Circle plans to become a Federally-chartered commercial bank

Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire says the company will look to achieve the goal with…

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Circle Collaborates With Signature Bank On USDC Integration

Global payment technology company Circle announced a collaboration with Signature Bank to integrate Circle products and services into the bank's suite of products. Circle Picks Signature for USDC Reserve Deposits The new partnership will enable the New York-based Signature Bank to be the leading financial institution for Circle’s USDC reserve deposits, per its press release.

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European Bank Ditches SWIFT for USDC Stablecoin Citing Faster Transaction Settlement

A leading European blockchain bank – Bank Frick – is mulling ditching SWIFT for Circle’s USDC stablecoin to execute and settle payments more efficiently, Decrypt reports, June 10, 2020. Bank Frick Embraces Stablecoin USDC Liechtenstein-based Bank Frick the time-tested international interbank settlement service SWIFT for Circle’s USDC stablecoin.

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Blockchain-friendly bank chooses USDC over Ripple and XRP for cross-border payments

A leading crypto-friendly European bank, Bank Frick has announced it is replacing interbank payment facilitator SWIFT with Circle’s Stablecoin, USDC. The bank based in Liechtenstein cited the speed of transactions for its decision as it is trying to speed up USD payments.

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Crypto-Friendly Silvergate Bank IPO Debuts on NYSE

The U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has declared the IPO of pro-crypto Silvergate Bank effective. Its shares started trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday. The crypto-friendly bank works with 756 customers in the crypto space, including Coinbase, Gemini, Circle, Bitstamp, Kraken, and Bittrex.

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China’s Crypto Could Become a Global Reserve Currency: Circle CEO

Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire believes that China's developing "cryptocurrency" could propel the yuan to worldwide renown as a global reserve currency. Speaking to CNBC's Squawk Box, Allaire highlighted the budding prospects of the central bank digital currency (CBDC), suggesting that it could act as the "mechanism" for worldwide adoption of the yuan.

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ICYMI: Circle CEO Weighs in on China’s Digital Currency Initiative, Facebook’s Libra, and Lunch with Warren Buffett

In a series of interviews over the last week, Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire has weighed in on how China is far ahead of any other country in creating a Central Bank Digital Currency and why that will help lead to the internationalization of the yuan. He has also broken down

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Global Financial System can Adopt Bitcoin: Circle CEO

Three weeks back, the Bank of England Governor Mark Carney made an alarming comment on the global reserve currency, the US dollar. The economist said that the world’s reliance on the greenback “won’t hold” and a new global monetary and financial system backed by many more global currencies would replace it.

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China Is The Closest To Issuing a Central Bank Digital Currency Than Any Other Country

In an interview with Phoenix Chinese news Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire has said that China is the closest to getting a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC). China's Phoenix TV interviewed Circle CEO @jerallaire on CBDCs, the internationalization of the Yuan, the rise of USD Coin and the rapidly growing global stablecoin phenomenon. Full interview: https://t.co/Ru29jhLUTj […]

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Circle CEO: No One in the World Is Any Closer to CBDCs than China

No country in the world is closer to central bank digital currencies than China, Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire says

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Circle CEO: China’s Digital Currency Could ‘Bypass’ Western Bank System

Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire said China is setting the pace in the development of a digital currency equivalent of its fiat currency, the renminbi.

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Circle’s Jeremy Allaire praises China’s government-backed digital currency

“Our view was that RMB was going to grow in the world”, said Jeremy Allaire, the CEO and founder of the digital currency company Circle, as China geared up for its first-ever government-backed digital currency.

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Crypto exchange Poloniex now offers card and bank account transfers

CryptoNinjas - Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency & Blockchain Asset SourcePoloniex, the bitcoin and crypto exchange owned by Circle, announced today that users in over 80 countries can now transfer money directly to and from their bank accounts.

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Royal Bank of Scotland Onboards Former Circle Exec to Head Fintech Project

A former executive from cryptocurrency firm Circle has been picked up by The Royal Bank of Scotland as CEO of its digital SME offering

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Circle, Coinbase, and Huobi Executives to Meet at G20 for Clarity on Crypto Regulation

Leaders of top crypto ventures including Circle, Coinbase, bitFlyer, Kraken, and Huobi will convene in Osaka, Japan, later this month to interact with policymakers and central bank executives of the countries of the G20 forum.

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A Crypto-Friendly Puerto Rico Bank Is Crowdfunding on Circle’s SeedInvest

Arival Bank aims to serve crypto firms rejected by traditional banks and is crowdfunding $3 million on Circle's SeedInvest platform.

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In Light of Tether’s Fractional Reserve, a Shadow of Fiatcoins’ Future

Tether has taken a lot of heat for admitting it is running a fractional reserve. There’s no doubt that Tether’s unregulated nature makes this approach risky and that its lack of transparency is unsettling, but the entire modern banking system is architected on fractioned assets.

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Ripple, SWIFT, Circle and JP Morgan are developing innovative cross-border payment solutions, says World Bank

The World Bank published a blog addressing the need for a faster, innovative, and upgraded remittance system, suggesting that industry incumbents were working on a solution for cross-border payments.

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Top 5 CPA Firm Confirms Funds in First Attestation of Circle’s USDC

Circle’s USD Coin (USDC) has released an independent, third-party attestation of its bank account, and according to a top 5 public accounting firm, the stablecoin has its funds in order.

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Crypto Platform Coinbase Secures $300 Million in Series E Funding Round

Popular cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has raised a fresh $300 million in a Series E financing round, bringing the company valuation to $8 billion. Coinbase plans to use the funding to "accelerate the adoption of cryptocurrencies," as it plans to remain the "entry-point into crypto" for millions of investors, according to a published blog post.

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With New Exchange Listings and Demand, New Stablecoins See Pegs Broken

Fresh on the market, the industry’s newest batch of stablecoins is having trouble striking a price balance. Amidst news of listings on Huobi and OKEx, two of the industry’s largest exchanges, TrueUSD (TUSD), Gemini USD (GUSD), the Paxos Standard (PAX) and Circle’s USD Coin (USDC) have all risen well above their pegs.

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As Tether’s Peg Slips, Bitcoin Price Is Distorted Across Market

Tether’s peg is slipping, and an exchange-wide firesale has led to major price discrepancies between bitcoin’s BTC/USDT and BTC/USD trading pairs across the market.

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Japanese Internet Monolith GMO to Launch Yen-Pegged Stablecoin

GMO Internet Group is working to launch a stablecoin by 2019. In an announcement released on Tuesday, October 9, 2018, the Japanese IT conglomerate said it is putting all gears in place to begin building its stablecoin, called the GMO Japanese Yen (GJY).

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New Study Reveals an Increase in Venture Capital Investment in Blockchain Projects

Traditional venture capitalist (VC) investments are leveraging the decline in initial coin offerings (ICO) as the cryptocurrency industry tries to find bearing amid regulatory shifts and losses across the crypto markets.

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In Search of Stability: An Overview of the Budding Stablecoin Ecosystem

Stability. The word seems to be at complete odds with the current nature of the crypto market. With its flagship coin having “died” on hundreds of occasions, volatility and meteoric price swings have come to define cryptocurrencies, as price stability, ever-elusive, is in short supply.

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Circle Introduces Stablecoin Backed By U.S. Dollar

Regulated stablecoins continue their disruptive journey into mass adoption as Circle announces application of tokenized fiat assets. The U. S. dollar-backed stablecoin USD//Coin (USDC) is the product of Circle’s partnership with CENTRE, the open source distribution network which will facilitate deposits from U.

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Circle’s USDC Stablecoin Begins Trading

Boston-based cryptocurrency finance firm Circle has just joined the multitudes of other crypto exchange platforms now issuing and trading their own stablecoins. As of September 26, 2018, dollar-pegged USDC is now trading on Poloniex, the crypto-to-crypto exchange Circle acquired in February 2018, and on Circle Trade, the company’s over-the-counter (OTC) platform.

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Introducing USD Coin

Today Circle and the CENTRE open source consortium introduced a service to tokenize US dollars and use those dollars over public blockchains on the internet: USD//Coin, also known as USDC. Individuals and institutions can enroll in this service to deposit US dollars from bank accounts, convert those dollars into

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Cryptocurrency Exchange OKCoin Expands U.S. Offerings with Five New Coins

Following a successful launch in California only a few months ago, the U. S. branch of cryptocurrency exchange OKCoin is adding five new coins to its listings. Those coins include Ripple (XRP), Cardano (ADA), Stellar lumens (XLM), Zcash (ZEC) and 0x (ZRX).

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Goldman Sachs Puts Plans for a Crypto Trading Desk on Backburner (Updated)

Update (September 7): Goldman Sach’s CFO Martin Chavez has since called reports of dropping the bitcoin trading desk “fake news. ” (The original Business Insider report quoted unnamed sources as the basis of the information.

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Goldman Sachs Puts Plans for a Crypto Trading Desk on Backburner

Goldman Sachs is struggling to find a way to trade bitcoin. The financial services giant has scratched its plans to open a desk for trading cryptocurrencies, at least for the near term, according to a Business Insider report on September 5, 2018.

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“No Grounding In Reality”: BIS Report Tells A Strange Crypto Story

Earlier this week, the Bank of International Settlements (BIS) in Switzerland issued a new document as part of its annual economic report that warns citizens of the dangers of digital currencies.

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