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USDC Issuer Circle Curbs Stablecoin Minting for Retail Users
USDC issuer Circle Internet Financial said Tuesday it is curbing service for individual accounts to mint stablecoins. "Circle is phasing out support for legacy consumer accounts and has notified individual consumers of this decision," a Circle spokesperson told CoinDesk in an email. "Account closures do not apply to business or institutional Circle Mint accounts."
Circle Curbs Stablecoin Minting for Retail Users, Moving Closer to Tether's Practice
The action represents a move towards main competitor Tether's practice to limit access for retail users.
[SPONSORED CONTENT] Lisa Nestor of Airtm discusses how they're using Stellar to power the digital dollar economy
Lisa Nestor, Chief Strategy Officer at Airtm, a digital dollar wallet and payment infrastructure, joins us in the studio to discuss how they’re enabling entrepreneurs and enterprises to easily earn, send and receive digital dollar payments. She explains Airtm’s use of the Stellar network and USDC to offer users worldwide access to digital dollars and her prediction for adoption of crypto-enabled financial services.
Circle to Let Merchants Pay for Customers' Gas Fees With Web3 Wallet Upgrade
Southeast Asian super-app Grab is currently piloting the new product to cover gas fees for its Singaporean users if they use NFT vouchers.
Circle Rolls Out Open-Source Protocol to Help Build Tokenized Credit Markets
Perimeter Protocol is the first development of Circle Research, the company's new open-source development division.
Almost All Crypto Employees Take Pay in Fiat, Pantera Study Finds
The median compensation globally among 570 engineers surveyed was $120,000, with those in North America getting $193,000, up 1.5% versus the prior year, based on the study.
Circle Launches Native Version of USDC Stablecoin on Polkadot
Parity Technologies CFO Fahmi Syed discusses Circle launching the native version of USDC in the Polkadot ecosystem of parachains. EDITOR'S NOTE: Syed also responds to questions over Polkadot's developer metrics. The GitHub data cited in the interview refers to people actually contributing to the Polkadot repository itself. However, according to Santiment data, when tracking all projects built on Polkadot, it has the second-highest developer count after Ethereum.
Visa Taps Solana and USDC Stablecoin to Boost Cross-Border Payments
The company said it is one of the first major payment institutions to use directly the Solana network for settlements.
Solana Foundation Strategy Head on Shopify Integration, Crypto Payments Outlook
Shopify customers can now pay in stablecoin USD Coin (USDC) via an integration with Solana Pay, the payment protocol on the Solana blockchain. Solana Foundation head of strategy Austin Federa discusses the partnership and USDC's benefits for merchants. Plus, what the future holds for crypto payment adoption and real-world use cases of the Solana ecosystem.
Shopify Customers Can Now Pay In USDC Via Solana Pay
The payment protocol, built on the Solana blockchain, has been integrated into Shopify.
