Stablecoins


Marchés

Monetary Policy Is Finished and Macro Debates Are Boring, Feat. Raoul Pal

A wide-ranging conversation about the state of macro, why central banks can’t really do anything and why private markets are leading the future of money.

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Finance

Dapper Labs–USDC Integration Helps NBA Collectibles Game Clear $2M in Revenue Since June

Gamemaker Dapper Labs is using Circle's dollar-backed stablecoin USDC as a global settlement solution for its non-fungible tokens (NFTs).

Dapper Labs CEO Roham Gharegozlou

Finance

The Crypto Firms Collaborating on a Swiss Franc Stablecoin

“Coopetition” is an ungainly term at the best of times. But it appears that’s what’s happening among Swiss stablecoin issuers.

Swiss francs (Claudio Schwarz | @purzlbaum/Unsplash)

Technologies

'No Other Option but More Collateral': The Short- (and Long-) Term Fixes for Dai’s Broken Peg

Stablecoin demand in yield farming is breaking dai's peg. Solutions revolve around USDC and Maker's version of QE, but will these measures last?

MakerDAO founder Rune Christensen

Marchés

European Ministers Call on EU Commission to Regulate Stablecoins

Finance ministers from five European countries have called on the EU Commission to introduce tough regulation for stablecoins.

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Marchés

What the Fed's New Inflation Policy Means for Stablecoins

Stablecoins, which have been on a pandemic tear, have the potential to soak up deposits currently held by banks, where they offer little or no interest.

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell

Marchés

DeFi Is a 'Complete Scam,' Says Controversial Entrepreneur Craig Wright

nChain Chief Scientist Craig Wright has delivered an obscenity-laden interview discussing decentralized finance and stablecoins, calling such projects a "complete scam" and "illegal."

Craig Wright

Marchés

Fed Chair Powell’s Jackson Hole Speech Could Hint at US Dollar’s Future

Fed Chair Jerome Powell's speech Thursday at the annual Jackson Hole Economic Symposium highlights how much has changed over the past year.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. (Federal Reserve, modified by CoinDesk)

Technologies

High Ethereum Fees Push Tether to Its Eighth Blockchain, OMG Network

Tether’s USDT is now live on scaling blockchain OMG Network in a bid to decrease pressure on its parent blockchain, Ethereum.

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Marchés

First Mover: How a DeFi Trader Made an 89% Profit in Minutes Slinging Stablecoins

So-called stablecoins like tether and USDC are $1 tokens in theory, but a complex arbitrage transaction seems to have netted one trader an 89% profit in just minutes.

Schematic of Aug. 10 stablecoin arbitrage trade using DeFi.  (Etherscan, CoinDesk)