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Circle Now Lets Institutional Clients Borrow USDC Against Their Bitcoin

Stablecoin issuer Circle is courting crypto-owning institutions, launching a lending service on Monday that lets them borrow USDC against their bitcoin holdings. Circle, the company behind the USDC stablecoin, has…

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Arc Blockchain Explained: Everything You Need to Know About Circle’s Layer 1

Arc is a purpose-built, EVM-compatible Layer 1 blockchain being built by Circle, the company that’s behind the second-largest stablecoin in the industry, USDC. It’s designed specifically for stablecoin finance. The…

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Blackrock and Visa Now Validate Circle’s Arc; So Do Two XRP Ledger Partners

Circle has opened Arc’s public mainnet with 11 founding validators drawn almost entirely from traditional finance. At least two of them are also among Ripple’s closest commercial partners. The Validator…

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