Circle prefers reserves and payment rails with the Fed, says exec
Circle’s APAC vice president said the company currently holds 80% of its reserves but would ultimately like to keep all cash with the Fed in light of the recent banking…
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Circle’s APAC vice president said the company currently holds 80% of its reserves but would ultimately like to keep all cash with the Fed in light of the recent banking…
Bitcoin custodian and licensed private bank Xapo announced partnering with the fintech firm Circle to integrate USDC payment rails. Xapo has become the first licensed bank in the world to…
DeFi suffered its biggest attack this year with a flash loan attack on crypto lending platform Euler Finance and the hackers are belived to be same that exploited a BSC…
"Financial institutions may reconsider adopting stablecoins to settle agreements involving tokenized securities out of concern over the coins' potential volatility,” Moody’s said.
Turmoil in traditional finance spilled over into Bitcoin and crypto markets, forcing federal regulators to step in.
After breaking its peg over the weekend and trading as low as $0.87, Circles USDC stablecoin is now at $1 again. 1 USDC for $0.87 All eyes are on USDC...
The stablecoin issuer says that from March 13 and March 15, it redeemed $3.8 billion USDC and minted $0.8 billion USDC.
“What happened over the last several days was a bit of an ironic black swan situation where the contagion was not from crypto to TradFi," said Caroline Hill.
Positive developments concerning Circle's $3.3 billion worth of reserves held at Silicon Valley Bank and its new banking partners have seen USDC climb back toward its $1 peg.
Several USD Coin holders have fled to other stablecoins amid fears surrounding its solvency.