USDC

Paxos

Binance Stablecoin BUSD Tops $100M but Lags Behind Rivals

Binance USD, a U.S. dollar-backed stablecoin, has surpassed $100 million in market capitalization, chipping away at a market still dominated by Tether's TUSD.

Markets  ·  11 March 2020
Coinbase

Circle Rolls Out Stablecoin Business Accounts, Preps SeedInvest for Sale

Circle is rolling out business accounts denominated in the stablecoin USDC and looking to sell crowdfunding platform SeedInvest as part of an ongoing pivot.

People  ·  10 March 2020
Exchanges

Coinbase Adds Support for 2 More Cryptocurrencies in New York State

The exchange has now added the privacy-enhancing cryptocurrency zcash and its own USDC stablecoin in New York state.

Markets  ·  11 February 2020
DeFi

PoolTogether DeFi App Announces $1M Investment After No-Loss Lottery Payout Tops $1K

PoolTogether is announcing a $1.05 million investment round as it adds a USDC pool to its DeFi-powered "no-loss lottery."

Tech  ·  3 February 2020
CBDCs

The Prospect of Building a New International Monetary System Is Getting Real

When world leaders gather in Davos next week, they'll confront an essential question, says Circle's Jeremy Allaire: Can they seize blockchain's ability to create value for people around the world?

Policy & regulation  ·  17 January 2020
Binance

Kraken Lists USDC the Day After Binance Drops It for Some Pairs

Kraken, which considers USDC the world's fastest-growing stablecoin, adds it a day after Binance removed certain trading pairs for the stablecoin.

Markets  ·  8 January 2020
Lending

BlockFi Adds Litecoin, USDC to Its Lending Product Suite

The initial annual percentage yield will be 8.6 percent for USDC and 3.78 percent for litecoin.

Business  ·  8 January 2020
Stablecoins

Bermuda Now Accepts USDC Crypto for Taxes and Government Services

Bermuda announced Wednesday it will accept payments in the USDC stablecoin "for taxes, fees and other government services."

Markets  ·  16 October 2019
DeFi

Lending Protocol Founders to Launch ‘Neo-Bank’ Offering Interest on USDC

The founders of Nuo are launching Juno, which will offer a smart-contract wallet with 5.5 percent interest on USDC in a bid to attract retail users.

Markets  ·  10 October 2019
Coinbase

Coinbase to Pay Users 1.25% Interest on USDC Stablecoin Holdings

Starting today, Coinbase users get 1.25% returns on their USDC holdings.

Markets  ·  2 October 2019
Coinbase

Coinbase Is Using an Ethereum Upgrade to Help Merchants Accept USDC

Coinbase Commerce is putting ethereum's latest systemwide upgrade, Constantinople, to the test.

Markets  ·  14 August 2019
USDC

Firm That Monitors USDC Stablecoin Audited Over $10 Billion in Client Assets

Grant Thornton audited more than $10 billion spread over 40 cryptocurrencies in more than 100 million addresses.

Markets  ·  26 July 2019
Exchanges

Circle Moves Exchange Operations Offshore With New Bermuda Office

Circle is moving the majority of its Poloniex exchange operations offshore, citing a "lack of regulatory frameworks" in the U.S.

Policy & regulation  ·  22 July 2019
Exchanges

Coinbase Now Lets Merchants Accept Payments in USDC Stablecoin

Coinbase Commerce, the crypto exchange's merchants payments offering, has added support for dollar-pegged stablecoin USD Coin.

Business  ·  22 May 2019
Exchanges

Coinbase Rolls Out Trading in USDC Stablecoin to 85 Countries

Coinbase is expanding crypto-to-crypto trading in USD Coin, a dollar-pegged stablecoin, to a host of nations.

Business  ·  14 May 2019