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The Crypto and Blockchain Economics Research (CBER) Forum is a group of blockchain faculty from leading universities. Circle, a global digital financial technology firm and the issuer of USD Coin (USDC) and Euro Coin, celebrates its 10 year anniversary in 2023 and five years since the launch of USDC. As part of the kick-off to mark the occasions, Circle is releasing the first-ever comprehensive report about the state of the USDC economy: “State of...

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Stablecoins have continued to play a very critical role in the crypto economy. The ongoing bear market also demonstrated that dollar-pegged coins like USDT and USDC witnessed a parabolic growth in market cap this year. However, top stablecoin issuers seemingly took a break from printing in December amidst a great deal of market turmoil and increased scrutiny. According to data from the ‘Stablecoin Printer,’ USDT, USDC, BUSD, and TUSD, have not been printed during the last...

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Fintech company and USDC issuer Circle has terminated a business combination deal with special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) Concord Acquisition Corp., but it has not scrapped its plan to go public. Circle’s announcement is the latest in the growing list of SPAC deals that have failed to materialize. Circle and Concord Go Separate Ways Circle announced the termination of the deal in a press release on Monday (December 5, 2022). The decision was mutual between both...

Circle, the firm behind USDC stablecoin, issued a warning about an active phishing campaign attempting to lure users into transferring tokens to malicious addresses. As per the tweet, the threat actors masquerading to work for Centre, which is a consortium founded by Coinbase and Circle. Circle’s Statement Circle said there is no new version of the USDC token in the marketplace and urged users not to fall for the scam. “PSA WARNING: There is an active phishing campaign...

Numerous major exchanges are disabling deposits and/or withdrawals for Solana-based variants of the top two stablecoins, USDT and USDC. The wave of delistings follows Solana’s major price crash in the wake of FTX’s collapse – an exchange known to be closely involved with the network and token.  Scrubbing the Solana Stablecoins On Thursday, Binance announced that deposits for Solana-based USDC and USDT tokens had been “temporarily suspended until further notice,” without...

Circle – the issuer behind USDC – has announced that merchants supported by the company will now be able to accept Apple Pay.  The integration will allow customers to check out from apps and the Safari browser without a need to “fill out lengthy forms.” Per Circle’s announcement on Tuesday, Apple Pay support will let crypto-native businesses provide better assistance to customers wishing to use more traditional payment methods.  The integration will also let customers buy...

USDC issuer Circle announced plans to expand native support of its Euro-backed stablecoin – Euro Coin (EUROC) –  to the Solana blockchain in the first half of 2023. Sheraz Shere, Head of Payments at Solana Labs, said the availability of EUROC on Solana will set the scene for new use cases for instant foreign exchange, offering optionality for traders with a new base currency while enabling lending and borrowing with the stablecoin. FTX to Support Euro Coin’s Deposits and...

The issuer of the stablecoin USDC – Circle – announced investing in the Circle Reserve Fund to manage a portion of the USDC reserves. The SEC-registered fund was set up by BlackRock, and its portfolio will consist of cash and US Treasury funds. Circle Reserve Fund The government money market fund was created in partnership with the asset manager. According to the official blog post, it will only be available to Circle. The process of moving the reserves for its USDC...