel an agreement between the two, claiming there’s not been enough value-add by the gaming guild giant
Circle Asks US Fed Not to Step on Its Toes by Launching a Digital Dollar
25.5.2022
Circle Internet Financial weighs in to give a crypto industry view that the U.S. Federal Reserve should pass on launching its own digital dollar, arguing that it could strangle private-sector efforts such as Circle’s to manage their own dollar-based tokens
People Want Digital Cash, Governments Need to Accept That, Circle CEO Says
24.5.2022
There is a reason that “cash is king,” and people around the world want a digital form of cash that is private, offers final settlement, and cannot be “turned off” by a central party, argued Jeremy Allaire, co-founder and CEO of digital payments company Circle.
Allaire said that for...
Crypto Firms Launch Community-Powered Scam Reporting Platform ‘Chainabuse’
24.5.2022
Several crypto firms, including Binance and Circle, have launched a new crypto scam reporting platform. The tool “empowers anyone in the crypto economy to warn others about scams, hacks or other fraudulent activity as they encounter it.” New Crypto Scam Reporting Platform Launched...
Circle to Issue Weekly USDC Reserve Reports — Tether Publishes May 2022 Assurance Report
22.5.2022
The co-founder and CEO of Circle, Jeremy Allaire, has announced the cryptocurrency firm that issues the stablecoin usd coin plans to provide the public with weekly stablecoin reserve reports. Additionally, the company Tether has also released an assurance report on its stablecoin reserves via...
Crypto giants co-launch Chainabuse platform to water down rising scams
18.5.2022
Chainabuse allows crypto users, victims of financial crimes, and crypto businesses to report, discuss and issue warnings actively and ultimately reduce the effectiveness of the scam
Circle Says USDC Reserve Backed Entirely in Cash and Short-Dated US Treasuries
16.5.2022
On May 13, Circle’s chief financial officer Jeremy Fox-Geen published a blog post called “How to Be Stable,” following the aftermath of Terra’s stablecoin implosion. Circle’s CFO explained that since usd coin’s inception, the stablecoin aims to...
Stablecoin Shuffle — Terra Fiasco Shakes up Fiat-Pegged Crypto Economy, Over $35 Billion Disappears
13.5.2022
According to statistics on Friday, May 13, the top stablecoins by market capitalization are currently worth $163.7 billion after the stablecoin economy was valued at close to $200 billion just last week. Of course, the climactic terrausd (UST) failure wiped out billions from the stablecoin economy...
Cryptocurrency Exchange Kucoin Raises $150 Million in Pre-Series B Funding Round, Reaches $10 Billion Valuation
11.5.2022
Kucoin, a Seychelles-based cryptocurrency exchange, has announced it has raised $150 million in a pre-Series B funding round. The negotiation, which was led by Jump Crypto with the participation of other investors including Circle Ventures, IDG Capital, and Matrix Partners, has conferred...
KuCoin Valued at USD 10B, Three New Crypto ETFs, Circle's 'Decentralized Identity' + More News
10.5.2022
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Read More: KuCoin Valued at USD 10B, Three New Crypto ETFs, Circle's 'Decentralized Identity' + More News
KuCoin to launch DeFi products in 2022 with fresh $150M raise
10.5.2022
The global crypto exchange KuCoin expects to launch decentralized wallet products later in Q2 2022, also planning to roll out its NFT marketplace Windwave in the near future
USDT vs. USDC vs. UST: How Do They Compare?
7.5.2022
Stablecoins are taking an increasingly growing market share of the overall crypto markets as the demand for digital dollars continues to rise among crypto investors.
Read on to learn about the similarities and differences between USDT, USDC, and UST in this stablecoin comparison guide.
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OpenSea and Circle Back $6M Raise for DAO Platform Syndicate
3.5.2022
Nearly 1,200 investment clubs have launched on Syndicate since the platform went live at the end of January
Regulatory Clarity, More Transactional Use Could Boost Stablecoin Adoption - Crypto Summit Panel
26.4.2022
The USD 80bn-heavy stablecoin industry requires more regulatory clarity and harmonization across jurisdictions, but the coins' increased use for transactions is the ultimate factor that will boost adoption across the world, according to the participants of a discussion held at the Crypto...
Payments Giant Stripe Rolls Out Pilot to Test Crypto Payouts With Twitter
22.4.2022
On April 22, the payments giant Stripe announced that it is expanding global payouts with crypto assets via a new pilot. Stripe’s crypto executive Karan Sharma revealed crypto payouts for the firm’s Connect service to a select group of Twitter users as the social media platform...
Crypto Biz: An eye-opening chat with Mr. Wonderful, April 7–13, 2022
15.4.2022
Kevin O’Leary told Cointelegraph that Bitcoin mining could incentivize green energy production. We also interviewed Mark Yusko and Mike McGlone at Bitcoin 2022