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Circle, the payment services company that operates stablecoin USD Coin (USDC), has launched an initiative aimed at helping minorities and women, as well as supporting humanitarian efforts around the world.Dante Disparte, the company’s chief strategy officer and head of global policy, announced the initiative in a post on Circle’s website
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Circle, the United States-based issuer of USD Coin (USDC), has set its sights on thriving Asian crypto markets. In a move to strengthen its presence in Asia, Circle picked Singapore to establish a regional headquarters. The company is also setting up an investment arm called Circle Ventures, according to Circle CEO
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“You cannot build an always-on, global internet finance business without considering Singapore as a hub,” said Dante Disparte, Circle’s Chief Strategy Officer and Global Head of Policy, in the press release. “The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has been an extraordinary regulatory partner as we have looked to expand our
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Digital currency firm Circle launched the Circle Ventures fund to support early-stage blockchain projects and companies. The fund, which doesn’t have a predetermined monetary amount, has already deployed initial capital. “Circle’s mission is to raise global economic prosperity through the frictionless exchange of financial value. Achieving it is ambitious and
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Yield Guild Games (YGG), a decentralized gaming startup, said it invested $175,000 in Merit Circle to help “bring play-to-earn to the masses.”YGG said it will work with Merit Circle, also a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) focused on gaming, to expand its play-to-earn scholarship model that is focused on developing countries.YGG
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This episode is sponsored by NYDIG.Download this episodeOn today’s episode, NLW homes in on recent reports surrounding the Biden administration’s plans for stablecoins. A new report from the Wall Street Journal says there is a debate between using the Financial Stability Oversight Committee to add new rules for stablecoins and to
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Circle, the company behind the world’s second-largest stablecoin USD Coin, has been subpoenaed by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).According to an Oct. 4 regulatory filing from Circle, the SEC issued an “investigative subpoena” from its Enforcement Division in July.Circle, which is behind the USDC stablecoin, stated that it
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Circle, a key supporter of the USDC stablecoin, said in regulatory filings that it received an “investigative subpoena” from the SEC’s Enforcement Division in July 2021. That subpoena requests “documents and information regarding certain of our holdings, customer programs, and operations,” the filing said. Source
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Circle, the payment services company that operates stablecoin USDC, subsidiary crypto exchange Poloniex and equity crowdfunding platform SeedInvest, has named Devron Brown to be its senior director for global policy, according to a tweet posted by Dante Disparte, chief of strategy and head of global policy at Circle. The position
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Plaid connects to banks around the world so that other fintechs don’t have to, and the company is connected to several companies in the crypto ecosystem, ranging from the U.S.’s largest crypto exchange, Coinbase, to decentralized finance (DeFi) startups like Dharma, the Uniswap-friendly DeFi wallet. Original Source
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