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Taproot Assets is “how we bitcoinize the dollar and the world’s financial assets,” says Ryan Gentry, director of business development at Lightning Labs. Bitcoin layer-2 infrastructure firm Lightning Labs has release d the mainnet alpha of Taproot Assets, a protocol aimed at enabling stablecoin s and real-world assets to be issued on the Bitcoin and Lightning Network. The current version, Taproot Assets v0.3, will provide a “feature-complete developer experience” to issue, manage and explore stablecoin s and other assets on the Bitcoin blockchain, according to Ryan Gentry, head of business development at Lightning Labs. “We believe this new era for Bitcoin will see a myriad of global currencies issued as Taproot Assets, and the world's foreign exchange transactions settled instantly over the Lightning Network.” “With this release , developers can issue financial assets on-chain in a scalable manner,” Lightning Labs stated on Oct. 18 in a separate post. “Today marks a new era of mu...

Ahead of the forthcoming enforcement of the European Union’s Markets in Crypto Assets (MiCA) legislation, a top Binance representative is sounding the alarm about potential large-scale removal s of stablecoin s from the exchange. As legal experts wrestle with interpreting the EU’s pivotal crypto regulation, concerns are growing about its effect on decentralized and international token issuers. Despite MiCA’s status as a groundbreaking legislation in cryptocurrency governance, slated to come into full force next year, its guidelines on various types of crypto assets remain under scrutiny. The European Banking Authority (EBA) has emphasized the absence of an adjustment timeframe for already-existing coins, which raises questions about how the law will pertain to decentralized and offshore issuers. https://t.co/iEOIH8VlDo — Wu Blockchain (@WuBlockchain) September 21, 2023 MiCA’s Position on Stablecoins Expected to be operational by June 2024, MiCA...

The decentralized stablecoin is facing its first stress test since it was released in May, putting its PegKeeper algorithm to work. Curve Finance's native stablecoin crvUSD briefly depeg ged on Aug. 3, react ing to an uncertain environment surrounding the protocol after its recent exploit. In the course of the day, the stablecoin fell by as much as 0.35% before regaining its peg to the United States dollar. Curve's crvUSD uses a mechanism for maintaining its peg called PegKeeper algorithm, which manages the interest rate and liquidation ratio based on the stablecoin supply and demand to maintain its value. In other words, it ensures that the crvUSD value is properly backed by collateral while balancing supply and demand. On Twitter, Curve Finance compared the stablecoin's devaluation to the Silicon Valley Bank collapse in March, which resulted in the brief depegging of USD Coin (USDC). "Events of recent days felt similar to SVB/USDC situation in some sense. However, c...

USDC Launches Natively On Arbitrum Circle highlighted the numerous benefits of the native USDC launch, including the elimination of bridge withdrawal delays, an upgradeable smart contract for future enhancements, and the possibility for institutional on and off-ramps. advertisement Read More: U.S. Futures Rise Signaling Potential Market Rally For AI & Crypto In a thread on Twitter, Circle emphasized that the native USDC on Arbitrum will remain fully reserved and always redeemable 1:1 for US dollars, ensuring stability and trust in the digital asset. Additionally, according to the official statement released, the Arbitrum team was quoted as saying: Ahead of the launch of native USDC on June 8th, Arbitrum will be renaming the Ethereum-bridged version of USDC on block explorers as “USDC.e”. Recommended Articles Crypto Presale Projects For 2023 To...

The stablecoins with the largest market cap are pegged to the U.S. dollar, so what risk does de-dollarization pose to stablecoin users? It is an empirical fact that the United States dollar is continuing to lose its dominant role as the global reserve currency, but what might happen to the stablecoin market should it be superseded? According to data from the International Monetary Fund, the U.S. dollar now accounts for just over 58% of global foreign exchange reserves, a considerable decrease from the 71% share it had in 2001. Global foreign exchange reserves from 1999 to 2021. Source: IMF Jeremy Allaire — the CEO of USD Coin (USDC) issuer Circle — highlighted this shift at the April 26 Consensus 2023 conference, arguing that the U.S. must implement stablecoin legislation and digitize the U.S. dollar to remain competitive amid the “very active de-dollarization taking place.” De- dollar ization refers to the process of reducing the use of the U.S. dollar in a country’s economy, and ...

Stablecoins are seen as a potential solution to crypto’s banking problem, but some of them are currently not immune to banking issues. The collapses of banks like Silvergate have certainly impacted cryptocurrency exchanges but there are ways for the industry to survive without the support of banks, one executive believes. Crypto exchanges significantly rely on traditional banking systems for customer deposits, which makes them vulnerable to various banking issues, according to Bitstamp USA CEO and global commercial officer Bobby Zagotta. The executive believes that stablecoins — cryptocurrencies whose value is tied to fiat currencies or other assets — could be a solution to crypto’s banking problem. “We are currently discussing how stablecoins can offer us an alternative to traditional banking,” Zagotta said in an interview with Cointelegraph on March 27. He added that stablecoins could potentially unlock new capabilities for the industry, allowing it to look at banking from a new p...

The stablecoin will be launched on the Noble network, making it available to all 50-plus Cosmos IBC blockchains. USD Coin (USDC) will soon be available in the Cosmos ecosystem via the Noble network (STAKE), according to a blog post from the Noble development team. The post was shared on Twitter by USDC issuer Circle. We're excited to bring USDC to @Cosmos! USDC is expected to launch on @noble_xyz soon, stay tuned for details. #IBC https://t.co/eqU8wno43F — Circle (@circle) March 28, 2023 Neither Circle nor Noble gave out a specific date for USDC’s launch on the network, but both said that readers should “stay tuned” for that information. In its announcement, the Noble team said that USDC will be the first “native, fiat-backed stablecoin that is highly liquid and fully collateralized” on a Cosmos IBC connected network. In its view, the introduction of the fiat-backed stablecoin will solve many of the challenges that Cosmos users currently have when trying to bridge assets from on...

Delphi Lab's general counsel said the SEC was being "more thorough than usual" in its lawsuit against Terraform Labs and its co-founder Do Kwon. The United States Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC's) lawsuit against Terraform Labs and its co-founder Do Kwon could be seen as an SEC “roadmap” to taking down other stablecoins, according to a lawyer. Gabriel Shapiro, general counsel at investment firm Delphi Labs, explained to his 33,800 Twitter followers on Feb. 16 that the SEC’s arguments in its complaint against Kwon and Terraform were “more thorough than usual.” whew lad, lots to digest in the SEC lawsuit vs Do Kwon and Terraform Labs right off the bat, a very interesting fact is that the SEC is being more thorough than usual--specifically running through the Howey test for various assets (UST, LUNA, and wLUNA) and also alleging that… https://t.co/1JsBQijMnw pic.twitter.com/qHuL6mKpeo — _gabrielShapir0 (@lex_node) February 16, 2023 Shapiro’s analysis follo...