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An ongoing crypto donation campaign dedicated to improving the lives of children worldwide has received over $7.6 million to date, half of which was donated in Ether (ETH). Philanthropic foundation Save the Children’s HODL Hope Campaign remains nearly $2.4 million short of the $10 mil ...

Circle, the stablecoin issuer behind USD Coin (USDC), is teaming up with Tokyo-based financial services firm SBI Holdings to boost the adoption of USDC and Web3 services in Japan.Circle said it concluded a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with SBI Holdings on Nov. 27, which will underpin ...

Circle has launched a new standard to streamline the process of launching its stablecoin, USDC, on new networks, according to a Nov. 21 blog post. The new “bridged USDC standard” allows developers to launch the token through a two-phase process. In the first phase, the thi ...

USD Coin (USDC) issuer Circle is contemplating an initial public offering (IPO) in early 2024, according to Bloomberg.A Nov. 7 Bloomberg report citing people with knowledge of the matter said the stablecoin issuer is talking to its advisers about the move but there’s no certainty the ...

Stablecoin issuer Circle will close out consumer or individual accounts on November 30, according to emails received by Circle customers on October 31. In an email to Cointelegraph, the stablecoin issuer confirmed that it is closing the accounts but confirmed that business and institutional &ldqu ...

The rise of digital currencies, exemplified by Bitcoin (BTC), brought a groundbreaking shift in the financial landscape. However, it also brought to light a critical challenge: price volatility. Bitcoin and many other early cryptocurrencies exhibited extreme price fluctuations, making ...

The United States-based stablecoin issuer Circle has reported a partnership with Taiwan’s second-largest convenience store chain, FamilyMart, and a local crypto exchange, BitoGroup. According to the company’s press release from Oct. 26, it will deliver a new ‘Points-to-Crypto’ service on the ...

Hong Kong has not yet adopted regulations for stablecoins like Tether (USDT) or USD Coin (USDC), according to the Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury, Christian Hui. Retail investors in Hong Kong are currently not allowed to trade these assets due to the absence of specific regulations ...

The Stellar token experienced a notable 11.5% increase in value between Sept. 2 and Sept. 8, a novelty given that Bitcoin and most altcoins are down for the week. The surge came after Stellar (XLM) tested the $0.113 support level, which marked its lowest point in the past eight weeks. T ...

Circle’s United States dollar stablecoin, USDC, will launch natively on the Base network “next week,” according to an Aug. 29 social media post from CEO Jeremy Allaire. The new version will replace the current US Dollar Base Coin (USDbC) that most users rely on as a substitute. ...

In the most recent episode of The Market Report, analyst and writer Marcel Pechman delves into the topic of crypto exchange Binance’s proof-of-reserves. This report reveals a significant decline in USD Coin (USDC) balances, plummeting from $3.4 billion on March 1 to a mere $23.9 million by May 1. ...

Blockchain institutional capital marketplace Maple Finance has secured an exemption from the United States Securities and Exchange Commission to offer its one-month U.S. Treasury yields to accredited investors in the United States.Before the Aug. 9 announcement, the Maple Finance Treasury ...

Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire estimates as much as 70% of USD Coin (USDC) adoption comes from countries outside of the United States.On Aug. 8 tweet to his 131,300 followers on X (Twitter), Allaire said the high rate of non-U.S. adoption was “despite the hype that we're all about the US, ...

Circle’s USD Coin (USDC) and other stablecoins could potentially face a compliance nightmare if a new national defense bill that passed in the United States Senate makes it all the way.In a July 31 investment note seen by Cointelegraph, Berenberg analyst Mark Palmer explained that a recent ...

The market capitalization of stablecoins has hit the lowest level since August 2021 coming on the back of 16 consecutive months of decline, a new report says.Cryptocurrency analytics platform CCData released a report on July 20 saying the stablecoin market cap fell 0.82% from the start of ...

Stablecoin use could be "stifled" by daily transaction caps in the European Union's Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) legislation, with some calling for the framework to be revised.On May 31, MiCA was signed into law which paved the way for the world’s first regulatory guidance on cryp ...

Crypto and blockchain advocates have authored a report calling for the Hong Kong government to issue a stablecoin pegged to the region’s dollar, which could challenge the dominance of Tether and USD Coin.According to an English translation of a July 3 report provided by Chinese crypt ...

Welcome to Finance Redefined, your weekly dose of essential decentralized finance (DeFi) insights — a newsletter crafted to bring you the most significant developments from the past week.On June 15, an imbalance in Curve Finance’s 3pool led to a Tether (USDT) depeg scare as the stablecoin’ ...

Stablecoin issuer Circle has loaded its arsenal to fight the ongoing regulatory crackdown on crypto. By July 1, the role of chief legal officer and head of corporate affairs will be filled by Heath Tarbert, a top attorney with a background in all three branches of the United States government. ...

Boosting financial inclusion is one of crypto’s strongest value propositions. Yet, ironically, the banking crisis has effectively de-banked the crypto industry itself, at least in the United States.How things panned out with Silvergate, Silicon Valley Bank and Signature — the t ...

In the first quarter of 2023, the stablecoin Tether's market capitalization surged by $15 billion, breaking its previous record set in May 2022. As reported by the cryptocurrency explorer CoinMarketCap, USDT's market capitalization surged by over 20% in the first three months of the year, reachin ...

Balaji Srinivasan, a former CTO of Coinbase and a venture capital investor, has made a bold prediction that BTC will reach a value of $1 million within the next 90 days. He has put his money where his mouth is, announcing that he will transfer $2 million into USD Coin (USDC) stablecoins to partic ...

According to CoinGecko, Tether has gained a majority share in the stablecoin market, surpassing 51% for the first time since May 2022. As of February 13, the total market capitalization of stablecoins was $137.2 billion, with Tether accounting for $68.4 billion of that amount. The second-largest ...

Coinbase, the largest American crypto exchange, has announced the phased launch of trading pairs in conjunction with the euro-backed stablecoin EUROC. Starting from February 22, users of the platform can conduct trading operations with Euro Coin, with the EUROC-USD and EUROC-EUR trading pairs to ...