Stablecoin


Finance

BUSD Drama Sets Stage for Stablecoin Market Reshuffling

Binance’s bet on its BUSD stablecoin could backfire into a revamping of who’s winning in crypto’s dollar-pegged token markets.

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Markets

Tether's USDT Gains $1B as Paxos Burns Over $1.8B of Binance USD Stablecoins

The increase comes as BUSD issuer Paxos faces increasing regulatory scrutiny.

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Former Paxos Head of Portfolio Management on 'Noise and Confusion' Around Stablecoins

Former Paxos Head of Portfolio Management and Columbia Business School Adjunct Professor Jesse Austin Campbell discusses the case for stablecoins and how it is a "very simple instrument." Campbell added, "One of the things that's always been a little bit confounding to me is the extreme sort of noise and confusion around [stablecoins] when really, they work very similarly to the things we're already familiar with and quite frankly had a great deal of reform in."

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Stablecoin Issuer Paxos Burns $700M Binance USD Amid Regulatory Pressure

Paxos, the issuer of the $16 billion Binance USD (BUSD) stablecoin, has burned more than $700 million of BUSD tokens since Monday. That was when Paxos announced it would stop issuing the cryptocurrency amid mounting regulatory pressure, blockchain data shows. Jesse Austin Campbell, Former Paxos Head of Portfolio Management and Columbia Business School Adjunct Professor, discusses his outlook for the stablecoin market and crypto regulation.

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Videos

Paxos to Stop Minting Stablecoin BUSD: What Happens Next?

Stablecoin issuer Paxos will stop minting new Binance USD (BUSD) tokens at the direction of the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS), with the news coming just after a report of the threat of legal action from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Former Paxos Head of Portfolio Management and Columbia Business School Adjunct Professor Jesse Austin Campbell weighs in. "The lesson showing people here is that over the last few years, the greatest mistake is to be an on shore regulated company in the crypto space," Campbell said.

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Opinion

The SEC Is Taking Aim at Paxos and (Annoyingly) It’s Good for Bitcoin

While the largest cryptocurrency has not been a direct focus for regulators, bitcoiners should not become cheerleaders.

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Markets

BUSD Stablecoin Inches Toward $1 Peg After Binance CEO Comments

Changpeng Zhao on Tuesday distanced himself from the Binance-branded stablecoin.

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