Stablecoins

Exchanges

Binance, Bitfinex and Tether: What’s the Worst That Can Happen?

Recent events involving Binance, Bitfinex and Tether suggest there's potential for "catastrophic, systemic risk in crypto," Dan Cawrey argues.

Markets  ·  10 May 2019
MakerDAO

‘A Loan Shark Situation’: MakerDAO Is Leaving Crypto Borrowers With Rising Bills

With the DAI stability fee rising nearly 40-fold in three months, early borrowers are feeling the pinch.

Tech  ·  8 May 2019
Stablecoins

MIT’s Christian Catalini Said to Be Working on Facebook’s Cryptocurrency

Prominent crypto researcher Christian Catalini is helping Facebook with its stablecoin efforts, two sources with knowledge of the situation tell CoinDesk.

Markets  ·  3 May 2019
Stablecoins

Facebook in Talks to Build Ecosystem for Planned Stablecoin: WSJ

Facebook is said to be in talks with firms, including Visa and Mastercard, to support and fund its planned fiat-backed cryptocurrency.

Business  ·  3 May 2019
MakerDAO

DAI Stablecoin’s Stability Fee Nears 20% After Latest MakerDAO Vote

The MakerDAO lending platform will be increasing fees by 3 percent in an effort to retract stablecoin DAI supply and push token prices up to dollar valuation.

Tech  ·  2 May 2019
Paxos

When Tether Warnings Are Marketing Tools

Stablecoin issuers are taking advantage of Tether's troubles to promote their cryptocurrencies as more viable alternates.

Markets  ·  2 May 2019
MakerDAO

MakerDAO Demos Tech to Back Stablecoin DAI With Any Crypto Asset

A highly anticipated upgrade to the programmatic lending platform MakerDAO will also feature a brand new webpage design for users.

Tech  ·  1 May 2019
Paxos

‘Up to 100 Million’ Paxos Stablecoins to Be Issued on Ontology Blockchain

Ontology is to launch the Paxos Standard stablecoin, a regulated token backed by U.S. dollars, on its blockchain.

Markets  ·  27 April 2019
MakerDAO

‘Darkest Days Yet’: ‘Purple Pill’ Tell-All Details Years-Long Rift at Heart of MakerDAO Stablecoin Project

Penned by the stablecoin project's former CTO, "Zandy's Story" paints a clear picture of MakerDAO's current turmoil.

Markets  ·  26 April 2019
Tether

$10 Million in Paxos Stablecoins Printed Overnight Following Tether Allegations

More than 10 million Paxos Standard stablecoins were minted after the New York Attorney General's bombshell allegations about rival issuer Tether.

Markets  ·  26 April 2019
Governance

MakerDAO Set to Increase DAI Fees Above 15% in Bid to Stabilize Stablecoin

MakerDAO token holders have voted again to increase issuance fees on dollar-backed stablecoin DAI.

Tech  ·  25 April 2019
Stablecoins

Payments Firm Wirex Launching 26 Stablecoins on the Stellar Blockchain

U.K.-licensed payments platform Wirex is launching 26 fiat-backed stablecoins on the Stellar blockchain network.

Business  ·  25 April 2019
Stablecoins

TrustToken Launches AUD-Backed Stablecoin With 3 More to Follow

TrustToken has launched a stablecoin backed by the Australian dollar, with tokens for CAD, HKD and euros to follow soon. 

Markets  ·  24 April 2019
Regulation

Chainalysis Adds Real-Time Transaction Monitoring for 4 More Cryptos

Blockchain compliance startup Chainalysis has added support for Binance’s native token BNB and three stablecoins to its transaction monitoring tool.

Markets  ·  24 April 2019
MakerDAO

MakerDAO Voters Divided on How Much to Hike Fee for DAI Stablecoin

MakerDAO token holders approved a 3 percent fee increase on the programmatic loan system issuing DAI tokens. Yet token holders appear to be more divided on how high of an increase is warranted for the MakerDAO system.

Tech  ·  18 April 2019