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As part of the strategic agreement with Circle Ventures, XION will use USDC as its primary transactional currency. Burnt, a web3 developer of the XION blockchain, announced in a press release on Oct. 5 the launch of its public testnet for XION, a layer-1 network focused on “tangible use cases.” Besides
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Circle and Stellar join forces to integrate the euro-anchored stablecoin EURC into Stellar’s blockchain. USDC stablecoin provider Circle and a blockchain network, Stellar (XLM), have jointly announced the integration of the euro-anchored stablecoin EURC into Stellar’s blockchain infrastructure. The EURC stablecoin, which already operates on Avalanche (AVAX) and Ethereum (ETH) networks,
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“By leveraging stablecoins like USDC and global blockchain networks like Solana and Ethereum, we're helping to improve the speed of cross-border settlement and providing a modern option for our clients to easily send or receive funds from Visa’s treasury,” Cuy Sheffield, head of crypto at Visa, said in a statement. Source
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Although Allaire views stablecoins as a superior option to CBDCs, he said the two are complimentary. “If central banks are going to upgrade their own systems to move away from legacy technology into more modern distributed ledger technology, that’s great,” he told SCMP. “There’s a whole bunch of things that
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Allaire spoke with Bloomberg at the World Economic Forum in Tianjin, China. Source
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Customers will receive a designated amount of USDC along with an invoice, enabling them to experience the benefits of fast, affordable, and reliable cross-border payments. In a significant move towards revolutionizing cross-border payments, German software giant SAP SE (ETR: SAP) has made an exciting announcement in this sphere. In a blog
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Ether (ETH), the second-largest cryptocurrency by market value, followed a similar pattern, jumping almost 3% over the past 24 hours to change hands at around $1,920. The CryptoX Market Index (CMI), which measures overall crypto market performance, was up over 6% for the day. Source
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The New York Federal Reserve has published new rules for counterparties looking to use its money market balancer, casting uncertainty over intentions by stablecoin issuer Circle to use the Fed’s systems.In an April 25 statement, the New York Fed announced adjustments to its guidelines to determine which parties are eligible
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Funds structured as stablecoin issuer Circle’s Blackrock-managed USDC reserve fund “generally will be deemed ineligible” for the New York Federal Reserve’s reverse repurchase program under the new rules. Source
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Maker, one of the largest decentralized lending protocols, is led by a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO), in which holders of its native maker (MKR) token vote on proposals. The protocol also issues the $5 billion DAI stablecoin, backed by some $7 billion worth of assets in Maker’s reserves. Original Source
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