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…
Visa hat gerade einen großen Schritt in Richtung der Zukunft des digitalen Geldes gemacht. Der globale Zahlungsriese hat ein neues Pilotprogramm gestartet, das es Unternehmen ermöglicht, Auszahlungen direkt in Stablecoins zu senden, beginnend mit Circles USDC. Das bedeutet, dass Kreative, Freiberufler und Gig-Arbeiter ihre Zahlungen nun fast sofort erhalten können – über Grenzen hinweg, ohne…
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…
Stablecoin issuer Circle (NYSE: CRCL) announced on Tuesday that its flagship stablecoin asset USDC which currently has a market capitalization of roughly $62 billion, will soon have crosschain access via a tool dubbed “Circle Gateway,” as early as July. USDC is currently supported on 23 blockchains. Users must typically “bridge” the stablecoin from one network…
Circle schockt die Wall Street mit Mega-IPO Circle Internet Group, der Fintech-Riese hinter dem USDC-Stablecoin, feierte diese Woche einen beeindruckenden Einstand an der New Yorker Börse (NYSE). Unter dem Ticker CRCL gehandelt, startete die Aktie am Donnerstag bei $69 und stieg im Tagesverlauf auf bis zu $104, bevor sie den Tag mit $83,23 beendete—ein gewaltiger…
The top stablecoins are booming on the layer-1 blockchain Tron (TRX), according to the crypto tracker Lookonchain. Lookonchain notes that the value of USDT and USDC on Tron surged by $2.17 billion in the past week. USDT and USDC are the top two stablecoins by market cap, respectively. The stablecoin issuer Tether minted another 1…
By Alex Kuptsikevich Market Picture The cryptocurrency market has added 3.3% in the last 24 hours. The violent recovery from Monday’s kick-off crash has been losing traction for the past few hours. It seems that while the market has not gone into all-out sell-off mode, a reason for sustained buying is hard to find as…
On Wednesday morning in Abu Dhabi, Binance and Circle announced a strategic partnership to promote USDC, a stablecoin jointly owned by Circle and Coinbase. The collaboration comes as stablecoins gain traction in mainstream finance and competitors seek to challenge the dominance of market leader Tether. The Alliance Details about revenue sharing in this arrangement remain…