USDC


Finance

Circle to ‘Cover Any Shortfall’ in USDC Reserves, Sparking Stablecoin Rally

The company plans to use corporate resources to fill the gap, including external capital.

Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin Regains $20K After $200M in Crypto Liquidations; Some Traders Brush Off USDC Fears

Some traders are signaling strength for USD coin, citing its treasury backing in U.S.-issued bonds.

Bear and bull (Pixabay)

Markets

Traders Bet on USD Coin Rebound as USDC Falls to 90 Cents

Some $4 million in USDC futures were liquidated in the past 24 hours, Coinglass data shows.

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Markets

DAI Depegs to Lifetime Lows as Stablecoin Rout Plagues Crypto

MakerDAO’s decentralized stablecoin hit an all-time low of 88 cents in Asian afternoon hours on Saturday.

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Markets

USDC Stablecoin Depegs, Crypto Market Goes Haywire After Silicon Valley Bank Collapses

USDC's normally stable price sank to 87 cents from $1 while Ethereum gas fees soared hours after the crypto-tied bank failed.

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Finance

Coinbase Pauses Conversions Between USDC and U.S. Dollars as Banking Crisis Roils Crypto

Circle earlier confirmed it has $3.3 billion backing its USDC stablecoin parked at now-shuttered Silicon Valley Bank.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong (CoinDesk)

Finance

Circle Confirms $3.3B of USDC's Cash Reserves Stuck at Failed Silicon Valley Bank

Silicon Valley Bank, one of the reserve banking partners for Circle's USDC stablecoin, was shut down by regulators on Friday.

CEO Jeremy Allaire's Circle is part of the consortium behind USDC. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Markets

Circle’s USDC Endured $1B of Net Redemptions Since Silicon Valley Bank's Shutdown

Stablecoin issuer Circle held an undisclosed amount of USDC’s cash reserves at now-failed Silicon Valley Bank.

Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

USDC Issuer Circle Says It 'Awaits Clarity' From FDIC on Silicon Valley Bank Collapse

The stablecoin issuer declined to state how much cash is tied up at the collapsed financial institution.

Jeremy Allaire, Co-Founder, Chairman and CEO, Circle (CoinDesk)

Finance

Crypto Wallets Withdraw $902M USDC From Centralized Exchanges in Past 24 Hours Amid SVB, Silvergate Shutdowns

$11.4 billion of USDC reserves are held in the form of cash at Reserve Banks, which include the two members of the Federal Reserve System.

Silicon Valley Bank headquarters (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)