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Binance and Others Are Rushing to Provide Stablecoins to Nigerian Crypto Users

21.2.2020
Here's how crypto exchanges are on-boarding unbanked users in Nigeria

Global Regulators Haven’t Properly Addressed Stablecoins

21.2.2020
Meeting at the G20 summit in Saudi Arabia this week, members of the Financial Stability Board discuss regulating cryptocurrency

Treasury Secretary Mnuchin Gives Testimony on Cryptocurrency, New Regulations Rolling Out Soon

13.2.2020
U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin gave his testimony on cryptocurrency before the Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday. Mnuchin said crypto is a “crucial area” that the Treasury has spent a lot of time on. He also talked about stablecoins and announced that new crypto regulations...

Libra Minus Facebook: Why Celo Is 2020’s Buzzy Token Project

12.2.2020
With $30 million from Polychain and a16z, here's how the buzzy Celo plans to rival Libra on financial inclusion

Circle Founder: Digital Currencies at Key Growth Moment as Governments Take Notice

12.2.2020
Jeremy Allaire sees governments and industry finally taking blockchain seriously. That's a big deal

Tether Stablecoin Taps Chainalysis for Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Tools

12.2.2020
Tether is using Chainalysis' "Know Your Transaction" tool to create risk profiles for USDT users and monitor potentially suspicious activity

Bitpay Partnership With Poynt Enables Crypto Payments at 100,000 Point-of-Sale Devices

12.2.2020
On February 11, the Atlanta-based payment processor Bitpay announced the firm’s recent partnership with the company Poynt. Now retailers will be able to support cryptocurrency payments using point-of-sale devices and crypto users will be able to pay with digital currencies at more than...

Joint Venture Launches Canadian Dollar-Pegged Stablecoin for Financial Services

11.2.2020
Canada Stablecorp, a joint venture between Mavennet and 3iQ, has begun issuing its QCAD stablecoin, in a bid to digitize financial services such as international remittances

BCH Merchant Directories Now List 4,300 Bitcoin Cash-Accepting Businesses

10.2.2020
Businesses around the world continue to adopt bitcoin cash (BCH) and in 2020 merchant acceptance continues to grow. Tallying up all the companies that accept BCH listed on sites like Green Pages, Map.Bitcoin.com, Acceptbitcoin.cash, and Anypay shows there’s more than 4,300 BCH supporting...

Facebook, China Light Flame Under Fed: Governor Cites Stablecoins Influencing Digital Dollar Research

9.2.2020
At the recent Symposium for Future Payments held in Stanford, California on February 5, Federal Reserve Governor Lael Brainard stressed the importance of remaining “on the frontier of research and policy development regarding CBDC.” The position seems a contrast to the narrative in 2018...

Ethereum vs Tron: Comparing Data, Defi and Stablecoins from Both Chains After Viral Tweet

9.2.2020
On February 7, Cold Card and Opendime creator, Rodolfo Novak (also known as NVK), tweeted a picture of himself with Tron founder Justin Sun and Blockstream’s CEO Adam Back. Novak said “Ethereum was over” and the three had a plan to move Tron to Liquid, a network that leverages...

Winklevoss Patents Tout Use Case for Gemini Stablecoin Tech in Banking

3.2.2020
Banks and other "trusted entities" could become licensed issuers of the stablecoin, the patents suggest

Stablecoins: A Viable Alternative to Cryptocurrencies

1.2.2020
One of the fundamental problems with cryptocurrencies, which is keeping masses from adopting them is the turbulence or fluctuation in their prices. The value of digital coins keeps on changing, which makes them less attractive avenue for investment – after all, people are not sure whether they will...

Ethereum’s Value Transfer Is Now Dominated by Stablecoins

31.1.2020
The Ethereum (ETH) blockchain has become home to a number of stablecoins. On January 29, Messari researcher Ryan Watkins explained that the stablecoin value transfer issued on the ETH chain recently flipped the number of native ether transactions. Essentially, Ethereum’s value transfer is...