— Circle, Stablecoin
Open USD is lying about its 149 partnerships, report
A number of South Korean firms, including Samsung, reportedly haven't agreed partner with stablecoin newcomer Open USD.
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— China, Stablecoin
China wants a yuan stablecoin, but why?
Reports claim that China wants to issue a yuan stablecoin, but it is not clear how that is compatible with its goals.
Maker will be able to remotely freeze its new USDS stablecoin
Maker DAO is incentivizing DAI holders to convert their stablecoins into the new, reward-yielding USDS, which has a remote freeze capability.
FedNow is coming next year and the feds hope it’s a crypto killer
When the Federal Reserve launches FedNow in July, it will supplant most blockchains with cheap, reliable, instant, irreversible settlements.
Disgraced UK minister Matt Hancock rebrands as crypto bro
After resigning his job as Health Secretary for breaking lockdown rules, Hancock is using crypto to reinvent his political image.
— Stablecoin, Tether
Turns out this tiny Bahamas bank is holding some of Tether’s reserves
Tether is usually extremely tight-lipped about where it keeps its assets, but it appears the company holds some funds in the tiny Capital Union bank.
— Basis Cash, Kwon
Basis Cash: The failed algorithmic stablecoin Do Kwon didn’t learn from
CoinDesk revealed failed algorithmic stablecoin Basis Cash was created by Terra's Do Kwon and BitClout's Nader Al-Naji.
— Crypto, Stablecoin
Here’s how crypto’s third largest stablecoin Terra (UST) collapsed
Third-largest stablecoin UST de-pegged from the US dollar, traded as low as $0.62, and lost over $4 billion in market capitalization.
— Crypto, Stablecoin
Tether timeline: The complete history of crypto’s most stubborn stablecoin
This is Tether's timeline in full, starting in 1996 when its now chief financial officer was caught selling fake Microsoft software licenses.
Tether Papers: This is exactly who acquired 70% of all USDT ever issued
We catalogued every USDT distributed by Tether in the past seven years to present the most transparent research on the stablecoin to date.