Tag Archives: Stablecoins

The Seychelles-based cryptocurrency exchange Huobi has provided a timeline explaining its actions during HUSD’s de-pegging event on Thursday.  The exchange confirmed that the problem began with the stablecoin’s issuer. According to a tweet from Huobi, the firm detected “unusual price fluctuations” from its namesake stablecoin at 10:05 UTC on August 18.  Within five minutes, Huobi contacted the issuer of HUSD, Stable Universe Limited.. By 10:30, both the exchange and issuer...

The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) believes the impact of cryptocurrencies should be limited in developing nations. According to the agency, digital assets are unstable financial products that could cause further issues to already shattered economies. Amid the global monetary crisis, numerous residents of emerging countries chose to convert their depreciating fiat currencies into stablecoins. However, the UNCTAD warned that such tokens also pose...

Quelle: PwC Global CBDC Index and Stablecoin Overview 2022, PwC-Studie (unten verlinkt im Artikel) Berichte über eine vom US-Kongress beschlossene Regulierung von Kryptowährungen ließ Anlegerinnen und Anleger aufhorchen: Auch Nichtbanken sollen Alternativen zu Bitcoin & Co ausgeben dürfen, insbesondere sogenannte Stablecoins. Regulierung von Stablecoins soll kommen Medienberichten zufolge soll der US-Kongress an einer Regulierung von Stablecoins...

London by Night Foto CC0 Public Domain via Unsplash In the United Kingdom, a bill is ready that aims to regulate stablecoins as a means of payment. The aim is to match emerging technology with existing financial services rules. Regulating stablecoins The UK Treasury has said that it wants to regulate certain types of stablecoins. The bill – which seeks to make stablecoins a means of payment – aims to phase out the current legislation. The...

Crypto exchange Bybit collaborated with blockchain analytics platform Nansen to publish another monthly report on the state of the crypto industry. It focused on the broader market condition, DeFi activities, and NFT markets. The paper regarded Terra’s notorious collapse as fundamentally destructive to the nascent crypto community but beneficial to other Layer-one competitors since they have attracted the outflow capital derived from the fallen community. Investors Adopting a...

According to Kristalina Georgieva – the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) – the recent fiasco with LUNA and UST should not become a reason for people to turn their backs on the cryptocurrency industry entirely. Unlike her previous statements, she praised the “faster service, much lower costs, and more inclusion” that the asset class provides. Not all Digital Assets are the Same Terra’s native token – LUNA – and its algorithmic stablecoin – UST – were...

The catastrophic failure of Terra’s algorithmic stablecoin, TerraUSD (UST), last week exacerbated the chaos in the crypto industry and accelerated plans to regulate the stablecoins market. Following the market meltdown, global financial regulators started proposing different legislations to regulate stablecoins better and prevent similar incidents from occurring in the future. UK to Legalize and Regulate Stablecoins Over the weekend, the United Kingdom Treasury revealed plans...

Industry analytics firm DappRadar has just released a report on the situation, and it doesn’t look pretty. On May 13, the firm reported that DeFi’s total value locked (TVL) is down more than 40% over the past seven days. It stated that the slump had been caused by investors flipping tokens into stablecoins in preparation to cash out into fiat. However, the massive slump in token prices would also have impacted TVL, a dollar-based figure. At the time of writing, DappRadar was...

The VeChain Foundation has published its Q1 report, stating that its treasury amassed $1.2 billion in cryptocurrencies by the end of the quarter, a slight drop from $1.38 billion as recorded in Q4 2021. Surprisingly, the foundation behind VeChain only spent roughly 4.1 million during the first three months of 2022 – mainly for business development and operational costs. Expenses Overshadowed by the Treasury Fund According to the report, the Foundation ensured investors that...

Circle Internet Financial, the issuer of USDC stablecoin, is planning to apply for a crypto bank license in the US in the near future.  According to co-founder and CEO Jeremy Allaire, the company has been in talks with regulators on the issue since August 2021, when it first revealed plans to convert into a bank, a Bloomberg report said on Wednesday.  Allaire said the firm will apply “hopefully in the near future.”  The Circle management has been in talks with the US Office...