Stablecoin Information for the week ending Wednesday 25th August.

The rise and rise of Stablecoins!

Right here is our choose of the 3 most essential Stablecoin information tales throughout the week.

This week noticed new stablecoins, improved stablecoins and information from a lot anticipated stablecoins.

First, USD Coin (USDC) which has had some controversy over what’s backing it and therefore how secure it might actually be introduced that the coin will solely be backed by money and U.S. treasury payments, based on a latest blog post from the Centre Consortium.

Circle Stablecoin to Be Held ‘Entirely’ in Cash, US Treasuries – Decrypt

Then, the Blockchain infrastructure firm Paxos introduced it’s renaming its Paxos standard stablecoin as Pax greenback with the ticker USDP. Paxos believes the USDP ticker extra simply identifies the stablecoin as a U.S. dollar-backed token, Walter Hessert, head of technique, stated in a blog submit Tuesday.

“USDP reserves are held 100% in money and money equivalents. This identify makes it apparent to anybody – USDP is a greenback,” Hessert wrote. Paxos requested its ecosystem companions to mirror the stablecoin’s new branding forward of the up to date sensible contract going stay on Aug. 31.

‘Paxos Standard’ Stablecoin Rebrands as USDP – CoinDesk

Lastly, Fb’s a lot anticipated stablecoin fee system, which has been renamed Diem, is shortly searching for–and gaining–regulatory approval throughout America, based on board-member David Marcus.

Diem Has Secured Licenses in Nearly All States, says Board Member (cryptopotato.com)

So in abstract, this week we had some refinement of Circles USDC, a brand new Paxos coin launched and a few information on the a lot anticipated Fb Diem.

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Alan Scott is an knowledgeable within the FX market and has been working within the area of stablecoins for a few years.

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