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On Saturday, March 11, 2023, Circle Financial updated the public about its stablecoin, USDC, and noted that the stablecoin’s liquidity operations will resume normally on Monday morning in the United States. Circle said that the company’s teams would be ready on Monday to “handle significant volume” and that the firm
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The company plans to use corporate resources to fill the gap, including external capital. Source
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USD Coin (USDC) issuer Circle plans to use "corporate resources" to cover the shortfall on its reserves following Silicon Valley Bank's shutdown, said the company in a statement on March 11. According to Circle, USDC liquidity operations will "resume as normal when banks open on Monday morning in the United States,"
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USD Coin (USDC) lost its $1 peg to the USD, trading to low as 81.5 cents on Mar. 11. Meanwhile, trackers indicate that Circle, the issuer of USDC, has burned $2.34b in the last day to meet increasing redemption requests. $2.34b in USDC already burned Circle’s USDC, the second-largest stablecoin by market
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Almost immediately after USD Coin (USDC) issuer Circle revealed it was not able to withdraw $3.3 billion of its $40 billion from Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), the resultant sell-off caused the price of the stablecoin to fall below its $1 mark.On March 9, Circle had initiated a wire transfer for
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Silicon Valley Bank, one of the reserve banking partner for Circle's USDC stablecoin, was shut down by regulators on Friday. Source
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On March 10, Blockchain payment tech company and USD Coin (USDC) issuers Circle confirmed that wires initiated on Thursday to remove balances have not yet been processed, leaving $3.3 billion of its $40 billion USDC reserves at Silicon Valley Bank (SVB). Concerns have been growing over USDC late this week
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An undisclosed portion of USDC’s cash reserves are parked at the now-failed bank, leading to concern that money backing the stablecoin is now stuck. Stablecoins like USDC are a key part of the crypto industry’s foundation, and when they stray far from $1 (or whatever fiat asset they’re pegged to)
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USDC issuer Circle Internet Financial said late Friday it "awaits clarity" from federal banking regulators on the status of its deposits at Silicon Valley Bank, one of the six financial institutions it said are responsible for managing one quarter of the assets backing its $43 billion stablecoin. Original Source
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This comes as Silvergate Bank (SI), once the go-to bank for crypto, faces significant financial headwinds and regulatory scrutiny. Over the past month, the majority of Silvergate’s clients have parted ways with the beleaguered bank and stopped using its ACH services, including Coinbase, Circle, Paxos, and Crypto.com among others. Original Source
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