USDC


Opinion

The Dollar Can Be a Protocol for the Future of Money

USDC's stablecoin-fueled model of money, in which the dollar functions as an open “protocol,” could allow innovation to flourish. But healthy competition is a prerequisite.

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Videos

Native USDC on Cosmos to Fill Vacuum Left by Terra’s UST Stablecoin

Circle said on Wednesday that it plans to launch its USD coin (USDC) stablecoin – the second-largest dollar-backed stablecoin by market capitalization – natively on Cosmos in early 2023. Jelena Djuric, ecosystem lead at Cosmos Research, discusses what this means for the Cosmos ecosystem and decentralized finance.

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Finance

Fintech App Eco to Convert User Balances From US Dollars to USDC

Eco will use digital settlement-service platform Zero Hash to custody the stablecoins.

Andy Bromberg speaks at Token Summit NYC 2018.

Videos

Jack Dorsey’s TBD Team Partners With Circle to Take US Dollar Stablecoin Savings, Remittances Global

TBD, the bitcoin-focused subsidiary of Jack Dorsey’s Block, is teaming up with USDC stablecoin issuer Circle to bring cross-border dollar-linked stablecoin transfers and savings to investors globally. “The Hash” team discusses what this means for the stablecoin markets and the crypto industry at large.

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Markets

Circle Expands USDC Stablecoin to Five New Chains, Unveils Cross-Chain Transfer Protocol

Circle aims to bolster USDC’s market position as competition with rival issuers Tether, Binance is heating up and decentralized finance platforms are crafting their own native stablecoins.

Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire speaks at Converge 2022. (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Tech

Native USDC on Cosmos to Fill Vacuum Left by Terra’s UST Stablecoin

Collateralized USDC is assuming a role formerly held by Terra’s algorithmic UST stablecoin – raising questions as to whether decentralized finance can mature with decentralized money at its core.

Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Robinhood Releases Beta Version of Web3 Wallet to 10,000 Users

Robinhood has been steadily moving away from its original “walled garden” approach to crypto over the past year.

Robinhood's Web3 wallet beta (Robinhood)

Finance

Trading App Robinhood Markets Adds USDC to Its Crypto Lineup

Users will be able to transfer the stablecoin from the Polygon and Ethereum networks on Wednesday.

Trading app Robinhood has added Solana, Pepe, Cardano and XRP to the list of cryptocurrencies available to trade on its platform. (Unsplash)

Finance

Crypto Exchange WazirX to Delist USDC in Boost for Binance's Stablecoin

WazirX will automatically convert customer holdings into BUSD in an effort to boost the value of Binance's stablecoin.

WazirX CEO Nischal Shetty (WazirX)

Finance

Crypto Exchange Coinbase Could Earn $1.2B in Revenue Next Year From Higher Interest Rates, JPMorgan Says

Over half of that would come from the company's share of interest income from USDC reserves.

Coinbase podría beneficiarse por el incremento de las tasas de interés. (Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images)