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It’s reported the bills' definition will cover “endogenously collateralized stablecoins,” which depend on the value of an attached cryptocurrency from the same creator for it to maintain a stable price. origin »
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Stablecoins provide much sought after stability in the volatile crypto markets. They are sometimes even said to affect the price of bitcoin in drastic fashion. Tether (USDT) in particular continues to be widely scrutinized for this, with recent lawsuits about conflicts of interest and price manipulation being hotly contested.
2020-1-6 10:11 | |
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Ever since their inception, stablecoins have carried plenty of potential. By acting as tokens tied to the price of fiat currency, these coins have promised to solve the problem of crypto price volatility.
2018-11-17 18:37 | |
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November 14 was a bad day for bitcoin. The price of the cryptocurrency plunged double digit percentage to trade at year low. However, as BTC experienced it woes, stablecoins were able to hold their ground to remain in the green, providing a safe haven for investors looking to mitigate loses. Demand for Stablecoins Surge Not […]
2018-11-16 02:18 | |
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“Go for the Jugular” is the advice George Soros gave to his team during his famous attack on the British pound for a profit of $1 billion on so-called Black Wednesday in 1992.
2018-11-15 18:50 | |
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Cryptocurrency, Stablecoins, Bitcoin (BTC)–As stablecoins, the new industry of cryptocurrency that is focused on price stability, continues to gain traction relative to Bitcoin and the altcoin market, competition is going to mount over the viability of transacting as adoption grows.
2018-11-3 04:26 | |
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Utility billing and payment services provider Novatti is launching a new Australian dollar (AUD)-backed stablecoin known as the Novatti AUD Utility Token on the Stellar Network.
2018-10-25 20:58 | |
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With the exception of the SEC’s FinHub announcement, it has been a quiet week for regulatory news — something we’ve been getting a lot of recently as U. S. officials clamp down on unscrupulous coin offerings and crypto companies.
2018-10-20 17:49 | |
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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.
2018-10-17 01:17 | |
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Huobi Global has announced its decision to list four USD-pegged stablecoins by the end of the week. In a support notice published on its platform, the company noted that users will be able to make deposits for Paxos Standard Token (PAX), True USD (TUSD), Circle’s (USDC), and Gemini exchange’s (GUSD) on its exchange starting from Friday, October 19, 2018 (GMT +8).
2018-10-17 21:15 | |
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The cryptocurrency sector has grown anxious over a market reliance on controversial “stablecoin” Tether (USDT), after its value dropped well below its supposedly pegged price of $1. In fact, the market is so concerned with the risks associated with USDT that a “Tether premium” has formed on the cryptocurrency exchanges still using it.
2018-10-16 15:57 | |
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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.
2018-10-16 22:06 | |
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Tether (USDT) dropped on Monday to $0. 95 for the first time since May 2017, losing nearly 3% as daily trading volume spiked to $5 billion. USDT’s loss is noteworthy given that Monday’s rally saw a wave of green on CoinMarketCap, representing gains for most cryptos.
2018-10-15 17:30 | |
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Last week was quiet for crypto. The market’s total value ranged between $16bn and $22bn over the past seven days; that’s positively peaceful for this asset class. Excluding the stablecoins, nothing had been quite as sedate as Bitcoin (BTC).
2018-10-11 22:04 | |
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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).
2018-10-10 02:10 | |
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If you haven’t heard of Maker, it is a token that is part of a stablecoin system composed of both MKR and DAI. Unlike Tether and other stablecoins, Maker does not rely on banks to provide stability, but instead relies on Collateral Debt Positions (CDPs).
2018-10-9 03:13 | |
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Global professional services firm PwC has partnered with decentralized lending platform Cred to boost trust in the cryptocurrency space and bring in more traders by advancing stablecoin technology.
2018-10-8 21:30 | |
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Global professional services firm PwC has partnered with decentralized lending platform Cred to boost trust in the cryptocurrency space and bring in more traders by advancing stablecoin technology.
2018-10-10 21:30 | |
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MKR is having a bull run of its own as the related DAI stablecoin increased its supply in the past week.
2018-10-8 17:11 | |
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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.
2018-10-3 19:05 | |
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A recent academic study by Dr. Wang Chun Wei, a researcher at University of Queensland Business School, concluded that the “kingpin” of stablecoins, Tether (USDT), had no impact on the price of the bitcoin (BTC) during last year’s cryptocurrency bull run.
2018-10-3 18:00 | |
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This past week saw a flurry of reports and analyses released by various agencies and companies, speculating on the roles — past and present — of cryptocurrencies and blockchain technologies.
2018-9-29 20:00 | |
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Stablecoins have garnered serious investor attention over the past few weeks. Unlike bitcoin and similar cryptocurrencies, they are digital assets built to lessen price volatility and are often paired against the U.
2018-9-29 01:06 | |
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Earlier this month, three stablecoins (Gemini, Paxos and Carbon) that are pegged 1:1 to the U. S. dollar launched with regulatory approval. But many investors don’t like the dollar’s inflationary features and some undoubtedly prefer value stored in precious metals.
2018-9-21 00:00 | |
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Stablecoins have been praised as the solution to crypto’s volatility problem with the potential to revolutionize crypto trading and expand crypto adoption by making cryptos more attractive to merchants due to reduced price risk.
2018-9-18 16:00 | |
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The fashion for so called stable coins, whose price is pegged to real assets and fiat currencies, is unlikely to correct the instability of the cryptocurrency market and bitcoin, Professor of Economics at the University of Berkeley believes.
2018-9-13 15:31 | |
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There has been much discussion lately regarding so-called stablecoins. But are they really the answer to the general instability of many cryptocurrencies? A recent article in The Guardian suggests that they may ultimately be flawed.
2018-9-13 13:00 | |
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Two crypto companies, Gemini Trust and Paxos, got a green light from a New York state regulator to launch their own stablecoins pegged 1:1 to the U. S. dollar. New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) gave an okay to Gemini Trust, the crypto exchange founded by the Winklevoss twins, to launch Gemini Dollar (GUSD).
2018-9-11 01:58 | |
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The crypto market is notorious for being highly volatile. This volatility might be welcomed by speculators who can make huge profits by making well-timed investment moves. But for most investors who do not have a firm grasp on the market’s pulse, this high price volatility could mean trouble — one erroneous move could wipe out […] Stablecoins, Greater Trading Volume Could Solve Crypto Market’s Volatility was originally found on [blokt] - Blockchain, Bitcoin & Cryptocurrency News.
2018-8-24 16:19 | |
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The case of cryptocurrencies’ global relevance remains a moot point given its wildly volatile nature, an aspect which has spurred a billion dollar crypto-exchange market. However, some entrepreneurs and companies are determined to bring needful price stability to the digital asset market.
2018-8-22 11:00 | |
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“We have nothing to hide,” says Tory Reiss, VP of corporate development at TrustToken. Like the market’s most popular stablecoin, Tether, TrustToken's TrueUSD is fiat-collateralized.
2018-7-26 18:55 | |
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There are several fallacies about stablecoins. One of the key issues that is mentioned about it them is that they are bound to bring the volatility of the present virtual assets market to resolve. This could just be a consequence of the way it was named. On the other hand, it could just be a […]
2018-7-21 01:33 | |
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Stablecoins will play an important role bridging traditional markets with the programmable financial tools enabled by crypto, argues Abra's CEO.
2018-7-19 11:00 | |
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Stablecoins are cryptocurrencies with stable value; unlike most other crypto assets, they have low volatility against the world’s most important sovereign-backed currencies (fiat). They are essentially a cryptocurrency with a fixed price.
2018-7-16 21:26 | |
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Malta-based cryptocurrency company Stasis is aiming to combine the cryptocurrency market’s flexibility with the reliability of traditional currencies. According to the Stasis website, the company’s new coin, EURS, is advertised to be a “collateralized stable coin designed to become the backbone of the crypto-economy.
2018-7-13 18:03 | |
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Malta-based cryptocurrency company Stasis is aiming to combine the cryptocurrency market’s flexibility with the reliability of traditional currencies. According to the Stasis website, the company’s new coin, EURS, is advertised to be a “collateralized stable coin designed to become the backbone of the crypto-economy.
2018-7-12 01:42 | |
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