Tether supply hits $80B for the first time since May 2022 — stablecoin rivals stumble
Tether supply across cryptocurrency exchanges has dropped 28% in 2023, however, hinting at an overall decline in demand for stablecoins.
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Tether supply across cryptocurrency exchanges has dropped 28% in 2023, however, hinting at an overall decline in demand for stablecoins.
Binance.US said it temporarily disabled the One Common Billing System and BUSD stablecoin pairs after halting Apple Pay and Google Pay deposits.
Binance assured users that the change would not impact them in any way and that their funds would continue to be held in publicly verifiable addresses.
Coinbase assured users that their BUSD funds would remain accessible and they could still withdraw funds at any time.
The USD Coin depeg led the DeFi protocol to experience a record-breaking daily trading volume as crypto whales fight for assets.
Following USDC’s depegging, three stablecoins — DAI, USDD and FRAX — also depegged from the U.S. dollar.
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The SEC’s enforcement action against BUSD raises questions about whether the regulatory body is focused on the stablecoin market or the crypto exchange Binance.
The stablecoin issuer is currently facing a lawsuit from the SEC in which the financial regulator claimed BUSD was an unregistered security.
Tether’s USDT has seen its market capitalization rebound to nearly $70 billion as the SEC ordered Paxos to stop issuing BUSD, the third-largest stablecoin.