USDC

Market Wrap

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

Muyao ShenDec 16, 2020

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

USDC

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

Kevin ReynoldsDec 2, 2020

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

Tether

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

Daniel CawreyJan 26, 2021

As the crypto market continues to rally, an old debate reignites on whether the most important stablecoin in trading is really stable.

USDC

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

Ian AllisonDec 1, 2020

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

USDC

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

Nikhilesh DeNov 20, 2020

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

USDC

USDC

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

Zack Voell

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

First Mover

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

Muyao ShenOmkar GodboleBradley KeounSebastian Sinclair

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

Stablecoins

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

Muyao Shen

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

Stellar

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

Nathan DiCamillo

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

Bitcoin

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

Bradley Keoun

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

DeFi

Origin Debuts OUSD, a Stablecoin That Works Like a Savings Account

Brady Dale

Origin is announcing Origin Dollars, or OUSD, a stablecoin whose reserves leverage decentralized finance (DeFi) so that balances grow wherever it resides.

NFTs

Dapper Labs–USDC Integration Helps NBA Collectibles Game Clear $2M in Revenue Since June

Paddy Baker

Gamemaker Dapper Labs is using Circle's dollar-backed stablecoin USDC as a global settlement solution for its non-fungible tokens (NFTs).