Future of Finance: Circle’s Allaire says U.S. lawmakers may be ‘late to the party’ with crypto, but it won’t hold back the world’s largest economy

“When the U.S. does lay down its rules,” added the Circle CEO, “it's going to be a highly competitive market.”

• 2023-07-18
• Jeremy Allaire USDC major companies Circle application layer financial regulators Financial Stability Board

Struct Finance Transforms DeFi Landscape on Avalanche With the Launch of Tranche-based BTC.B-USDC Vaults

The new vaults allow for unprecedented utilization of Avalanche's BTC.B in DeFi applications

• 2023-07-13
• Avalanche Bridged Bitcoin USDC Struct interest rate products Bitcoin ETF

Multichain Bridges Experience Unannounced Outflows of Over $130M in Crypto

Multichain's bridges for Fantom, Dogechain and Moonriver are seeing major unexplained outflows.

• 2023-07-07
• Multichain USDT USDC

USDT Selling on Curve, Uniswap Spooks Traders Amid Bitcoin Drop

USDT holdings on Curve’s popular ‘3pool’ have risen to over 72% as of Thursday morning, suggesting a sudden disbalance.

• 2023-06-15
• tether USDC

Binance, Other Crypto Players Shun Multichain as Bridging Rumors Swirl

The crypto bridging service Multichain is coming under the microscope from Binance and other important outposts.

• 2023-05-27
• Multichain USDC

DeFi Powerhouse Curve Finance Deploys Decentralized Stablecoin on Ethereum

Though the Curve team has deployed the smart contract for crvUSD, users are still waiting on a web interface.

• 2023-05-04
• Curve Finance team Ethereum Curve Finance Frax Finance USDC smart contracts

Bitcoin Options Market Still Afraid of USDC Volatility

The options market is still valuing options that settle in the underlying rather than in USDC at a relative premium due to a continued concern of a further depeg, one observer said.

• 2023-03-15
• implied volatility derivatives market Andrew Melville USDC options trade underlying Block Scholes options contracts term structure

Bitcoin jumps above US$24,000, leading crypto gains as U.S. acts to backstop banks

Bitcoin continued to gain in morning trading in Asia, as regulators acted to backstop the U.S. banking industry. Most of the top 10 cryptocurrencies gained.

• 2023-03-14
• market capitalization Federal Reserve USDC interest rates bank failures

Banking Crisis Won’t Kill Crypto-Banking Despite Short-Term Pain

From alternative banks to on-chain banking, crypto banking still has plenty of options, experts say.

• 2023-03-14
• Silvergate Bank Silicon Valley Bank Signature Bank Cross River Bank Western Alliance Bank SVB USDC decentralized finance

Bitcoin Was Built for This Moment

Amid a U.S. banking crisis, value is flowing into bitcoin. Is this the beginning of the “Great Reset”? investor and author Tatiana Koffman asks.

• 2023-03-14
• Silicon Valley Bank Signature Bank Silvergate Bank Federal Reserve Charles Schwab USDC bitcoin cryptocurrency market