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Stablecoin Market Sees Fluctuations With Some Coins Gaining and Others Reducing Supply
26.3.2023
According to statistics, on March 26, the stablecoin economy was valued at $135 billion, with the top stablecoins representing $31.8 billion or 75% of the $42.17 billion in 24-hour global trade volume across the entire crypto market. In the last two weeks since March 11, 7.06 billion USDC...
Binance Curb on Zero-Fee Trading May Cost Market Share, Boost TrueUSD Stablecoin
23.3.2023
Binance abolished almost all zero fee trading pairs from its platform after nine months, only keeping the promotion for the TUSD-bitcoin pair
Binance Crypto Exchange Braces for Regulatory Onslaught: Can the Crypto Giant Withstand the Escalating Pressure from US Authorities?
20.3.2023
Binance is increasingly taking heat from regulators on multiple fronts, with its US business being the most vulnerable to ongoing crackdowns by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
Most pressing for the exchange in the US now is perhaps claims by the SEC that Binance.US is operating...
Bitcoin Surges by More Than 37% Against US Dollar This Week, Taps $28K on Sunday
19.3.2023
Bitcoin reached a high of $28,422 per unit on Sunday at around 3 p.m. Eastern Time as the leading cryptocurrency has continued to rise during the last week. Since last Sunday, bitcoin has increased in value by 37.9% against the U.S. dollar, and the cryptocurrency’s overall market...
Major Cryptocurrency ATM Manufacturer General Bytes Hacked, Over $1.5M in Bitcoin Stolen
19.3.2023
General Bytes experienced a security incident on March 17 and 18 that enabled a hacker to remotely access the master service interface and send funds from hot wallets, according to the company and sources. The breach forced a majority of U.S.-based crypto automated teller machine (ATM) operators...
Stablecoin Supply Plummets After Depegging Event: $7.4B Dollar-Pegged Tokens Withdrawn From Circulation
17.3.2023
During the past 11 days, over 7 billion USDC stablecoins have been withdrawn from circulation, with most of the redemptions occurring following the depegging event of USDC on March 11, 2023. Furthermore, since March 6, a total of 439.48 million BUSD stablecoins have been redeemed. Stablecoin...
Tether Market Cap Rises by 10% Following Stablecoin Meltdown – Can it Maintain the Lead?
15.3.2023
The market capitalization of the popular stablecoin tether (USDT) has risen as other stablecoins, including Circle’s USD coin (USDC) and MakerDAO’s DAI briefly lost their pegs over the weekend.
As a result of the increase in marketshare for tether, Binance USD (BUSD), a stablecoin issued...
Binance BUSD Stablecoin Trading Suspended by Coinbase Over Liquidity Concerns – What's Going On?
14.3.2023
Coinbase has proceeded with the planned suspension of Binance USD (BUSD) trading, disabling trading for the stablecoin starting Monday.
"We have disabled trading for Binance USD (BUSD)," the United States-based cryptocurrency exchange said in a March 13 tweet, adding that users will continue...
Stablecoin Trading Dominates Monday’s Crypto Market, Tether and BUSD Sell at Premiums
13.3.2023
On Monday, the crypto economy experienced significant market activity with $183.85 billion in global trade volume over 24 hours, with a large portion of those trades involving stablecoins. USDC traded near parity with the U.S. dollar, and several stablecoins, including tether and BUSD, sold...
Binance Converts $1 Billion BUSD Into Bitcoin, BNB, and Ethereum
13.3.2023
On Monday, Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao, also known as CZ, announced that the company had decided to convert $1 billion worth of BUSD from the Industry Recovery Initiative fund into three different cryptocurrencies. Zhao noted that significant onchain movements would be noticeable following...
Binance Suddenly Converts $1 Billion From Industry Recovery Initiative to Bitcoin, Ether, BNB – Here's Why
13.3.2023
Binance has confirmed plans to convert $1 billion worth of Binance USD (BUSD) from its Industry Recovery Initiative to native crypto assets, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, and BNB.
In a Monday tweet, Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao said the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange plans to convert...
Coinbase Officially Suspends Binance USD Stablecoin Trading
13.3.2023
Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase (COIN) has delisted the Binance USD (BUSD) stablecoin, according to a tweet on Monday
Aave Advances Plan to Nix Borrowing, Lending of Binance’s BUSD Stablecoin
9.3.2023
Crypto borrowing and lending platform Aave is moving closer to offboarding Binance's troubled stablecoin BUSD
Redemption and Reshuffling: BUSD’s Exit From Top 10 Cryptocurrencies Shakes Market Valuations
6.3.2023
It has been 21 days since Paxos revealed that it would no longer mint the stablecoin BUSD. Since then, over 7 billion BUSD stablecoins have been redeemed. Prior to the announcement, BUSD was once a top-ten crypto asset. However, the top ten cryptocurrencies by market valuation have changed since...
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...
Coinbase CEO Armstrong: We Delisted BUSD Due to Liquidity Concerns
1.3.2023
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong said the exchange decided to suspend trading of Binance USD (BUSD) because the company had concerns about its liquidity
Exchange Stablecoin Wars Hot Up - Coinbase to Suspend BUSD Trading on March
28.2.2023
Coinbase has announced the suspension of Binance USD (BUSD) trading, saying that the stablecoin does not meet its listing standards.
In a Monday announcement, the largest cryptocurrency exchange in the US said it will suspend trading for BUSD stablecoin starting March 13. The suspension affects...
Coinbase to Suspend Trading of BUSD Amid Regulatory Crackdown
28.2.2023
Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase announced it will suspend trading and delist the Paxos-managed stablecoin asset BUSD. The decision follows Paxos’ revelation that the New York State Department of Financial Services directed the firm to stop issuing the U.S. dollar-pegged token BUSD. Coinbase...
TrueUSD Becomes 5th-Largest Stablecoin as Binance Mints $130M TUSD in a Week
27.2.2023
Blockchain data shows exchange giant Binance has been relying increasingly on TUSD after regulators clamped down on its Binance USD stablecoin
Binance Moved $1.8B in Stablecoin Collateral to Hedge Funds Last Year: Forbes
27.2.2023
This meant that over $1 billion worth of tokens called B-peg USDC – digital replicas of dollar-pegged stablecoin USDC – were uncollateralized despite Binance's claim that they were 100% backed