Speaking at a City and Financial Conference today, John Glen said authorities need to regulate stablecoins due to the threat it poses should a major firm dominate the sector. “There is the potential for some firms to swiftly achieve dominance and crowd out other players due to their ability to scale and plug into existing...Read More
The European Central Bank (ECB) has asked the parliament for veto powers in matters concerning Facebook’s Diem and other stablecoin projects. According to a Reuters report on Tuesday (Feb. 23, 2021), the ECB has asked European Union (EU) lawmakers for veto powers on stablecoin regulations in the Eurozone. An excerpt from the ECB’s formal opinion...Read More
The regulated stablecoin fully backed by the US dollar, Stably USD (USDS), will launch on the popular public blockchain – Tezos as a part of an ongoing collaboration between the two parties. The stablecoin issuer aims to target lower fees with the Tezos network, which recently went through an upgrade that decreased the costs by...Read More
A ratio that measures the amount of Bitcoin compared to stablecoins has fallen back to levels usually indicative of bullish buying momentum. On-chain analytics provider Glassnode noted the ratio in its latest report stating that the Bitcoin Stablecoin Supply Ratio (SSR) has been declining in 2021 as more stablecoins are minted. When the SSR is...Read More
Tether has dominated stablecoin markets for the past three years as the treasury has kept churning them out with a record level of almost 27 billion in USDT circulating now. The latest figures from CoinMetrics, however, indicate that its market share has dropped below 75% for the first time ever. More stablecoin options are good...Read More
Over the past few weeks, the rise of Bitcoin in the charts has overshadowed other developments in the industry. Between 26th November to press time, Bitcoin has grown by 123%. The particular importance of that timeline will be narrated later on as we move on to the topic of stablecoins. According to Coinmetrics, stablecoins have...Read More
The growth of stablecoins within the crypto industry has surged in the past year, with the total supply reaching $31.7 billion at the time of writing. Source: The Block Most of the growth has been driven by USDT and USDC, the two largest stablecoins by total supply, accounting for 75% and 14% of the stablecoin...Read More
The U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has published more crypto-friendly guidelines allowing greater participation by regulated financial institutions in the industry. US Banks Can Now Use Stablecoins and Blockchains for Settlement In a press release issued on Monday (Jan. 4, 2020), the OCC revealed its decision to allow Federally chartered banks...Read More
Visa, a global financial services company and credit card giant, has partnered with Circle Internet Financial, a leading crypto fintech startup, to integrate the latter’s stablecoin. Visa Taps USDC for Digital Payments According to Forbes, on Dec. 2, Visa will be adopting Circle’s USD Coin (USDC) into its credit card platforms. The collaboration between both...Read More
Now the United States can boast a new crypto bank: Welcome Avanti. Avanti Financial Group, a firm founded by the former managing director at Morgan Stanley, Caitlin Long, announced that it had been granted a license to offer banking services by the Wyoming State Banking Board. Avanti is The Second Crypto-bank Operating in the United...Read More
During his appearance on DC Fintech Week 2020, the Acting Comptroller of the Currency Brian Brooks praised decentralized networks, highlighted the expanding role of cryptocurrencies and the necessary regulations, and hinted that central banks could actually become nodes to blockchain networks. Brooks On Crypto And Regulation In Brooks’ opinion, banks have treated cryptocurrency assets as...Read More
The combined stablecoin market recently topped a valuation figure of $20 billion. Apparently, this was the total market value of all cryptocurrencies in the pre-bull run month of February 2017. Also, stablecoins together are contributing to $26 billion worth of trading volume. The Crypto Stablecoin Market Is Booming As per the latest statistics, the total...Read More
The importance of this current week has been fairly downplayed. Years down the line, the global payments system might look back at this particular period and suggest that this is where it all started. Let’s jog our memories on what actually happened. In two ‘un-correlated’ announcements, the People’s Bank of China-controlled finance magazine stated the importance...Read More
Cuy Sheffield, senior director and head of crypto at Visa said in a report today that the global payment network, Visa, was advancing its work on its cryptocurrency payment technology and that it would incorporate blockchain tech into its operations. Although the Visa executive did not mention a specific timeline for the project, he added...Read More
In a recent report on stablecoins, the European Central Bank (ECB) questioned the accuracy of their name arguing that it may be misleading to users. The paper also highlighted that stablecoins could have a significant role in a digital economy if adequately regulated. The Name Stablecoins May Not Be A Proper Fit: ECB Whether they...Read More
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) is turning out to be the greatest supporter of the US cryptocurrency industry. Yesterday, the banking regulator issued a letter that greenlighted national banks and federal savings associations to hold “reserves” on behalf of stablecoin issuers. The stablecoins in the discussion are fiat-collateralized, i.e., backed by...Read More
San Francisco-based crypto lending and staking platform, Cred announced today that it has joined Visa’s Fast Track program, which according to the firm would speed-up the process of eventually integrating with Visa, a global payment tech company. According to co-founder and CEO of Cred, Dan Schatt, the firm’s acceptance into Visa’s program would allow Cred...Read More
Stablecoins, which make up a huge chunk of those steep fees, could all switch to Layer 2 for some relief, according to one industry expert. Yearn Finance founder, Andre Cronje, has suggested that USDC and USDT will soon be available on Layer 2 as stablecoins make the transition away from Ethereum. USDC and USDT will...Read More
Cryptocurrency lending platform, BlockFi announced on twitter today that the startup received its Money Transmitter License (MTL) which now allows BlockFi to enable its users to transfer funds from their bank or crypto wallets. The tweet further said that the platform will make stablecoin trading and wires available to New Jersey residents. We’re excited to...Read More
BiLira (TRYB), Turkey’s first stablecoin which is backed by the Turkish fiat currency lira announced on twitter that the token has been listed on the Bittrex Global crypto exchange. The announcement detailed that the ERC-20 token will be available for trading starting from today. Global Bittrex, a U.S based cryptocurrency trading platform, also joined the...Read More
Centre Consortium members Circle and Coinbase have just launched an upgraded version of their popular USDC dollar-pegged stablecoin. Going live on August 27, USDC 2.0 aims to tackle high gas fees by allowing developers to delegate it to other wallets or take fees in USDC instead. Removing ETH From The Picture The official announcement explained...Read More
Circle, a peer-to-peer technology that enables payments in cryptocurrency and San Fransisco based exchange Coinbase announced that they have upgraded the USDC stablecoin protocol and its smart contract. Both Circle and Coinbase are members of the Centre Consortium that manages USDC. Together, the firms aimed to make the payment process easy for people who use...Read More
Demand for stablecoins has surged this year, mainly on the back of the DeFi sector, which has seen countless crypto earning opportunities arise. MakerDAO’s stablecoin, Dai, has just reached a milestone $400 million supply following the minting of a further $10 million. This 10 million DAI mint brings the total DAI supply to over 400...Read More
The large American multinational bank Goldman Sachs has appointed a pro-blockchain head of its digital asset department – Mathew McDermott. In a recent interview, McDermott expressed his views that the global financial scene should be digitalized and even hinted that Goldman is exploring the possibility of launching its own stablecoin. Pro-Blockchain Head At Goldman Sachs...Read More
Recent research has indicated that Ethereum has ‘blown past Bitcoin’ in terms of daily settlement value, which is a testament to how much economic activity has increased on the network. Ethereum Beats Bitcoin on Economic Activity Messari researcher, Ryan Watkins, recently posted his findings stating that a quarter ago, Ethereum had just about reached parity...Read More
A popular cryptocurrency researcher recently pointed out that the stablecoin issuer Tether has blacklisted 39 Ethereum-based addresses holding over $46 million of USDT. Interestingly, the information surfaced soon after another report indicating that the CENTRE Consortium has admitted doing the same to a USDC address with $100,000 worth of the stablecoin. $46M In Stablecoin Addresses...Read More
BitTorrent Inc users can now purchase goods and memberships on the platform with the USD-backed stablecoin of the leading cryptocurrency exchange Binance – BUSD. BUSD And BNB Changes On BitTorrent In a press release shared with CryptoPotato earlier today, the popular decentralized peer-to-peer company announced the introduction of the newest cryptocurrency asset on its platform...Read More
Three blockchain projects have teamed up to develop a Decentralized Finance (DeFi) savings project that allows investors to earn high-interest yields on stablecoin deposits, according to a Monday release. Anchor Savings Protocol Dubbed Anchor, the savings protocol is a joint venture between interoperable, scalable blockchain network Cosmos, decentralized web 3.0 blockchain interoperability network Polkadot, and...Read More
In its latest report, the Bank of International Settlements doubled-down on its narrative that the COVID-19 pandemic has exemplified the need for central banks to accelerate the development of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs). BIS outlined the ongoing payment digitalization phase and predicted that whoever launches such currency first will ultimately prevail. BIS: Payment Digitalization...Read More
Stablecoins are touted as a hedge against the high volatility in the cryptocurrency markets since they are pegged to a relatively stable asset or a basket of assets like fiats or precious metals. However, new findings reveal that some of these tokens have ties with illicit activities like Ponzi schemes. In its latest state of...Read More
