Bitcoin and Stablecoins Will Bring Crypto Mass Adoption to Africa, Experts Say
The sentiment permeated talks and fireside chats at the 2023 Blockchain Africa Conference in Johannesburg, South Africa. Source
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Stablecoins
USDC depeg will hinder stablecoins’ growth, increase regulatory scrutiny — Moody’s
Recent turmoil in the traditional banking sector, culminating in USD Coin (USDC) losing its peg, could negatively affect stablecoin adoption and potentially increase calls for regulation, argued credit rating agency Moody’s Investors Service. In its latest “Sector Comment” report published on March 16, Moody’s says fiat-backed stablecoins could face new resistance
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Alameda-Linked Wallet Sent $100M of Stablecoins to Trading Firms After USDC Depeg
Three other wallets previously linked to FTX and Alameda sent $188.58 million to crypto exchanges Coinbase, Kraken and Binance on Tuesday, according to blockchain sleuth Lookonchain. It remains unclear whether capital is being consolidated in line with bankruptcy proceedings or if it is being deployed to generate a yield. Source
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Banks collapsing; stablecoins depegging — What is happening? Watch The Market Report live
This week on The Market Report, the resident experts at Cointelegraph discuss all the details regarding the latest bank collapse and the USD Coin (USDC) depeg.We kick things off with this week’s top storiesSilicon Valley Bank collapse: Everything that’s happened until nowThe sudden collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) has
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Debtors saved over $100M using de-pegged stablecoins to repay loans
The depegging of USD Coin (USDC) and Dai (DAI) from the United States dollar prompted a frenzy of loan repayments over the weekend, allowing debtors to save a total of more than $100 million on their loans.Following the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) on March 10, the USDC price dropped to
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Crypto Payments Specialist Stellar Bridges Fiat and Stablecoins to Polkadot
There will also be an array of regional currency stablecoins available, said Tomer Weller, vice president, product at Stellar Development Foundation. This includes tokenized Argentinian pesos and Brazilian reals, as well as a Kenyan shilling, some other African stablecoins and a couple of euro-based ones, Weller said. Original Source
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MakerDAO surge following new proposal on stablecoins
MakerDAO is insulating itself from the vulnerability to risk associated with stablecoins according to the firm’s new proposal. It is a reaction to the recent depegging of USDC, which has rekindled worries over stablecoins in poor market circumstances. This proposal has seen MKR gain over 5% in the last 24
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How and why do stablecoins depeg?
Stablecoins are a type of cryptocurrency designed to have a stable value relative to a specific asset or a basket of assets, typically a fiat currency such as the U.S. dollar, euro or Japanese yen.Stablecoins are designed to offer a “stable” store of value and medium of exchange compared with
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Do Kwon had the right idea, banks are risk to fiat-backed stablecoins: CZ
The death spiral of the Terra (LUNA) and TerraUSD (UST) ecosystem served as a catalyst to the 2022 bear market — causing losses in the millions, damaging investor sentiment and intensifying the regulatory spotlight over cryptocurrencies. However, the recent depegging of Circle’s USD Coin (USDC) led Binance CEO Changpeng ‘CZ’
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Insolvency fears led many to turn to other stablecoins, sell USDC at a major discount
Several USD Coin (USDC) holders have fled to other stablecoins since March 10 amid fears surrounding its solvency following the disclosure that a small portion of USDC's collateral was held at Silicon Valley Bank.However, not all of them had success during panic selling. One user paid over 2,000,000 USDC to
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