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Lackluster Stablecoin Trading Volumes Raise Questions Around Crypto Rebound
Lackluster Stablecoin Trading Volumes Raise Questions Around Crypto Rebound
May 24, 2023  |  Cryptocurrency

The stablecoin landscape is getting smaller by the day, and that’s bad news for crypto.  Stablecoin trading volumes so far this month have totaled just...

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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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Circle CEO Blames US Financial Risk for Stablecoin Decline
Circle CEO Blames US Financial Risk for Stablecoin Decline
April 26, 2023  |  Cryptocurrency

A shaky American financial market helped lower the value of USD Coin, according to Circle’s CEO. “We are seeing a huge amount of concern globally...

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Crypto Remains Bank Sector Kryptonite as Lenders Turn Firms Away
Crypto Remains Bank Sector Kryptonite as Lenders Turn Firms Away
April 12, 2023  |  Cryptocurrency

Crypto, once the cool kid, is now the one no one wants to play with. A lot has changed over the course of the past...

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FinTech Circle Applies for French License and Registration to Deploy its EUROC Stablecoin
FinTech Circle Applies for French License and Registration to Deploy its EUROC Stablecoin
March 21, 2023  |  Regulation

Circle is furthering its embrace of regulation by applying for approvals in France. The digital financial technology firm has filed applications in France to become a...

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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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