Stablecoins


Política

Circle’s Disparte Calls CBDCs ‘a Preposterous Idea’ in Digital Dollar Debate

The stage at Consensus 2022 erupted with an intense dispute over the future of a Fed-managed digital currency.

Explorations Stage at Consensus 2022

Vídeos

Litecoin Gets the Boot; India’s Tax Typo

Litecoin kicked out of South Korean crypto exchanges.Indian government clarifies crypto tax cut to 0.1% was a ‘typo’ error.Veteran investor Jim Rogers weighs in on the future of stablecoins. Those stories and other news shaping the cryptocurrency and blockchain world in this episode of “The Daily Forkast.”

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Política

New York’s Crypto Regulator Publishes Formal Stablecoin Guidance

NYDFS laid out strict reserve and attestation requirements for stablecoin issuers in an effort to better protect consumers and financial institutions.

Nueva guía para la emisión de stablecoins en Nueva York. (Gary Hershorn/Getty Images)

Finanças

Citi Says Crypto Market Volatility Has Affected User Adoption

Concerns about stablecoins following UST’s collapse have exacerbated declines in digital asset prices, the bank said.

Citibank (TungCheung/Shutterstock)

Finanças

Why Latin American Crypto Exchanges Are Doubling Down on Yield Products

Despite inflation and macroeconomic instability, regional companies offer interest rates of up to 15% on different stablecoins, well above their global competitors.

Exchanges latinoamericanos ofrecen tasas de rendimiento cripto más altas que las sus pares en otras regiones. (CoinDesk archive)

Finanças

Fireblocks Deepens Payments Push With Checkout.com USDC Settlement

Merchants will be able to settle transactions through USD coin with Fireblocks’ payment technology.

Fireblocks sign at Miami airport during Bitcoin Miami conference 2022 (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Política

Japan Passes Landmark Stablecoin Bill for Investor Protection: Report

The new legal framework will take effect in a year.

Tokyo, Japan (thetalkinglens/Unsplash)

Mercados

FTX’s Harrison Says Stablecoin Demand Will Survive Terra's Collapse

The head of one of the largest crypto exchanges in the U.S. said fiat-backed stablecoins are still reliable and not risky.

Brett Harrison, head of FTX.US., during an interview with CoinDesk at the World Economic Forum last week in Davos, Switzerland. (CoinDesk)

Layer 2

Undercollateralized USDN Stablecoin Needs Tweaking, Waves Founder Says

“We have to work on the algorithm” after several depeggings from the dollar, Sasha Ivanov said on CoinDesk TV’s “First Mover” program.

Waves founder Sasha Ivanov (CoinDesk TV, modified by CoinDesk)

Vídeos

The Rise and Fall of Terra vs. Bitconnect

CoinDesk’s Nikhilesh De discusses how the $14 billion crash of Luna Foundation Guard’s Terra protocol compares with the $2.4 billion global Bitconnect Ponzi scheme. Plus, CoinDesk’s Sam Kessler on what the future holds for stablecoins.

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