Stablecoins
MakerDAO Fee Decrease Stalls Amid Decline in Token Holder Voting Turnout
A decrease to fees on stablecoin DAI failed to activate over the weekend due to a lack of voter turnout.
MakerDAO Votes to Decrease Stablecoin Fees for First Time in 5 Months
Dollar-backed stablecoin DAI is trading above a dollar for the first time in a long-time. MakerDAO token holders have voted to decrease fees on the stablecoin in order to address high market demand for DAI.
Coinbase Rolls Out Trading in USDC Stablecoin to 85 Countries
Coinbase is expanding crypto-to-crypto trading in USD Coin, a dollar-pegged stablecoin, to a host of nations.
PAX Streamlines Redemptions in Battle for Stablecoin Market Share
Paxos is doubling down on a traditional approach to crypto custody and enabling instant stablecoin redemptions.
Binance, Bitfinex and Tether: What's the Worst That Can Happen?
Recent events involving Binance, Bitfinex and Tether suggest there's potential for "catastrophic, systemic risk in crypto," Dan Cawrey argues.
'A Loan Shark Situation': MakerDAO Is Leaving Crypto Borrowers With Rising Bills
With the DAI stability fee rising nearly 40-fold in three months, early borrowers are feeling the pinch.
MIT's Christian Catalini Said to Be Working on Facebook's Cryptocurrency
Prominent crypto researcher Christian Catalini is helping Facebook with its stablecoin efforts, two sources with knowledge of the situation tell CoinDesk.
Facebook in Talks to Build Ecosystem for Planned Stablecoin: WSJ
Facebook is said to be in talks with firms, including Visa and Mastercard, to support and fund its planned fiat-backed cryptocurrency.
DAI Stablecoin's Stability Fee Nears 20% After Latest MakerDAO Vote
The MakerDAO lending platform will be increasing fees by 3 percent in an effort to retract stablecoin DAI supply and push token prices up to dollar valuation.
When Tether Warnings Are Marketing Tools
Stablecoin issuers are taking advantage of Tether's troubles to promote their cryptocurrencies as more viable alternates.
