Centre to Expand USDC to Ten More Blockchains; Launches on Tron
Centre, the consortium behind the issuance of USD Coin (USDC), announced it will launch the popular asset on 10 more blockchains. This would expand the reach of USDC to other environments and could make it more popular as a commercial and staking currency. While Centre made the announcement only recently, USDC surprisingly launched on Tron today. Centre Launches Multichain USDC Initiative Centre, the consortium behind USDC, the second biggest stablecoin by market share, announced an initiative to take the coin to ten new blockchains. The objective of this plan is to expand the market reach....
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The second biggest stablecoin by market capitalization is already a multi-blockchain project. Soon, though, USDC will live almost everywhere. According to Coindesk, it will soon be available in, “Avalanche, Celo, Flow, Hedera, Kava, Nervos, Polkadot, Stacks, Tezos, and Tron.” That will bring the total to 14; since USDC is already functional in Ethereum, Algorand, Stellar, […]
The company behind USDC has added a new face that could help further institutional adoption. Centre Consortium, the company behind USD Coin, has hired former State Street and JPMorgan executive David Puth as its new chief executive officer, or CEO. Centre made the announcement early Tuesday in a Medium post that praised Puth for his leadership credentials. The new hire will help Centre expand its global partnerships across the fintech, crypto, and the traditional financial services industry. Puth said that he is excited to be joining Centre “at this critical time in the industry,” adding:....
Stellar joins the ranks of Ethereum and Algorand. The Centre consortium announced on Thursday that USD Coin (USDC) will soon be available on the Stellar blockchain.This marks the first time that a major stablecoin will be made available on the platform, joining the ranks of Anchor USD, WhiteStandard and some others. USDC is currently the second largest stablecoin in the market behind Tether (USDT).Circle said that USDC is expected to be available on Stellar in Q1 2021. USDC is primarily hosted on Ethereum, which holds virtually the entirety of its supply at $2.7 billion. Algorand was....
After the Terra UST fallout and the current crypto market volatility, many eyes have been focused on the Tron-based algorithmic stablecoin USDD. On June 13, the crypto asset tron (TRX) dropped significantly in value and Tron’s founder Justin Sun spoke about traders shorting the digital currency. Sun explained that the Tron DAO Reserve would deploy $2 billion to “fight them” and said he didn’t think the shorters could last 24 hours. Furthermore, the stablecoin USDD took a small dive on Monday, dropping to $0.977 per unit during the crypto market carnage.
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