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Maker DAO files emergency proposal addressing 3.1B USDC exposure
11.3.2023
"Proposal(s) implementing the above changes are expected to be posted in the next ~12 hours or less," says Maker
Circle’s USDC instability causes domino effect on DAI, USDD stablecoins
11.3.2023
Following USDC’s depegging, three stablecoins — DAI, USDD and FRAX — also depegged from the dollar
DAI Depegs as Stablecoin Rout Plagues Crypto
11.3.2023
MakerDAO’s decentralized stablecoin hits an all-time low of 0.88 cents
MakerDAO Founder Calls for Rebranding of DAI Stablecoin
9.3.2023
Rune Christensen said DAI suffers from bad branding that could be slowing its growth on a call with community members
Stablecoin Issuer MakerDAO Proposes Additional $750M U.S. Treasury Purchase
7.3.2023
The decentralized autonomous organization behind the DAI coin previously purchased $500 million worth of notes and bonds
Ebb and Flow of Stablecoin Economy Continues With BUSD’s Market Cap Dropping Below $10 Billion Range
3.3.2023
The realm of stablecoins is an ever-evolving landscape and the number of coins in circulation for the stablecoin BUSD has fallen below the 10 billion mark to approximately 9.68 billion on March 3, 2023. Over the last 30 days, BUSD’s token supply has dropped 40% lower. In contrast, the number...
DeFi Giant MakerDAO Rejects $100M Loan to Cogent Bank
27.2.2023
The rejection follows less than a year after Maker approved a similarly structured loan to Huntingdon Valley Bank
Crypto Investors' $28M ‘Black Thursday’ Lawsuit Against DeFi Giant Maker Dismissed by US Judge
25.2.2023
The class action lawsuit filed in 2020 alleged that Maker-related entities knowingly misrepresented risks of holding collateral debt positions and caused heavy losses for some users during the March 2020 market crash
Binance Increases USDC Holdings as BUSD’s Market Cap Slides Lower
21.2.2023
Eight days ago, Paxos announced that the company would no longer mint the stablecoin BUSD. Since then, the coin’s market capitalization has been sliding lower as redemptions have become more prominent. Meanwhile, a data researcher from Nansen has discovered that Binance, the largest...
Stablecoin Market Sees Supply Increase for Tether as Competitors Decline in Light of Recent Regulatory Developments
14.2.2023
While the stablecoin market has seen significant redemptions in the past three months, the supply of tether, the largest stablecoin by market capitalization, has increased by 2.46 billion since mid-November 2022. Tether is the only one of the top five stablecoins by market valuation that has seen...
BUSD Redemptions Soar Near $290 Million in 8 Hours After NYDFS Consumer Alert
13.2.2023
Before Paxos published a press release at 6 a.m. Eastern time Monday, the stablecoin BUSD had approximately 16.16 billion tokens in circulation. In the past eight hours, nearly $290 million has been redeemed, bringing the number of BUSD in circulation to 15.87 billion. Stablecoin BUSD Sees...
Binance USD's $16B Market Cap Up for Grabs as SEC-Paxos Suit Stirs Up Stablecoin Rivalry
13.2.2023
Tether’s USDT stablecoin will likely be a big winner as Paxos stops issuing Binance USD stablecoin after being sued by the top U.S. securities watchdog
Stablecoin Market in Flux: More Than $2 Billion in USDC Redemptions in 30 Days
10.2.2023
It appears that the circulation of the stablecoin usd coin has decreased while tether’s has grown, as the latest statistics paint a contrasting picture. Tether saw a 3% increase in coins in circulation over the last month, while the U.S. dollar-pegged crypto asset usd coin recorded a decrease...
MakerDAO partners with Chainlink Automation for DAI stablecoin
10.2.2023
MakerDAO recently announced the successful integration of Chainlink Automation. As the creator of DAI, the protocol has onboarded Chainlink to its Keeper Network. MakerDAO’s Keeper Network acts as an automatic system running particular executions affiliated with Maker. Some of these actions...
Aave Launches Stablecoin GHO on Ethereum Goerli Testnet with Open Source Codebase and Audits
9.2.2023
Aave Companies, the firm behind the decentralized finance (defi) project Aave, has announced the launch of a stablecoin called GHO on the Ethereum testnet network Goerli. The codebase is available on Github and has undergone audits by Open Zeppelin, Sigmaprime and ABDK. Aave Invites Programmers...
DeFi Giant MakerDAO Integrates Blockchain Data Provider Chainlink for DAI Stablecoin
9.2.2023
Chainlink Automation will run specific tasks, including price updates and liquidity balancing, to help maintain the stability of Maker’s $5 billion DAI stablecoin
Today in Crypto: Aave Announces Launch of GHO Stablecoin on Ethereum’s Goerli Testnet, MakerDAO Establishes Phoenix Labs, LocalBitcoins Closing down
9.2.2023
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MakerDAO Contributors Propose First Native Liquidity Market Focused on DAI Stablecoin
8.2.2023
The proposed Spark Protocol will leverage Maker’s DAI stablecoin and its crypto assets for liquidity, and would be based on the Aave v3 smart contract system
CertiK Report Reveals a Strange Twist Behind the ‘Monkey Drainer’ Scam
31.1.2023
The latest report by the security-focused ranking platform CertiK revealed two individuals behind a several-million-dollar-heavy scam – and there is a twist to the duo’s partnership.
The report explained that “a number” of scammers had been using a phishing kit known as ‘Monkey Drainer’ over...
Stablecoin Economy Sheds Another $3 Billion in 44 Days
28.1.2023
The stablecoin economy continues to deplete as more than $3 billion has been erased from the stablecoin market ecosystem over the last 44 days. While statistics show that tether’s market valuation has risen by 2% over the last 30 days, usd coin’s market cap slid by 2.9%, BUSD...