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Circle Says Lack of Direct EMI Access to EU Central Bank Accounts Stifles Payments Innovation
Circle Says Lack of Direct EMI Access to EU Central Bank Accounts Stifles Payments Innovation
May 19, 2023  |  Cryptocurrency

To access central bank accounts in the European Union (EU) today, electronic money token (EMT) issuers, and by extension all electronic money institutions (EMIs), have...

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Crypto Spot Trading Falls 40% After Banking Crisis
Crypto Spot Trading Falls 40% After Banking Crisis
May 14, 2023  |  Cryptocurrency

Spot trading on centralized cryptocurrency platforms fell 40% in April following the March banking crisis. That’s according to a recent report by CCData, which tracks the...

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OpenTrade to Launch Platform for Investing in Tokenized Financial Assets 
OpenTrade to Launch Platform for Investing in Tokenized Financial Assets 
May 05, 2023  |  Investments

OpenTrade has raised $1.5 million in a funding round for its platform for investing in tokenized financial assets. OpenTrade plans to launch its platform in...

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Banking Crisis Contagion Spreads to Crypto
Banking Crisis Contagion Spreads to Crypto
March 16, 2023  |  Cryptocurrency

Crypto has gone off the rails – quite literally.  Just not in the way industry observers and critics may have first thought or expected. Rather,...

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Circle Investors Redeem $3 Billion in USDC
Circle Investors Redeem $3 Billion in USDC
March 16, 2023  |  Cryptocurrency

Cryptocurrency investors have withdrawn a net $3 billion in Circle’s USDC coin this week. Circle said on its blog Wednesday (March 15) evening that it...

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Circle’s Troubles Could Stoke Demand for Regulation of Stablecoins
Circle’s Troubles Could Stoke Demand for Regulation of Stablecoins
March 13, 2023  |  Cryptocurrency

There could be greater demand for regulation of stablecoins after USDC briefly lost its dollar peg. Regulators had already been looking at stablecoins, and the...

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Report: Traders Making $70 Million Gamble on USDC’s Future
Report: Traders Making $70 Million Gamble on USDC’s Future
March 13, 2023  |  Cryptocurrency

The stablecoin USDC may have regained its dollar peg, but traders may not be in the clear. USDC traders could risk multi-million dollar liquidations if...

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USDC Stablecoin Value Recovers After Dipping as Low as 86 Cents
USDC Stablecoin Value Recovers After Dipping as Low as 86 Cents
March 13, 2023  |  Cryptocurrency

The USDC stablecoin has regained its dollar peg after regulators said Silicon Valley Bank depositors would be made whole. USDC had dipped to as low...

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Circle Promises to Cover $3.3 Billion Held at Silicon Valley Bank
Circle Promises to Cover $3.3 Billion Held at Silicon Valley Bank
March 12, 2023  |  Cryptocurrency

Circle says it is confident it will recover $3.3 billion in reserves held at Silicon Valley Bank. The announcement Saturday (March 11) led Circle’s USDC...

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