USDC

FTX

FTX and Blockfolio Integrate With Circle, Add USDC Settlement Layer

The twin crypto trading hubs plugged into Circle’s payments and banking API Friday.

News  ·  14 May 2021
Visa

Visa, Circle Team Up With Fintech Firm to Drive Crypto Adoption in Emerging Markets

Fintech startup Tala aims to use the USDC stablecoin to offer new financial tools.

News  ·  5 May 2021
Ethereum

Visa Settles USDC Transaction on Ethereum, Plans Rollout to Partners

The pilot marks the first time Visa has accepted a cryptocurrency payment in lieu of cash for its services.

News  ·  29 March 2021
Stablecoins

Nigerians Turn to Stablecoins for Protection Against Inflation

Traditional savings groups in Nigeria are looking at dollar-pegged stablecoins as a tool to protect their savings from local inflation.

Markets  ·  15 March 2021
Exchanges

Bullish Sign for Crypto? USDC and Dai Balances on Exchanges Hit Record Highs

Buying in these stablecoins may foretell where the crypto market is going.

Markets  ·  2 February 2021
Coinbase

Questions About Tether Just Won’t Go Away. Does the Crypto Market Care?

Is the price of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies inflated because the backing of tether may not be as strong as people think it is?

Markets  ·  26 January 2021
Bitcoin

Market Wrap: Bitcoin Solidly Trades Above $20K; Ether Jumps on Positive BTC, CME’s New ETH Product

Bitcoin is now solidly above $20,000 and a short supply and rising demand could push the price higher.

Markets  ·  16 December 2020
Visa

Visa May Support USDC Credit Card After Adding Circle to ‘Fast Track’ Program

Visa is linking its payments network of 60 million merchants to the USDC stablecoin, according to Forbes.

Markets  ·  2 December 2020
Coinbase

USDC Stablecoin Issuer Centre Hires Wall Street Veteran David Puth as CEO

Centre, the Coinbase- and Circle-founded project that oversees the USDC stablecoin, has hired Wall Street veteran David Puth as its new CEO.

Business  ·  1 December 2020
USDC

US Government Enlists USDC for ‘Global Foreign Policy Objective’ in Venezuela: Circle CEO

The U.S. government is sending USDC payments to Venezuela using Circle and Airtm to bypass Nicolas Maduro, the nation's dictator.

News  ·  20 November 2020
DeFi

USDC Is Coming to Solana Blockchain in Potential Boost for Non-Ethereum DeFi

USDC moves to Solana – its fourth blockchain – one week after also landing on Stellar.

Business  ·  21 October 2020
Bitcoin

First Mover: PayPal Rushes In and Bitcoin Breaches $12K, While USDC Gains on Tether

PayPal gets conditional N.Y. state license for crypto. Bitcoin prices shoot past $12K. Dollar stablecoin USDC grabs market share from tether.

Markets  ·  21 October 2020
DeFi

Tether Still Dominates Stablecoins, but USDC and Dai Are Winning DeFi

USDC and DAI seem to have found their niche as the preferred stablecoins in decentralized trades.

Markets  ·  21 October 2020
Stablecoins

Stellar to Add Support for USDC Stablecoin, Opening Up Dollar-Backed Remittances

The addition of the dollar-backed USDC stablecoin seeks to bolster Stellar’s standing as a cross-border payments network.

Business  ·  15 October 2020
Bitcoin

Voyager CEO Says Revenue Growth Accelerates 8-Fold as DeFi Trading Surges

CEO Steve Ehrlich says this quarter's revenue is on track to double what the company produced in all of its last fiscal year.

Business  ·  25 September 2020