One unilateral freeze by Circle could trigger a domino effect across DEXs, bridges, oracles, and even wallets. The bad press facing stablecoin issuer Circle, following the $280 million exploit on the Solana trading protocol Drift, has gone up a notch after a California-based legal group filed a class action lawsuit against it, alleging it…
Key Takeaways: The stablecoin market hit an all-time high of $318.6B, needing just $1.4B to reach $320B. USDC gained $1.27B in seven days while Ethena’s USDe has fallen 60.61% since October 2025. Blackrock’s BUIDL posted the week’s top gain at 5.29%, signaling rising institutional demand. Stablecoin Sector Just $1.4 Billion Away From $320 Billion Milestone…
CMC Markets’ Artur Delijergijevs on Metals Demand, Volatility, & Stable Execution CMC Markets’ Artur Delijergijevs on Metals Demand, Volatility, & Stable Execution CMC Markets’ Artur Delijergijevs on Metals Demand, Volatility, & Stable Execution CMC Markets’ Artur Delijergijevs on Metals Demand, Volatility, & Stable Execution CMC Markets’ Artur Delijergijevs on Metals Demand, Volatility, & Stable Execution…
The Government of Bermuda says it plans to transform the island into what it calls the world’s first fully on-chain national economy, in partnership with stablecoin issuer Circle and US-based crypto exchange Coinbase. The announcement was made at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, where Bermuda officials said the initiative will see digital…
Verstehen der Mechanik eines USDC-Mints Wenn ein Stablecoin wie USDC geprägt wird, bedeutet das, dass neue Token erstellt und mit einem entsprechenden Betrag an Fiat-Währung, in diesem Fall US-Dollar, besichert wurden. Circle, der Herausgeber von USDC, hält diese Dollarreserven, um sicherzustellen, dass jeder USDC-Token an 1 $ gebunden bleibt. Der Akt des Prägens selbst beeinflusst…
AMLBot data shows USDT issuer Tether’s freezes were roughly 30 times larger than USDC by value and address count. A new on-chain study published by the AMLBot team shows that Tether has frozen more than $3.29 billion in USDT across the Ethereum and Tron blockchains between 2023 and 2025, blacklisting 7,268 addresses in the…
A press release published on Christmas Eve claimed that Circle, the issuer of the USDC stablecoin, had launched a new platform offering tokenized gold and silver trading. However, it is “fake,” a Circle spokesperson told CoinDesk. The platform, launched under the name “CircleMetals,” was promoted through a press release distributed on Dec. 24, a date…
Tether and Circle, issuers of the two largest stablecoins in the world, have just received major regulatory greenlights in UAE’s Abu Dhabi. Tether’s Stablecoin Recognized As ARFT, While Circle Obtains FSP License Major developments related to the cryptocurrency sector have occurred in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) this week, with Tether and Circle both winning…
Speaking with CNBC’s Sara Eisen at the sidelines the 2025 edition of the Future Investment Initiative in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Circle Internet Group (CRCL) Jeremy Allaire described Arc as “an economic OS for the internet,” arguing that core financial workflows are moving on chain and need predictable costs and performance. He said Arc is built…
Christian Catalini, co-creator of Facebook’s Libra project, warned on Friday that Stripe’s Tempo and Circle’s Arc could succeed commercially but at the cost of crypto’s decentralization ideal. Launched in 2019, Libra was Meta’s bold bid to create a global digital currency backed by a basket of stable assets. The project promised to make payments as…