Circle Says USDC Reserve Backed Entirely in Cash and Short-Dated US Treasuries
On May 13, Circle’s chief financial officer Jeremy Fox-Geen published a blog post called “How to Be Stable,” following the aftermath of Terra’s stablecoin implosion. Circle’s CFO explained that since usd coin’s inception, the stablecoin aims to be “the most transparent and trusted dollar digital currency.” Terra’s Stablecoin De-Pegging Incident Has Cast a Spotlight on the Entire Stablecoin Economy For a few years now, stablecoin assets have been a popular hedging vehicle among many participants within the....
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