Tag: Circle
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Circle Abandons IPO Plans
USDC Issuer Was Valued At $9B In February
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Businesses Can Now Accept USDC With Apple Pay
Circle’s Move Comes as Stablecoin Has Been Losing Market Share
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Coinbase’s 1.5% APY is Half the Savings Rate Offered by Banks
Offering Comes After Last Week’s Partnership With MakerDAO
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USDC Market Cap Slides By $10B Since Tornado Cash Bans
Investor Interest in USDC Wanes as Competing Stablecoins Gain Market Share
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What Is USDC?
A Step-by-Step Guide to One of DeFi’s Most Important Stablecoins
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What Is DAI?
A Step-by-Step Guide to One of DeFi’s Most Important Stablecoins
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Centre Bans USDC Addresses After Tornado Sanctions
Investors Eye Decentralized Stablecoins as Consortium Bars 38 Addresses
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USDC Issuer Circle Announces Euro-Backed Stablecoin 
Circle, the issuer of USDC, will launch a new stablecoin pegged to the euro, the company announced Thursday.
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Circle Expands Beyond Ethereum With Support For USDC On Polygon
The move will enable Polygon-based businesses and developers to decrease settlement times and lower costs by accessing USDC directly.
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Beginners Guide to Crypto in 2022
Today we’re going back to basics. If you’re keen about crypto and don’t know where to begin, this will be your comprehensive guide to get started.
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New Entrants Follow Compound’s Lead to Offer Fiat Savers Juicier Yields
A new wave of DeFi players are trying to entice traditional savers with juicy yields.
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Doomsday Scenarios in DeFi Revolve Around Stablecoins USDC and USDT
Doomsday scenarios in DeFi revolve around the strength of stablecoins such as USDC and USDT.
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DeFi Powerhouses Curve and Aave Deploy on Avalanche to Profit from Incentives
Incentives work. Or at least they do in terms of wooing DeFi protocols to deploy on other blockchains. Case in point, Curve Finance, the automated market maker, and Aave, the leading DeFi lending project, have each deployed their offerings on Avalanche as a part of the blockchain’s $180M incentive program called Avalanche Rush. It’s the […]
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Startup Icon AngelList Embraces DeFi by Opening Site to USDC
Add AngelList to the ever-lengthening list of mainstream tech outfits going crypto. On Tuesday it started letting investors use USDC-enabled funds on its site. It’s a significant move. For the last decade, AngelList’s online bulletin board for angel investors and job-seekers has made it a valuable utility in the U.S. startup scene by playing matchmaker […]
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DeFi Market Stabilizes After White Knuckle Drops Monday
Crypto markets Tuesday morning appeared to be shaking off gut-wrenching falls in the last 24 hours. At one point Monday, At one point, ETH nosedived 2.8% in an hour. Ethereum was up 0.5% in trading at 7:15 AM, according to CoinGecko data. Cardano increased 0.4% and Solana, Avalanche and Chainlink were flat. So, too, was […]
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Circle Dials Back Risk in USDC Reserves Ahead of Going Public
Corporate debt is no longer good enough for Circle, the blockchain powerhouse. That’s the upshot of a move Circle announced on Sunday as it unveiled a rebalancing of the reserves that support USDC, it’s widely used stablecoin. Circle, a peer-to-peer payment platform powered by blockchain technology, will now solely use cash and short-duration U.S. Treasury […]
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Circle To Go Public in Q4 at $4.5B Valuation
DeFi’s most popular stablecoin issuer is going public. Circle, which issues the USDC stablecoin, announced its plans yesterday to go public in Q4 of this year through a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC). The deal will happen with Concord Acquisition Corp. and Circle will trade under the ticker symbol CRCL with the transaction valuing the […]