USDC

Buterin: Real DeFi Transforms Risk, Not USDC Yield

Vitalik Buterin criticizes yield products for centralized stablecoins like USDC as insufficiently transformative for risk.He argues true DeFi must reallocate risk, proposing two alternative...

Tethers USAT Threatens Circle’s USDC as Institutional Option

Tether launched a U.S.-regulated dollar token, USAT, aimed at institutional clients in partnership with Anchorage Digital and Cantor Fitzgerald.USAT targets the U.S. market where...

Bermuda to launch nation-wide on-chain economy with USDC now

Bermuda plans to move much of its economy on-chain with support from Coinbase and Circle.The effort begins with government stablecoin payment pilots and tokenization...

Kontigo hacked: 340,905 USDC stolen from 1,005 users -repaid

Kontigo reimbursed users after Hackers drained roughly $341,000 in USDC from more than 1,000 accounts.The company said on its X account it had detected...

USDC Tops USDT in 2025: $75B Market on Regulatory Trust Rise

USDC grew faster than USDT in 2025, driven by demand for regulated, blockchain-based dollars.USDC rose 73% to $75.12 billion; USDT rose 36% to $186.6...

Fake ‘CircleMetals’ PR Promotes Bogus USDC Gold/Silver Swap.

A Christmas Eve press release claimed that Circle launched "CircleMetals" for tokenized Gold and silver swaps with USDC."fake," a Circle spokesperson said, and the...

Visa Enables USDC Settlements, Ignoring Complex Tax Reporting Rules

VISA will allow U.S. card issuers to settle transactions directly with Visa using Circle USD (USDC), a stablecoin.Financial institutions receiving USDC must maintain detailed...

USDC Surges 59% vs Tether’s 32.5% in Trump Era Boost

The Trump administration openly supported stablecoins, influencing market growth for the two largest ones: USDC by Circle and USDT by Tether.USDT’s market capitalization increased...

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Ripple, Coinbase-backed PAC spends $2M on Michigan primary

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