Stablecoin reserves on crypto exchanges hit new historic high of $10B
Cryptocurrency exchanges continue accumulating massive amounts of stablecoins like Tether and USDC Coin. Stablecoins like Tether (USDT) and USD Coin (USDC) have hit another milestone in terms of accumulation by exchanges.According to market data provider CryptoQuant, stablecoin holdings on global crypto exchanges soared to a new all-time high on March 28, exceeding $10 billion.Cryptocurrency exchanges are now holding nearly 16% of the total market value of all stablecoins, as stablecoin market capitalization amounts to $63 billion at the time of writing, according to data from CoinGecko.....
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The U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) on Monday published a letter clarifying that national banks and federal savings associations can now hold reserves for stablecoin issuers in the country. According to the OCC’s interpretive letter, reserve accounts can either be funded through deposits from stablecoin issuers or deposits from individual stablecoin holders. It stressed that banks can hold such reserves provided that ”the issuer has sufficient assets backing the stablecoin in situations where there is a hosted wallet.” The letter responds to questions....
More stablecoins find their way to exchanges than ever before — where will they be deployed next? Cryptocurrency exchanges now have more stablecoins on their books than ever before in a fresh sign investors are waiting to buy Bitcoin (BTC) and altcoins.Data from on-chain analytics platform CryptoQuant shows that this week, exchanges’ total stablecoin reserves passed 27 billion for the first time.Exchange users herd stablecoins to accountsAfter reaching a previous peak in late December, stablecoin reserves tumbled at the start of 2022 as BTC/USD and altcoin markets fell in tandem to....
Cryptocurrency exchanges experienced a dramatic rise in stablecoin deposits in the previous 24 hours, instilling hopes that traders will use the dollar-pegged tokens to purchase Bitcoin. Data fetched by blockchain analytics platform, CryptoQuant, showed exchanges’ stablecoins reserves hitting a record high of 5.47 billion after adding $600 million in a day. The spike apprehensively coincided […]
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