Stablecoin

Bitcoin Rises for a Fifth Day; DeFi Platform Nears $1B in Total Value Locked
Bitcoin Rises for a Fifth Day; DeFi Platform Nears $1B in Total Value Locked
"CoinDesk Daily" host Jennifer Sanasie breaks down the biggest headlines impacting the crypto industry today, as the price of bitcoin (BTC) is rising for a fifth day, surpassi...
Bitcoin Rises for a Fifth Day; DeFi Platform Nears $1B in Total Value Locked

DeFi, T-bill, Yield, Paradigm
Cryptodollar Minting Protocol M^0 Will Allow Institutions to Issue Stablecoins Backed by U.S. Treasuries
A kind of ‘money middleware for the digital age,’ the M^0 smart contract ruleset aims for institutional grade stablecoins that are decentralized and interoperable.
DeFi, T-bill, Yield, Paradigm

The Future of Stablecoin-Powered Shopping
The Future of Stablecoin-Powered Shopping
Eco, which is the builder behind Ethereum layer 2 wallet Beam, just acquired stablecoin shopping app Join. Andy Bromberg, Beam CEO and Eco Protocol contributor joins "First Mo...
The Future of Stablecoin-Powered Shopping

What Is the Killer Use Case for Stablecoins?
What Is the Killer Use Case for Stablecoins?
Andy Bromberg, Beam CEO and Eco Protocol contributor answers some rapid fire questions from CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie about the first thing he bought using crypto, the issue...
What Is the Killer Use Case for Stablecoins?

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MIM Stablecoin Suffers Flash Crash Amid $6.5M Exploit
Certrik suggests the exploit could be due to a rounding error.
Laptop hacker (Towfiqu Barbhuiya/Unsplash)

Scenes from a Solana hacker house (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)
Solana Delivers 'Token Extensions' to Attract Compliance-Minded Token Developers
The new features let token developers hard code various restrictions into their assets.
Scenes from a Solana hacker house (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

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TrueUSD Wobbles Towards $1 Peg Amid Reported Redemption Issues
TUSD went as low as 97 cents as Binance data shows traders apparently sold over $300 million worth.
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Can Crypto Dethrone U.S. Dollar Dominance? Here Is Morgan Stanley's Take
U.S. monetary policy, combined with the use of economic sanctions, have forced some countries to look for alternatives to the dollar, while growth of stablecoins may have emph...
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Chainlink co-founder Sergey Nazarov speaks at the project's SmartCon conference in Barcelona. (Chainlink)
Chainlink Teams Up With Circle to Allow Cross-Chain Stablecoin Transfers
The integration allows developers to build cross-chain use cases via Chainlink's CCIP that involve multichain transfers of Circle's USDC stablecoin.
Chainlink co-founder Sergey Nazarov speaks at the project's SmartCon conference in Barcelona. (Chainlink)

Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino (Tether)
UN Says Tether Plays Major Role in Illicit Activity in East Asia; Stablecoin Issuer Hits Back
Tether said it was "disappointed" that the report had singled out its stablecoin, USDT.
Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino (Tether)