Circle’s USDC Regains $1 Peg After Tumultuous Weekend
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...
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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.
According to Circle, USDC liquidity operations will "resume as normal when banks open on Monday morning in the United States," enabling USDC redemption at 1:1 with the U.S. dollar.
The trading freeze follows an analysis from DeFi's risk manager firm Gauntlet Network considering different scenarios for the USD Coin price.
The USD Coin depeg led the DeFi protocol to experience a record-breaking daily trading volume as crypto whales fight for assets.
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