Tag Archives: Stablecoins

Speaking at a City and Financial Conference today, John Glen said authorities need to regulate stablecoins due to the threat it poses should a major firm dominate the sector.  “There is the potential for some firms to swiftly achieve dominance and crowd out other players due to their ability to scale and plug into existing online services,” the financial services minister was quoted as saying.  Regulating the Wider Crypto Market Not Pressing Despite calls from financial...

The regulated stablecoin fully backed by the US dollar, Stably USD (USDS), will launch on the popular public blockchain – Tezos as a part of an ongoing collaboration between the two parties. The stablecoin issuer aims to target lower fees with the Tezos network, which recently went through an upgrade that decreased the costs by about 75%.USDS Comes To TezosIssued until now on the Ethereum blockchain, Stably USD (formerly known as StableUSD) is a US dollar-pegged stablecoin fully backed 1:1...

Tether has dominated stablecoin markets for the past three years as the treasury has kept churning them out with a record level of almost 27 billion in USDT circulating now.The latest figures from CoinMetrics, however, indicate that its market share has dropped below 75% for the first time ever. More stablecoin options are good for the industry in general as reliance on one centralized provider for dollar-pegged assets is never a good idea.$USDT market dominance in stablecoins is below 75%...

In its annual report on the developments within the cryptocurrency field, the popular monitoring resource CoinGecko asserted that the top 30 coins by market cap added on average 300% in 2020. Moreover, the paper noted that the most widely-used stablecoins had neared $30 billion in circulation after a 440% surge.2020: Best Price PerformersCoinGecko’s report noted that the market caps of the top 30 cryptocurrency assets grew by $552 billion (308%) in 2020. Thus, last year’s results have...

After shocking the crypto-verse with what is possibly the most ambitious lawsuit in the history of the U.S. crypto industry (accusing Ripple of issuing unregistered securities for more than $1.3 Billion), today the country’s regulators issued a major statement regarding how they foresee the future of stablecoins and, spoiler alert, the landscape looks heavily regulated.On December 23, 2020, The President’s Working Group on Financial Markets released a statement on critical regulatory issues...

Visa, a global financial services company and credit card giant, has partnered with Circle Internet Financial, a leading crypto fintech startup, to integrate the latter’s stablecoin.Visa Taps USDC for Digital PaymentsAccording to Forbes, on Dec. 2, Visa will be adopting Circle’s USD Coin (USDC) into its credit card platforms. The collaboration between both companies would see the use of the stablecoin to send and receive payments.Although Visa will not be a custodian to the USDC, Circle will...

Now the United States can boast a new crypto bank: Welcome Avanti. Avanti Financial Group, a firm founded by the former managing director at Morgan Stanley, Caitlin Long, announced that it had been granted a license to offer banking services by the Wyoming State Banking Board. Avanti is The Second Crypto-bank Operating in the United States With this decision, Avanti becomes the second crypto company to receive a banking license after the crypto exchange Kraken was also...

During his appearance on DC Fintech Week 2020, the Acting Comptroller of the Currency Brian Brooks praised decentralized networks, highlighted the expanding role of cryptocurrencies and the necessary regulations, and hinted that central banks could actually become nodes to blockchain networks. Brooks On Crypto And Regulation In Brooks’ opinion, banks have treated cryptocurrency assets as “pawn shops or some other kinds of disfavored businesses that can’t be touched” in the...

Will stable currencies ultimately take over bitcoin? According to a new report, the controversial stable coin known as Tether is slated to become the second-largest cryptocurrency by market cap as early as next year, and will only be smaller than bitcoin, but how long will that last?Is Tether About to Get Much Bigger?The world of stable coins has doubled in the past few months, and it looks like average traders and retailers alike are getting into the stable coin craze. Even Atari, a video...

The combined stablecoin market recently topped a valuation figure of $20 billion. Apparently, this was the total market value of all cryptocurrencies in the pre-bull run month of February 2017. Also, stablecoins together are contributing to $26 billion worth of trading volume.The Crypto Stablecoin Market Is BoomingAs per the latest statistics, the total market cap of all stablecoins in circulation has topped $20 billion. This, as per crypto Twitter commentator, Dan Romero, was the value of...