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Tech

New Stablecoin Issuer Raft Is Eschewing Fiat for Its Financial Backing

Its R stablecoin is collateralized by one crypto asset: liquid staking leader Lido’s staked ether (stETH).

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Markets

USDC Issuer Circle Has Ditched All U.S. Treasuries From $24B Reserve Fund Amid Debt Ceiling Showdown

The stablecoin issuer now only holds cash and repurchase agreements to back its USDC stablecoin’s value.

Jeremy Allaire, CEO of Circle (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Markets

Crypto Market Recovery Unlikely Until Stablecoin Universe Stops Shrinking: JPMorgan

Tether’s market cap has been growing at the expense of rival stablecoins such as USD Coin, the report said.

JP Morgan office (Matthew Foulds/Unsplash)

Policy

U.S. Hearing Highlights Stablecoin Rift in Competing House Bills

Republicans focused on the chances for legislative compromise while Democrats characterized their stablecoin positions as a deepening divide.

(Dean Hochman/Flickr)

Finance

USDC Issuer Circle Moves $8.7B to Repo Agreements to Protect Reserves From U.S. Government Default

Circle’s reserve fund has ditched Treasury bills that mature beyond May 31, rotating assets to cash and overnight repurchase agreements instead, a company spokesperson said.

Jeremy Allaire, Co-Founder, Chairman and CEO, Circle (CoinDesk)

Policy

NY Fed Policy Change Could Squash Stablecoin Issuer Circle’s Hope for Fed Access

Funds structured as stablecoin issuer Circle’s BlackRock-managed USDC reserve fund “generally will be deemed ineligible” for the New York Federal Reserve’s reverse repurchase program under the new rules.

(Sandali Handagama/ CoinDesk)

Finance

Crypto Lending Protocol MakerDAO Approves Transferring a Maximum of $500M in USDC to Coinbase Custody for 2.6% Yield

The maneuver is part of MakerDAO’s earlier decision to move up to $1.6 billion of USDC stablecoins to Coinbase’s custody arm.

Rune Christensen, fundador de MakerDAO. (CoinDesk TV)

Opinion

Centralized Stablecoins Are Problematic. Is a Decentralized Alternative on the Way?

USDC and USDT both have issues that truly decentralized, blockchain-based protocols are designed to solve.

(Rachel Sun/CoinDesk)

Finance

Ondo Finance Plans Yield-Generating Stablecoin Alternative for Institutional Investors

The new stablecoin-like token, OMMF, will be backed by conventional money market funds and is available only to qualified purchasers and accredited investors. But retail investors can lend against the tokens via Ondo’s DeFi protocol Flux to indirectly access the yield.

Money (Alexander Grey/ Unsplash)

Markets

Uniswap Topped Coinbase’s Trading Volume in March During USDC Depeg, U.S. Crackdown

The DEX, however, has been unable to maintain elevated periods of trading volumes in the past, CCData noted.

(CoinDesk/CCData)

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