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Russian gov't working on stablecoin settlement platform between friendly nations: State media
6.9.2022
“Stablecoins can be pegged to some generally recognized instrument, for example, gold, the value of which is clear and appreciable for all parties involved," said Alexey Moiseev
Who Benefits From Binance Converting USDC to Its Own Stablecoin?
6.9.2022
Russia Exploring Stablecoin Settlements With Friendly Nations: Report
6.9.2022
President Vladimir Putin had signed a law banning digital payments earlier this summer
Stablecoin USDN Trades Below $1 Parity for 14 Days in a Row, Token Taps $0.91 Low This Week
6.9.2022
Approximately 14 days ago, the stablecoin neutrino usd (USDN) tapped a high of $0.994 per unit, and ever since then, USDN has not been able to rise above the $0.97 per unit range. The dollar-pegged asset is associated with the Waves blockchain protocol, and recently the Neutrino Protocol decided...
Binance to Drop USDC Trading Pairs, Plans to Auto-Convert Specific Stablecoin Balances to BUSD
6.9.2022
The world’s largest cryptocurrency trading platform by trade volume, Binance, issued a notice on Monday explaining that the exchange will be removing the stablecoin USDC from the platform’s spot trading pairs list. Binance further details that users holding three types of stablecoins...
Binance, Issuer of 3rd Biggest Stablecoin, to Stop Supporting Larger Rival USDC
5.9.2022
Cryptocurrency exchange Binance is to convert its users' holdings in three major stablecoins - USDC, USDP and TUSD - into its own stablecoin BUSD
Tether Asks Court to Remove Crypto Boutique Law Firm Roche Freedman From Class-Action Lawsuit
2.9.2022
Kyle Roche, an attorney and founding partner of the crypto boutique litigation firm Roche Freedman LLP, recently withdrew from a number of class-action lawsuits initiated by the law firm. The attorney’s withdrawal follows videos that circulated showing the lawyer discussing associations with...
House’s Stablecoin Bill May Face Fatal Delays for 2022 Progress
2.9.2022
One of Congress’ most serious efforts toward stablecoin oversight may have hit an insurmountable snag as negotiations in the House Financial Services Committee drag out further than the calendar is likely to allow
Crypto Biz: You can’t stop the Tether FUD
2.9.2022
This week's Crypto Biz newsletter: The Wall Street Journal questions Tether's business model; venture capitalists are scooping up crypto at rock bottom prices
Digital Assets Could Become ‘Permanent Feature’ of Finance, Singapore Central Banker Argues
2.9.2022
Digital assets could become “a permanent feature of the financial landscape,” although decentralized cryptoassets like bitcoin (BTC) “fail as money,” Singapore’s central bank director has argued....
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MiCA coming in hot in October, NFTs not in focus: EU regulators
2.9.2022
In an online panel from the German Bundesblock, local regulators discussed details of upcoming MiCA regulation, along with a brief update on NFTs and stablecoins
Stably Announces Support for Stablecoin Minted on XRP Ledger
2.9.2022
Stably will soon support the stablecoin issued on XRP Ledger with Ripple by its side during the initial phase of integration. USDS will be launched as USD on XRPL under this integration to bring the first regulatory-compliant stablecoin to a public blockchain that is fast, economical,...
Yield App Unveils Higher Yield Passive Income Product
1.9.2022
PRESS RELEASE. Yield App, a global FinTech company and digital wealth platform which has attracted more than 80,000 customers since its launch in February 2021, is enhancing its product suite with a new higher-yielding crypto passive income alternative. The new crypto passive income product suite...
First Mover Asia: Waves Founder Defends USDN Stablecoin Depegging, Trashes Fears of a UST-Like Implosion; Bitcoin Burrows in Above $20K
1.9.2022
Sasha Ivanov told CoinDesk the USDN model uses four tokens to supply liquidity and to help the stablecoin retain its $1 peg
Bybit expands spot USDC trading pairs as support for stablecoins grows
31.8.2022
The crypto derivatives exchange has partnered with Circle to expand its suite of USDC offerings; traders will also have access to auto conversions between the stablecoin and U.S. dollars
Morgan Stanley Says Stablecoin Market Cap Is Contracting Again
31.8.2022
The combined market capitalization of the two largest stablecoins, tether and USD Coin, has begun to fall again, a sign that quantitative tightening in the crypto financial system has resumed
Tether responds to Wall Street Journal ‘disinformation’
30.8.2022
To attack Tether’s reserves [...] further highlights an agenda by the publication to single out Tether and hurt its reputation,” the USDT issuer said
Hubble Protocol Launches Kamino Finance to Optimize Yields for Liquidity Providers on Solana
30.8.2022
PRESS RELEASE. LONDON | August 30, 2022 – Hubble Protocol, home of the USDH stablecoin, has launched Kamino Finance: the first concentrated liquidity market maker (CLMM) optimizer of its kind on the Solana blockchain. Kamino Finance, launching initially on next-generation decentralized...
Stablecoin Tether Dismisses Wall Street Journal's Claim of Inadequate Reserves
30.8.2022
Stablecoin issuer Tether has hit back at a Wall Street Journal article that claimed its balance sheet comprised of "unsafe assets."
Adoption Picks up Pace in LATM with Brazilian Central Bank’s DeFi Project & Developments in Argentina
30.8.2022
Crypto adoption is on the march in Brazil, where the nation’s Central Bank has commissioned a commercial banking giant to build a DeFi solution for its prototype central bank digital currency (CBDC). Meanwhile, across the border in Argentina, a city says that it will accept tax payments made using...