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Why Stablecoins Fail: Lessons From the Past

Stablecoins, the cryptocurrencies pegged to fiat currencies like the U.S. dollar to keep their value steady, can still face failures. Several well-known examples demonstrate that maintaining stability is more challenging…

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Sky Adviser Recommends Halting Wrapped Bitcoin Offboarding

BA Labs, an adviser to Sky, formerly known as Makerdao, has decided to stop recommending any additional parameter changes regarding the offboarding of wrapped bitcoin (WBTC) collateral. The move follows…

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Brazilian Crypto Exchange Mercado Bitcoin Launches Flexible Crypto Collateralized Loans

Mercado Bitcoin, one of the largest Brazil-based cryptocurrency exchanges, has launched a loan product allowing users to receive credit in Brazilian reais secured by crypto collateral. The credits will be…

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Tether Slams Celsius Network’s ‘Baseless’ $2 Billion Lawsuit

Stablecoin issuer Tether has slammed the”baseless” claims that it illegally liquidated Celsius Network’s bitcoin collateral. Tether accused the crypto lender of trying to “improperly impose the costs of Celsius’ mismanagement…

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Nigerian Central Bank Prohibits Use of Foreign Exchange as Collateral for Local Currency Loans

The Central Bank of Nigeria has barred the use of foreign exchange as collateral for local currency loans. In its April 8 letter addressed to banks, the CBN warned of…

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BlockFi sues FTX’s Bankman-Fried over shares in Robinhood

BlockFi is demanding Bankman-Fried’s investment company turn over its shares in Robinhood as collateral it agreed to pay as part of a pledge agreement.

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Bitgo Reveals Wrapped Dogecoin Token Built on Ethereum

On Nov. 2, 2022, the digital asset custody business and financial services provider Bitgo introduced a wrapped version of the meme coin asset dogecoin built on top of the Ethereum…

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