stablecoins

Stablecoins are cryptocurrencies designed to minimize the volatility of the price of the stablecoin, relative to some "stable" asset or basket of assets. A stablecoin can be pegged to a cryptocurrency, fiat money, or to exchange-traded commodities.

(source: en.wikipedia.org)

Report: Circle to Shift Legal Base to US From Ireland
Report: Circle to Shift Legal Base to US From Ireland
May 15, 2024  |  Cryptocurrency

As it prepares to go public, stablecoin issuer Circle is reportedly also planning a move. The company is preparing to transfer its legal base from Ireland to the United...

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Visa: Bots Drive 90% of Stablecoin Transactions
Visa: Bots Drive 90% of Stablecoin Transactions
May 06, 2024  |  Cryptocurrency

Bots account for a vast majority of stablecoin transactions, recent Visa research shows. Fewer than 10% of these transactions come from genuine users, according to a new metric from...

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Coinbase Wants to Prove Crypto’s Utility With Cheaper Payments
Coinbase Wants to Prove Crypto’s Utility With Cheaper Payments
May 03, 2024  |  Cryptocurrency

Coinbase, the largest U.S.-based cryptocurrency exchange, is ultimately a crypto story. And like all crypto stories, it has its downs — and its wild ups. Coinbase reported earnings per share...

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Big Innovations Powering Small Business Growth Dominate This Week in B2B
Big Innovations Powering Small Business Growth Dominate This Week in B2B
May 02, 2024  |  B2B Payments

It is National Small Business Week in the U.S., and the spotlight is on business-to-business (B2B) innovation.  That’s why PYMNTS spent Monday (April 29) unpacking how small businesses...

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What CFOs Should Know About the Growing Use of Stablecoins
What CFOs Should Know About the Growing Use of Stablecoins
April 30, 2024  |  Cryptocurrency

Stablecoins, as their name implies, offer the benefits of cryptocurrency without the volatility. And with Visa having launched on April 25 the Visa Onchain Analytics Dashboard...

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Stripe Is Bringing Back Crypto Payments, Citing ‘Real Utility’
Stripe Is Bringing Back Crypto Payments, Citing ‘Real Utility’
April 29, 2024  |  Cryptocurrency

Crypto payments have traditionally suffered from a pervasive “cold start” problem. Among other issues hamstringing the integration of blockchain-based digital assets as a payments mechanism,...

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Visa: Circle Surpasses Tether in Stablecoin Transaction Race
Visa: Circle Surpasses Tether in Stablecoin Transaction Race
April 29, 2024  |  Cryptocurrency

Circle’s USDC coin has begun to exceed Tether in terms of stablecoin transaction volume. That’s according to Visa’s new stablecoin transaction metric, created with Allium Labs to “remove potential distortions that can arise...

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Tether and Telegram Join Forces to Enable Crypto Payments
Tether and Telegram Join Forces to Enable Crypto Payments
April 19, 2024  |  Cryptocurrency

Stablecoin issuer Tether has partnered with the TON Foundation to enable customers to send cryptocurrency payments using encrypted messaging service Telegram. This collaboration aims to...

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This Week in Web3: Bitcoin Halving, Stablecoins, Bankman-Fried
This Week in Web3: Bitcoin Halving, Stablecoins, Bankman-Fried
April 17, 2024  |  Blockchain

The bitcoin halving is imminent, and crypto is on everyone’s mind this week. That’s because the technical event, which happens every four years and serves...

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