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Stablecoin Whale Domination — Tether Addresses Valued at $1M Own More Than 80% of USDT Supply

As the market capitalization of the stablecoin tether nears $80 billion, with its current $77.9 billion valuation, data from onchain researchers at Santiment indicates that tether addresses valued at $1…

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Stablecoin Economy Continues to Balloon as USDC’s Market Cap Crosses $50 Billion

As the entire lot of 12,333 digital currencies hovers just above $1.8 trillion in value, the stablecoin economy has recently swelled to $178.8 billion or 9.9% of the entire crypto…

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Stablecoin Issuance Surged Last Year — UST Saw the Largest 12-Month Increase

Stablecoins have become prominent payment rails in the world of cryptocurrencies commanding $177 billion in fiat value today. The top ten stablecoins by market capitalization represent the largest share of…

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Hacker Siphons $80 Million From Qubit Cross-Chain Bridge, Largest Defi Exploit of 2022 to Date

Findings stemming from a recent report published by the security-focused blockchain firm Certik indicate that the Binance smart chain Ethereum bridge called Qubit has been hacked for $80 million. Data…

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Russia May Allow Crypto Mining and Gold-Backed Stablecoins, Lawmaker Says

Russia can legalize cryptocurrency mining and stablecoins backed by gold under government control, a high-ranking member of the Russian parliament has suggested. The statement comes after Bank of Russia proposed…

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Bitpay Statistics Show the Use of Bitcoin for Payments Is Dwindling

The use of bitcoin as a digital currency for payments has gone down significantly, according to the numbers stemming from Bitpay, one of the leading cryptocurrency payments processors. While most…

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Maker Co-Founder Calls UST and MIM ‘Solid Ponzis’ That Will Go to Zero

Rune Christensen, one of the founders of Maker, the decentralized autonomous organization behind the governance of stablecoin DAI, has spoken out against two competitors. He stated that UST, Terra’s dollar-pegged…

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