Tag Archives: Stablecoins

In a recent report on stablecoins, the European Central Bank (ECB) questioned the accuracy of their name arguing that it may be misleading to users. The paper also highlighted that stablecoins could have a significant role in a digital economy if adequately regulated.The Name Stablecoins May Not Be A Proper Fit: ECBWhether they are backed by a fiat currency like the US dollar or commodities such as gold, stablecoins were created to provide a “stable” alternative to the highly volatile...

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) is turning out to be the greatest supporter of the US cryptocurrency industry.Yesterday, the banking regulator issued a letter that greenlighted national banks and federal savings associations to hold “reserves” on behalf of stablecoin issuers. The stablecoins in the discussion are fiat-collateralized, i.e., backed by the US dollar or fiat currency of any other nation.US Banks Allowed To Hold Reserve Funds For Stablecoin IssuersOn Monday,...

Stablecoins, which make up a huge chunk of those steep fees, could all switch to Layer 2 for some relief, according to one industry expert.Yearn Finance founder, Andre Cronje, has suggested that USDC and USDT will soon be available on Layer 2 as stablecoins make the transition away from Ethereum.USDC and USDT will soon both be available on L2.This will allows non-congested transfers of USDC and USDT.This is great if you do payments in USDC and USDT.From my experience USDT and USDC are trade...

Centre Consortium members Circle and Coinbase have just launched an upgraded version of their popular USDC dollar-pegged stablecoin. Going live on August 27, USDC 2.0 aims to tackle high gas fees by allowing developers to delegate it to other wallets or take fees in USDC instead.Removing ETH From The PictureThe official announcement explained that most users need to keep a balance of Ether in their wallets to make transactions. It added that this resulted in unnecessary complexity:“This...

Demand for stablecoins has surged this year, mainly on the back of the DeFi sector, which has seen countless crypto earning opportunities arise. MakerDAO’s stablecoin, Dai, has just reached a milestone $400 million supply following the minting of a further $10 million.This 10 million DAI mint brings the total DAI supply to over 400 million ? https://t.co/5yH4a464B8— Anthony Sassano | sassal.eth ?‍? (@sassal0x) August 10, 2020Surging Dai DemandSince the beginning of July, Dai market...

The large American multinational bank Goldman Sachs has appointed a pro-blockchain head of its digital asset department – Mathew McDermott. In a recent interview, McDermott expressed his views that the global financial scene should be digitalized and even hinted that Goldman is exploring the possibility of launching its own stablecoin.Pro-Blockchain Head At Goldman SachsHeadquartered in New York City, Goldman Sachs has not displayed much favoritism towards the cryptocurrency industry in the...

Decentralized Finance – kurz Defi – ist, innerhalb der Bitcoin-Szene der Megatrend schlechthin. Am Anfang war Bitcoin. Und mit Bitcoin war plötzlich etwas digitales geboren, was nicht kopierbar ist. Eine Sensation, denn im Internet war bis anhin alles kopierbar. Musik, Filme, Dokumente.. es gibt nichts was nicht kopiert werden kann. Bitcoin hingegen ist anders; jeder Bitcoin exisitert genau einmal. Bitcoins können nicht kopiert und...

Recent research has indicated that Ethereum has ‘blown past Bitcoin’ in terms of daily settlement value, which is a testament to how much economic activity has increased on the network.Ethereum Beats Bitcoin on Economic ActivityMessari researcher, Ryan Watkins, recently posted his findings stating that a quarter ago, Ethereum had just about reached parity with Bitcoin in Daily settlement value. A quarter later, Ethereum has blown past Bitcoin.Zooming in on Ethereum, in Q1 Ethereum had just...

A popular cryptocurrency researcher recently pointed out that the stablecoin issuer Tether has blacklisted 39 Ethereum-based addresses holding over $46 million of USDT.Interestingly, the information surfaced soon after another report indicating that the CENTRE Consortium has admitted doing the same to a USDC address with $100,000 worth of the stablecoin.$46M In Stablecoin Addresses BlacklistedBy using Dune Analytics, Horizon Games researcher Philippe Castonguay created a dashboard tracking...

BitTorrent Inc users can now purchase goods and memberships on the platform with the USD-backed stablecoin of the leading cryptocurrency exchange Binance – BUSD.BUSD And BNB Changes On BitTorrentIn a press release shared with CryptoPotato earlier today, the popular decentralized peer-to-peer company announced the introduction of the newest cryptocurrency asset on its platform – Binance’s USD-backed stablecoin (BUSD).This becomes possible with the assistance of the integrated payment gateway...