Taking bitcoin to a whole new level: Jeremy Allaire reveals all about Circle
Jeremy Allaire is already pretty well known in the tech world, having played an integral part in the creation of ColdFusion, the Macromedia MX (Flash) platform, and online video platform Brightcove. However, he just stepped even further into the limelight. Allaire is now heading up a new company called Circle, which aims to take the bitcoin market by storm. It's made a mighty good start, too, having secured $9m in Series A funding - the largest amount ever raised by a bitcoin company. CoinDesk spoke to Allaire to find out what Circle is all about, where the name came from and just what,....
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For many months now, Bitcoiners have been wondering exactly what services Circle would offer to the fledging Digital Currency community. Since 2013, Circle has been notoriously tight-lipped on the specifics of its operation. Some in the community even went as far as to compare Circle to vaporware. Today, all the speculation is laid to rest. Early 5/16/14, CircleCEO Jeremy Allaire took to Circle's blog to reveal “What We Have Been Up to at Circle.” Circle launches its product today to increase the utility value of Bitcoin by reducing friction. Circle is the first worldwide Bitcoin Bank....
Upon until now, Circle Internet Financial's products and services have been somewhat of a mystery. People in the crypto-currency community knew that the Massachusetts-based company had some big things going on, but it was all surrounded by a thick layer of fog. Until now, of course. Company CEO Jeremy Allaire took to Circle's official blog on Friday with some relatively interesting updates on what the company has been up to over the past year. He writes: What is Circle? We're an Internet-based consumer finance company. We believe that digital money platforms and associated consumer....
On Thursday, Circle’s CEO Jeremy Allaire announced that the company has launched a new stablecoin pegged to the value of the euro (EUR). Allaire said that the new EUROC token is now live on the Ethereum network and will be “available to mint and redeem on June 30th.”
Circle Launches EUROC
Circle has announced the launch of the company’s second major fiat-pegged crypto asset called euro coin (EUROC). The announcement stemmed from Circle’s CEO Jeremy Allaire on Thursday who explained that EUROC already has “broad industry support.”....
Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire gave the opening keynote address at Inside Bitcoins New York on 7th April as part of a talk entitled 'Mainstreaming Bitcoin: The Next Phase of Digital Currency Growth & Value Creation'. The two-day conference will feature a number of notable speakers from the industry, including Blockchain's Nicolas Cary, GoCoin's Steve Beauregard and Kraken's Jesse Powell, and is expected to draw roughly 1,000 attendees. The second annual Inside Bitcoins New York conference and expo kicked off on 7th April with a keynote address from Circle CEO and founder Jeremy Allaire that....
On July 20, the CEO of Circle Internet Financial LLC., Jeremy Allaire, published a blog post that explains the firm’s dollar-pegged stablecoin is backed by “prioritized trust, transparency, and accountability.” Allaire’s blog post follows a letter from the Centre Consortium’s accountant, Grant Thornton explaining that the stablecoin’s reserve account information matches the accompanying reserve account report, which is “correctly stated.” Circle Publishes Stablecoin Reserve Transparency Blog Post, Letter from Grant Thornton, and the Latest....