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KuCoin Report: USDT Issuance Dominates Stablecoin Market with $2.79B in February

CoinspeakerKuCoin Report: USDT Issuance Dominates Stablecoin Market with $2.79B in February Beyond stablecoins, the report also touches upon the sentiment within the crypto market, noting that the fear and greed index entered the “extreme greed” territory in late February. KuCoin Report: USDT Issuance Dominates Stablecoin Market with $2.79B in February

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S&P Global Ratings Launches Stablecoin Assessment, Slams Tether’s USDT with Negative Review

S&P Global Ratings senior analyst Lapo Guadagnuolo believes that the growth of stablecoins does not mean that they are immune to risk factors. The S&P Global Ratings introduced a stability assessment for stablecoins on Tuesday. According to S&P Global, the idea is to determine how truly “stable” the coins are in maintaining their pegs to whatever fiat they are tied to. In total, the producer of the S&P 500 assessed eight stablecoins. They include Dai (DAI), Gemini (GUSD),...

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KyberSwap Recovers $5.7M from $47M Hack, Gives Hackers 10% Bounty

KyberSwap has stated that it will continue to cooperate with law enforcement and cybersecurity experts to recover user funds and track down the perpetrators of the attack. The KyberSwap team has recovered approximately $5.7 million after last week’s $47 million hack on KyberSwap liquidity pools on Polygon and Avalanche. The company announced that it has negotiated a return of 90% of the user funds, with the remaining 10% serving as a bounty for the hackers. “The KyberSwap team has been in...

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Circle Explores Expansion in Asia, Eyes Japanese Market for Stablecoin Issuance

CoinspeakerCircle Explores Expansion in Asia, Eyes Japanese Market for Stablecoin Issuance Even though Circle already offers USD Coin (USDC), its co-founder and CEO Jeremy Allaire believes that introducing a Yen-linked stablecoin would provide new opportunities. Circle Explores Expansion in Asia, Eyes Japanese Market for Stablecoin Issuance

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Stablecoin Issuer Circle to Launch USDC Natively on Arbitrum Next Week

The launch of USDC on Arbitrum will replace the currently circulating bridged version of USDC that comes from Ethereum. In an announcement on Thursday, June 1, stablecoin issuer Circle announced its plans to launch the native version of its USDC stablecoin on the Arbitrum blockchain network. USDC on Arbitrum As per the official announcement, Circle shall replace the existing version of USD Coin, which is an Ethereum-based token bridged to Arbitrum, with a native token that runs and resides...

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Coinbase to Expand to Singapore as US SEC Denies Answerability

The firm also conducted a survey recently to asses the constructive stance of policymakers towards crypto and Web3 in Singapore. Crypto exchange Coinbase is looking into relocating to Singapore as the United States Securities and Exchange Commission rejects the company’s requests for regulatory clarity. The US SEC recently asked the judge to deny Coinbase’s bid to coerce the agency to answer Coinbase’s rulemaking petition. The petition was submitted last year asking for clarity on how...

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Standard Chartered-backed Zodia Crypto Custody Raises $36M in Funding Round Led by SBI Holdings

With the SBI investment, Zodia Custody will increase its Japan presence amid increased demand for digital assets from institutional investors in the country. Zodia Custody, an institutional-grade crypto asset custodial platform backed by Standard Chartered in association with Northern Trust, has announced that it raised approximately $36 million led by Japanese financial conglomerate SBI Holdings. The London-headquartered crypto startup announced that the funding round also saw...

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Kokomo Finance Exit Scam Sees Developers Make Away with $4M Worth of Tokens

The Kokomo Finance protocol has been found to be an elaborate exit scam after developers used wrapped Bitcoin to steal user funds worth $4M. According to reports, developers behind crypto lender Kokomo used Wrapped Bitcoin (wBTC) to perpetuate a $4 million exit scam. A CoinDesk report alleges developers pulled off the scam over the weekend after manipulating tokens to steal millions in user funds. The report further stated that these developers attacked the smart contract of wrapped...

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