Coinbase Says This Crypto Asset Will Be the Foundation of New Era of Financial Services

The leading US-based cryptocurrency exchange says that one dollar-pegged stablecoin will play an important role within the transforming financial landscape. In a new blog post, Coinbase says US Dollar Coin (USDC) will be a key component of the broader revolutionary changes as adoption of digital currencies expands.

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Investors have moved about $1.6 billion from USDC to rival stablecoin USDT over the past month as regulators in the United States increase scrutiny of the crypto company. Investors have moved about $1.

Anchorage Digital, a federally chartered digital asset bank, has partnered with well-known funding platform and talent board AngelList to invest using USDC. AngelList and Anchorage say they are bridging the gap between fiat currency and VC funding.

While the cryptocurrencies are gaining mainstream attention, so does centralized stablecoins like Tether (USDT) and USD Coin (USDC). Now, Vitalik Buterin, Ethereum co-founder, claims that these centralized stablecoins are on the verge of becoming decision makers in the near future, hard forks that are always on dispute.

USD Coin from Circle, a technology company that develops peer-to-peer payments, is improving its positions as a leading stablecoin. Its market cap rose from $40 billion at the beginning of 2022 to almost $55 billion at the end of July.

Stablecoins have become a major part of the cryptocurrency space over time, with Tether USD (USDT) and USD Coin (USDC) now being the two leading stablecoins by market capitalization. While both are fully collateralized stablecoins, their underlying business models and infrastructure differ.

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The second biggest stablecoin by market cap, USDC, is expected to overtake USDT, according to analysts at Arcane Research. The post Research: USDC on track to flip USDT by Q3 to become leading stablecoin appeared first on CryptoSlate.

One of the more unsettling events in the stablecoin sector occurred in May when Terra's UST lost its 1:1 dollar peg. Chaos resulted from the de-peg, which also utterly destroyed Terra's legitimacy.

The stability of Stablecoins has been the biggest question in the crypto industry after the recent collapse of Terra's UST. However, many different stablecoins are trying hard to fill the gap made due to it.