Stablecoins


Marchés

USDC to Be Backed 100% by Cash, US Treasurys

The USDC developer revealed last month that only 61% of tokens were backed by "cash and cash equivalents."

Dollars

Marchés

Coinbase Says USDC Reserves to Be Held in Cash, Short-Term Treasurys From September

President and COO Emilie Choi in a Twitter post on Monday clarified earlier language on the crypto exchange's website.

Coinbase Global Debuts Initial Public Offering At Nasdaq MarketSite

Vidéos

Messari CEO Ryan Selkis on Bitcoin, Stablecoins and Crypto Regulation

Bitcoin is down about 1.3% over the past 24 hours. The next support is seen at the $42,000 breakout level, which could stabilize the pullback. Messari Founder and CEO Ryan Selkis discusses his positive analysis and outlook for bitcoin, explaining why he’s a “perma-bull.”

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Juridique

Crypto Made the Agenda at Last Month's Fed Meeting

This appears to be the first time the topic has come up in the seminal monthly FOMC meeting.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell

Technologies

Facebook: Novi Digital Wallet Is ‘Ready to Come to Market’

Most states in the U.S. have approved the product.

David Marcus, the head of Facebook's blockchain projects.

Marchés

The Race for Stablecoin Transparency

Stablecoins have been improving their reporting on reserves, but transparency makes an already difficult business model more complicated to execute, says our columnist.

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Vidéos

Crypto Trading Startup FalconX Achieves Unicorn Status With Latest Raise

FalconX, an institutionally minded cryptocurrency trading desk, reached unicorn status with a $210 million Series C funding round that valued the firm at $3.75 billion.

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Technologies

Returned Funds, Blacklisted Tokens Raise More Questions Than Answers in DeFi's Biggest Hack

The Poly Network attacker has returned $342 million of their $613 million haul. Should token issuers freeze the rest?

1908 photograph of a vault door

Vidéos

What’s Behind Bitcoin’s Price Movement?

CoinDesk Director of Data and Indexes Galen Moore discusses the impact of whale movements, signals, and behaviors in the bitcoin market as BTC is now up over 59% year to date. Plus, his reading of trading activity in stablecoin tether and outlook for crypto regulation.

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