The banking sector could potentially undergo a much-needed revamp, but until then, investors appear to be scrambling for a safety net. As the traditional financial world is rocked by the Credit Suisse chaos and the failure of a series of US banks, investors have flocked to the largest stablecoin, Tether (USDT). The turmoil has once...Read More
Hackers have managed to infiltrate the Twitter account of a Circle executive to falsely state that the stablecoin issuer was conducting a USDC airdrop. The fake airdrop leads to a phishing website likely designed to steal users’ tokens. Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire confirmed that the Twitter account belonging to Dante Disparte, the company’s chief strategy...Read More
The US-based cryptocurrency exchange – Coinbase – reportedly offered a line of credit worth $3 billion to Circle to help it fix its financial cracks after the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank. The stablecoin-issuer revealed a whopping $3.3 billion exposure to SVB, which negatively affected the price of USDC. The asset plunged way below the...Read More
The USDC depeg caused significant turmoil in the market last week. The stablecoin issuer Circle claimed that it has cleared “substantially all of the backlog of minting and redemption requests for USDC.” In a recent statement, Circle said it had redeemed $3.8 billion of USDC tokens over the period and minted $800 million. The Boston-headquartered...Read More
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced the addition of key industry members to the newly constituted Technology Advisory Committee (TAC). The official press release stated that the agency has appointed White House official Carole House as the new chair, while blockchain analysis company TRM Labs’ Ari Redboard has been onboarded as the vice chair...Read More
Ethereum’s Co-Founder – Vitalik Buterin – recently sent 200 ETH (approximately $350,000 at current valuations) to an address belonging to the crypto exchange Kraken and 500 ETH (over $875,000) to the DeFi protocol Reflexer. He deposited the 500 ETH to mint 150,000 RAI tokens, exchanging most for USDC. The stablecoin passed through some turbulence lately,...Read More
The decline of centralized entities has worked out well for their decentralized counterparts. Over the weekend, USDC witnessed a significant trading volume on several decentralized exchanges. Uniswap, for one, reached its highest daily volume ever of $11.84 billion on March 11th. But it isn’t the only decentralized protocol that saw traction. Decentralized Exchanges Register Impressive...Read More
Silicon Valley Bank and the crypto-friendly – Signature Bank – disclosed operational difficulties and were closed down by regulators. While some expect the collapse to prompt a domino effect, numerous cryptocurrency-related companies have already suffered losses because of their exposure to the aforementioned institutions. Let’s have a closer look. SVB’s Impact As CryptoPotato reported last week,...Read More
Following the second-largest bank collapse in American history on Friday, market participants are worried about which firms might be caught up in the contagion surrounding Silicon Valley Bank (SVB). Here’s what venture capitalists and major crypto executives had to say about the failure – and why the crypto community is keeping an eye on Circle...Read More
Following the most recent crackdown by the US Securities and Exchange Commission against several crypto companies, Jeremy Allaire opined that the agency is not the best fit to oversee stablecoins in particular. He believes these assets are part of the banking sector, thus, they need to be regulated by another watchdog in the States. The...Read More
Following the SEC crackdown on Kraken last week and its subsequent threat of action against BUSD issuer Paxos, rumors have been flying about Circle being next. Crypto Twitter was awash with unfounded claims that Circle had been issued a Wells notice by the SEC. A Wells notice is a threat of legal action giving the...Read More
Circle – the issuer of the world’s second-largest stablecoin, USDC – reportedly warned the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) last Autumn that Binance has been mismanaging its token reserves. This came months before Monday’s announcement that Paxos is ending its relationship with Binance surrounding BUSD, by order of the New York regulator. Circle’s...Read More
Circle, the company behind the USDC stablecoin, has blamed the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for its failed plans to go public. According to a new report by FT, the regulatory agency failed to sign off on the $9 billion deal. This comes a month after its CEO Jeremy Allaire revealed the termination of...Read More
Circle – the issuer of the second largest stablecoin by market cap, USDC – is preparing to launch a permissionless protocol for letting users transfer their stablecoins between blockchains. The company said the protocol can be embedded into dapps, and provide the most “capital efficient” path for cross-chain USDC transfers. Bridging USDC In a tweet...Read More
Stablecoins have continued to play a very critical role in the crypto economy. The ongoing bear market also demonstrated that dollar-pegged coins like USDT and USDC witnessed a parabolic growth in market cap this year. However, top stablecoin issuers seemingly took a break from printing in December amidst a great deal of market turmoil and...Read More
In a new blog post, the centralized crypto exchange encouraged users to switch from USDT to USDC by waiving the conversion fees while highlighting the latter stablecoin as a “trusted and reputable digital dollar.” The development comes amidst a stablecoin war in the industry. Exchanges are stepping up to claim dominance of their native stablecoins....Read More
Fintech company and USDC issuer Circle has terminated a business combination deal with special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) Concord Acquisition Corp., but it has not scrapped its plan to go public. Circle’s announcement is the latest in the growing list of SPAC deals that have failed to materialize. Circle and Concord Go Separate Ways Circle...Read More
Circle, the firm behind USDC stablecoin, issued a warning about an active phishing campaign attempting to lure users into transferring tokens to malicious addresses. As per the tweet, the threat actors masquerading to work for Centre, which is a consortium founded by Coinbase and Circle. Circle’s Statement Circle said there is no new version of...Read More
Numerous major exchanges are disabling deposits and/or withdrawals for Solana-based variants of the top two stablecoins, USDT and USDC. The wave of delistings follows Solana’s major price crash in the wake of FTX’s collapse – an exchange known to be closely involved with the network and token. Scrubbing the Solana Stablecoins On Thursday, Binance announced...Read More
Circle – the issuer behind USDC – has announced that merchants supported by the company will now be able to accept Apple Pay. The integration will allow customers to check out from apps and the Safari browser without a need to “fill out lengthy forms.” Per Circle’s announcement on Tuesday, Apple Pay support will let...Read More
Amid the chaotic meltdown, asset movement from Circle to FTX surfaced. It was also reported that Alameda could be the second-largest issuer of Tether. CEO of USDC issuer, Jeremy Allaire, assured the community that Circle has no material exposure to the troubled firms. Tether’s chief technology officer Paolo Ardoino also spoke on the matter. Circle’s...Read More
USDC issuer Circle announced plans to expand native support of its Euro-backed stablecoin – Euro Coin (EUROC) – to the Solana blockchain in the first half of 2023. Sheraz Shere, Head of Payments at Solana Labs, said the availability of EUROC on Solana will set the scene for new use cases for instant foreign exchange,...Read More
The issuer of the stablecoin USDC – Circle – announced investing in the Circle Reserve Fund to manage a portion of the USDC reserves. The SEC-registered fund was set up by BlackRock, and its portfolio will consist of cash and US Treasury funds. Circle Reserve Fund The government money market fund was created in partnership...Read More
The issuer of the stablecoin USDC – Circle – and the blockchain infrastructure platform – Paxos – received licenses from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) to offer services in the city-state. The country’s top financial regulator has greenlighted numerous digital asset firms over the past several months, including CryptoCom, Genesis, and Sparrow. Circle’s Authorization...Read More
TBD – a Bitcoin-focused wing of Jack Dorsey’s payments company Block – has partnered with Circle to help expand on and off ramps between the worlds of crypto and fiat. The teams intend to bolster some of crypto’s premiere real-world use cases, from cross-border remittances to stablecoin self-custody. Expanding Web 5 According to TBD’s announcement,...Read More
Circle is expanding its reach into other blockchains to maintain its influence in the crypto market after Binance and WazirX delisted its stablecoin USDC. This September 28, Circle Internet Financial, the firm behind USD Coin (USDC) and Euro Coin (EUROC), announced that it is working on expanding into five major blockchains. Specifically, Circle plans to...Read More
Jeremy Allaire – CEO and co-founder of Circle – isn’t sweating over Binance’s latest decision to stop supporting trades for USD Coin (USDC). In a thread on Tuesday, Allaire broke down why he thinks the development is not only good for Binance but ultimately a boon to USDC utility and adoption. Binance Converges Around BUSD...Read More
Crypto derivatives exchange, Bybit announced a partnership with Circle, the company behind the second-largest stablecoin by market cap, USDC. As per the press release shared with CryptoPotato, the agreement states that expansion of USDC spot pair listings and advancing awareness for USDC and related products while simultaneously collaborating on other potential initiatives are Bybit’s focus...Read More
Compound Labs has announced the first smart contract deployments for Compound III, which will create a USDC market on Ethereum. The contracts await activation by Compound governance but are now open to review by the community. According to the latest update from Compound’s protocol development log, the deployment brings Compound III “just a governance proposal...Read More
MakerDAO co-founder Rune Christensen recently proposed removing all USDC from the DAI stablecoin’s peg-stability module. He suggested that the USDC within, worth $3.5 billion, could be used to buy ETH instead. Yet despite what such a conversion could do to boost ETH’s price, Vitalik Buterin said it was a “terrible idea.” Removing Exposure to USDC...Read More
