Stablecoins


Финансы

Binance and Others Are Rushing to Provide Stablecoins to Nigerian Crypto Users

Here's how crypto exchanges are on-boarding unbanked users in Nigeria.

Binance Business Manager Emmanuel Babalola (second from left) at a crypto workshop with traders in Nigeria. (Photo courtesy of Binance)

Финансы

Libra Minus Facebook: Why Celo Is 2020's Buzzy Token Project

With $30 million from Polychain and a16z, here's how the buzzy Celo plans to rival Libra on financial inclusion.

cLabs staffers at a quarterly offsite in San Francisco. (Courtesy photo)

Политика

Circle Founder: Digital Currencies at Key Growth Moment as Governments Take Notice

Jeremy Allaire sees governments and industry finally taking blockchain seriously. That's a big deal.

Circle Jeremy Allaire

Рынки

Tether Stablecoin Taps Chainalysis for Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Tools

Tether is using Chainalysis' "Know Your Transaction" tool to create risk profiles for USDT users and monitor potentially suspicious activity.

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Рынки

Joint Venture Launches Canadian Dollar-Pegged Stablecoin for Financial Services

Canada Stablecorp, a joint venture between Mavennet and 3iQ, has begun issuing its QCAD stablecoin in a bid to digitize financial services such as international remittances.

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Технологии

Winklevoss Patents Tout Use Case for Gemini Stablecoin Tech in Banking

Banks and other "trusted entities" could become licensed issuers of the stablecoin, the patents suggest.

Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, Gemini founders (Shutterstock)

Рынки

Tether Says Its Newest Stablecoin Is Backed by Gold in Swiss Vault

Tether is issuing a new stablecoin as ERC-20 and TRC20 tokens, backing their price with one ounce of gold.

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Рынки

Vodafone Is the Latest Big Company to Quit Facebook-Founded Libra Association

Telecom giant Vodafone has left the Libra Association, the eighth company to pull out of the Facebook-led digital currency project since the fall.

Diem Association Executive Vice President Dante Disparte

Рынки

Paxos Launches Automatic Conversions Between Bank Deposits and Stablecoins

Paxos is enabling a new auto-transfer feature to streamline the conversion of funds between bank accounts and stablecoin deposits.

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Политика

The Prospect of Building a New International Monetary System Is Getting Real

When world leaders gather in Davos next week, they'll confront an essential question, says Circle's Jeremy Allaire: Can they seize blockchain's ability to create value for people around the world?

WEF