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The Members of Congress Who Have Stablecoin Issuers Watching Their Next Moves
5.12.2022
Anticipation for a crypto bill out of the House Financial Services Committee ran so high this year that stablecoin issuers have been trying to meet the bill’s expected standards before the rules are even set. That’s why Rep. Maxine Waters and Rep. Patrick McHenry are two of CoinDesk’s Most...
Stablecoin Issuer Circle Cancels Plan to Go Public
5.12.2022
The firm had announced plans to go public in July of 2021
Brazilian Companies Break Crypto Purchasing Records Again in October
5.12.2022
According to the latest reports from the Brazilian tax authority (RFB), institutions have again broken crypto purchasing records in Brazil. The organization registered that almost 42,000 companies purchased some kind of cryptocurrency during October, a new record that overturns the 40,161 that...
New Cardano algorithmic stablecoin evokes old fears for the community
2.12.2022
“I thought we already figured this out, algorithmic stablecoins, not the best option,” a community member wrote on Twitter
How stable are stablecoins in the FTX crypto market contagion?
29.11.2022
The collapse of crypto-exchange FTX hit the crypto world like a tropical storm. It bears asking once again: How stable are stablecoins?
President of Bank of Brazil Shows ‘Open Finance’ Digital Real Concept Featuring Stablecoin Integration and Payments Functionality
29.11.2022
Roberto Campos Neto, president of the Bank of Brazil, explained the role that the Brazilian central bank digital currency (CBDC), the digital real, might play in the future of personal finance. At an event, Neto explained the concept of “open finance,” showing a “super app”...
DeFi Giant MakerDAO Voting on Hiking DAI Stablecoin Rewards
28.11.2022
Increasing the DAI savings rate would make Maker’s stablecoin more competitive among rivals and help mitigate capital outflow from crypto to traditional financial markets, MakerDAO contributors said
MakerDAO community votes against CoinShares' 500M investment proposal
28.11.2022
About 72.43% of the community votes went against CoinShares' proposal to invest MakerDAO’s funds into various traditional assets
Terra Supporters Hope to ‘Defy the Odds’ by Pumping the Now-Defunct Stablecoin USTC Back to $1 Parity
28.11.2022
It’s been six months since Terra’s algorithmic stablecoin UST (now USTC) depegged from the U.S. dollar and the price has remained depegged from the greenback since May 9, 2022. Currently, the former stablecoin is exchanging hands for $0.02 per unit, but a number of Terra Classic supporters believe...
Tokenized government bonds free up liquidity in traditional financial systems
28.11.2022
There are a number of benefits associated with tokenized government bonds, yet adoption may take time
Stablecoin Economy Continues to Shrink Shedding Close to 5% in 2 Months
28.11.2022
During the last month, the market capitalization of all the stablecoins in existence dropped by more than 2%, shedding roughly $2.98 billion since the end of October. Statistics show that tether, the largest stablecoin by market valuation, saw its market cap lose more than 5% during the last...
Supply of Tokenized Bitcoin Dropped Significantly Since the Start of the Year
26.11.2022
This year, the number of tokenized bitcoins hosted on alternative blockchains like Ethereum, has dropped a great deal. Last January the number of wrapped bitcoin (WBTC) issued on the Ethereum blockchain was around 266,880 WBTC and since then, the number has dropped by more than 15% down to 225,962...
Leading Cardano stablecoin project shuts down after excruciating launch delays
24.11.2022
Ardana developers claimed back in January that "almost all of the product/smart contract development is finished."
Today in Crypto: FTX Miniseries on Prime Video, Hodlnaut Under Police Investigation, Cardano-Based Ardana Stops Development
24.11.2022
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Tether vs. USD Coin on-chain data reveals two very different stablecoins
23.11.2022
The market cap of Tether dropped amid the FTX fiasco while USD Coin supply increased by $2 billion
Binance and Paxos’s BUSD: High Quality Reserves, Audits, and Regulation
23.11.2022
What is BUSD? Recently, there have been many questions about the safety and soundness of products in the crypto space. There have been many questions about stablecoins in general, so this piece is intended as an explanation of BUSD. First and foremost, BUSD is a stablecoin pegged to the US Dollar...
Onchain Research Shows FTX’s Falling BTC, ETH, Stablecoin Balances ‘Suggest Cracks Had Formed as Far Back as June’
22.11.2022
While the analytics firm Nansen published a report that points to the Terra collapse igniting the flames of FTX’s and Alameda Research’s financial problems, onchain data from the intelligence and research firm Glassnode suggests FTX’s “cracks had formed as far back...
Cardano Price Forecast as Cardano Prepares to Launch New Algorithmic Stablecoin in 2023
22.11.2022
The cryptocurrency market continues to wade through the murky red waters of a bearish trend – made worse by the collapse of FTX. Despite the negative market mood, ADA has so far held well against the rest of the market, down only 0.6% in the past 24 hours.
The Cardano ecosystem continues to grow...
Crypto and fiat savers are making a fatal error — and DeFi can come to the rescue
22.11.2022
Across crypto and fiat, many consumers are making a fatal error: they're letting their assets sit idle in accounts without earning interest
Cardano’s newest stablecoin Djed gets january launch date
22.11.2022
Djed, an algorithmic stablecoin from enterprise protocol COTI, will launch on the Cardano mainnet in January. The announcement was made on the main stage at this year’s Cardano Summit, which is taking place in Lausanne, Switzerland. First touted a year ago at the 2021 Summit, Djed is soft-pegged...